55. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Half a Cake

B. A Peasant Woman’s Hands

C. The Rich Woman’s Hands

D. Smooth（光滑的）Hands and Rough Hands

（B）

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  54. The old woman said that the peasant woman’s hands were beautiful than the three ladies’ because ___________.

A. she liked dark hands better than white hands

B. the peasant woman gave her half a cake

C. her hands had worked hard to provide food for people

D. the three ladies didn’t give her anything to eat

  53. The peasant woman’s hands were not so white as the three ladies’ ___________.

A. because of the hard work she had done

B. but she was stronger than any of them

C. so she didn’t quarrel with the three ladies

D. but she was more beautiful than any of them

  52. The old woman asked for something to eat, ___________.

A. but none of the three rich ladies gave anything to her

B. but only one of the three ladies gave her half a cake

C. because she wanted to know whose hands were beautiful

D. because she wanted to know which lady was the richest

  51. The three ladies ___________.

A. had a quarrel every day                 

B. were rich but unkind

C. had a talk about their hands every day

D. lived by the side of the river

  49. A. afraid                       B. tired                      C. full                     D. proud

  48. A. his heart                    B. his eyes                  C. his life                D. his ears

  47. A. however                    B. which                    C. whoever              D. whatever

  46. A. at                             B. with                       C. of                       D. for