《2025年名校课堂内外九年级英语下册人教版安徽专版》

三、阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题后面的词数要求)。
A businessman wanted to make a long journey to another town to sell some things. He decided to take ten servants with him to carry the things. Before they started, a little boy ran up to the businessman and asked to go with them. The man said to the little boy, “Well, you are too little to help. ” But the boy really wanted to go. The man agreed, and he told the boy, “You needn't carry heavy loads (货物). You can choose the lightest one. ”
The boy thanked him but chose the biggest load that no one wanted to carry. This was bread to eat on the journey. The man said, “That's too heavy for you. ” The boy said nothing. He lifted up the load with difficulty and the journey began. They walked for four hours and then stopped for a rest. They all ate some of the bread. Every day they ate more bread and the boy carried less.
At the end of the journey, a little bread was left. When they arrived at the town, the little boy was really relaxed, but other servants looked completely different.
From the story, we can learn that something looks terrible, but we can get good results from it.
15. Why didn't the businessman want the boy to go with them? (不超过10个词)
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16. Which load did the boy choose？(不超过5个词)
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17. What does the story want to tell us? (不超过15个词)
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答案： 15. Because the boy was too little to help. 16. The biggest load. 17. Something looks terrible, but we can get good results from it.