Sustained?losses?in?business
#823 生意虧損
Uncle?Li?and?Uncle?Wang?are?good?friends.?They?live?next?to?each?
other?and?their?farms?are?both?at?the?foot?of?the?mountain.?So?they?
can?help?each?other.?But?neither?of?them?likes?to?use?his?head.?They're?
both?poor?though?they?work?hard.?Most?villagers?have?built?new?houses,?but?they?still?live?in?the?low?and?broken?houses.?They?never?find?out?
why.?
Once?Uncle?Li?went?to?town?to?buy?some?medicine?for?his?wife.?In?
the?town?he?heard?the?apples?in?a?city?were?expensive.?He?told?Uncle?
Wang?about?it?as?soon?as?he?went?back.?They?decided?to?carry?some?
apples?to?the?city.?They?borrowed?some?money?from?their?friends?and?
bought?nearly?1,000?kilograms?of?apples?in?the?villages?and?carried?
them?to?the?city?on?a?tractor.?Bad?luck!?A?lot?of?apples?has?already?
been?carried?there?when?they?arrived.?A?few?days?later?they?had?to?sell?
them?at?a?low?price?(價(jià)格)。They?felt?unhappy?and?returned?to?their?
village.?
"I?can't?understand?why?we?sustained?(蒙受)?losses?in?business?while?
others?always?profit?(盈利)"?Uncle?Li?asked?one?day.?
"The?tractor?was?too?small?"?Uncle?Wang?said?without?thinking.
?"We'll?carry?more?apples?on?a?truck?next?time!"?
"I?agree!"?said?Uncle?Li.?"How?foolish?(傻的)?we?were?!"?
1.?Uncle?Li?and?Uncle?Wang?live?in?the?low?and?broken?houses?because?__________.?
A.?they?hope?to?save?money?
B.?they're?both?poor?
C.?their?farms?are?at?the?foot?of?the?mountain?
D.?they're?not?far?from?their?farms??
2.?The?two?farmers?carried?the?apples?to?the?city?to?_________.?
A.?make?a?journey???????????
B.?visit?some?places?of?interest?
C.?meet?their?friends???????
D.?make?a?profit?
3.?the?tow?farmers?had?to?sell?their?apples?at?a?low?price?because?______.?
A.?theirs?weren't?as?good?as?the?others'??
B.?theirs?were?much?less?than?the?others'?
C.?a?lot?of?apples?had?been?already?carried?to?the?city?
D.?they?forgot?to?carry?them?on?a?truck?
4.?Uncle?Li?and?Uncle?Wang?were?unhappy?because?_________.?
A.?they?had?sustained?losses?in?business
B.?they?had?lost?some?money?in?the?city?
C.?something?was?wrong?with?the?tractor?
D.?other?people?profited?in?the?city?
5.?Which?of?the?following?is?true??
A.?The?two?farmers?found?out?why?they?were?poor.?
B.?The?two?farmers?will?soon?get?rich.?
C.?Neither?of?the?farmers?is?clever.?
D.?The?two?farmers?decided?to?buy?a?truck.?
KEY:?BDCAC