首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
A wealthy Persian Prince loved good stories. The older he grew, the fonder he became of them. But he always regretted they had t
A wealthy Persian Prince loved good stories. The older he grew, the fonder he became of them. But he always regretted they had t
admin
2011-01-10
62
问题
A wealthy Persian Prince loved good stories. The older he grew, the fonder he became of them. But he always regretted they had to have an end. So he decided to give half his wealth and his beautiful daughter to the man who could tell him a story without an end. Anybody who failed would be sent to prison for life. The risk was so great that nobody came to the palace to tell the Prince a story for a whole year. Then one day, a tall, handsome young man came and said he wanted to tell a story that would go on forever. The Prince agreed but warned him what would happen if he failed. "The risk is worth your fair daughter, " the young man replied poetically (得体地). He then began this well-known story:
" Once upon a time there was a certain King who feared famine. So he ordered his men to build an enormous storehouse, which he filled with corn. Then, when it was up, made water-proof and fire-proof, the King felt happy. But one day he noticed a small hole in the roof and as he looked at it, a locust came out with a grain of corn. A minute later, another locust came out with another grain of corn. Then a third locust with another grain of corn. Then a fourth locust, flying at great speed, pushed through the hole and came out with two grains of corn. Then a fifth locust came and. . . "
"Stop, " shouted the Prince. "I can’t, " answered the young man. "I must go on until I tell you what happened to each grain of the corn. " "But that will go on forever. " The Prince protested. "Exactly, " the young man replied, and he smiled as he turned towards the Prince’s beautiful young daughter.
The young man risked to tell an endless story to the Prince for______.
选项
A、a great sum of money
B、the Prince’s beautiful daughter
C、showing his bravery
D、Both A and C
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/wdLC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库普高专升本分类
0
英语
普高专升本
相关试题推荐
求由曲线y=2x—x2与y=x所围成的平面图形的面积S,并求此平面图形绕x轴旋转一周所得旋转体的体积Vx.
Haveyou【B1】______askedyourselfwhychildrengotoschool?Youwillprobablysaythattheygo【B2】______theirownlanguagea
Ahobbycanbealmostanythingapersonlikestodoinhissparetime.Hobbyists【B1】______pets,buildmodelshipsanythingap
RecentlyalargemedicinefactorysetupbytheU.S.Investorsdeclaredthatitwillstopgiving"kickbacks"todoctorsasthe
Whileactingmayruninthefamily,itwasn’tAngelinaJolie’sonlychoicewhenshethoughtaboutherfuturecareer.AlthoughJo
Youshouldobservecarefullyhowtheaudience______hisspeech.
MyViewonExaminationOutline:1.考试的必要性。2.考试的弊端。3.你对考试的看法。
Everyoneisworkingharder,andlivingahappierlifenow,______?
Whyareschoolsrecommendedtogivestudentscertaintimeforsports?Allthefollowingfactorsmayhavecausedfallenlifeexp
______foryourlaziness,youcouldhavefinishedtheassignmentbynow.
随机试题
阅读以下关于嵌入式实时系统设计的相关技术的描述,回答问题。【说明】某公司长期从事嵌入式系统研制任务,面对机器人市场的蓬勃发展,公司领导决定自主研制一款通用的工业机器人。王工承担了此工作,他在广泛调研的基础上提出:公司要成功地完成工业机器人项目的研制,应
光子与物质相互作用过程中唯一不产生电离的过程是
项目后评价报告的主要内容包含()。
因违法违规行为受到金融监管部门的行政处罚,执行期满未逾( )年的,不得申请期货公司董事、监事和高级管理人员的任职资格。
选题所要解决的问题应是前人没有解决或没有完全解决的,这体现了研究选题的()原则。
【2015福建】胆汁质的小丁冲动,粗心又鲁莽;黏液质的小林冷静,认真又稳重,可见小林的气质类型比小丁的好。()
人们发现,大脑两半球对情绪性信息的加工是不对称的,在脑功能指标上存在着偏侧化现象。有两个理论对此加以解释:半球优势假说认为,只有右半球负责对情绪的加工效价假说认为,不同效价的情绪是由不同的大脑半球进行加丁的,右半球主要加工消极情绪,左半球主要加工积极情绪。
ScienceandTruth"FINAGLE"(欺骗)isnotawordthatmostpeopleassociatewithscience.Onereasonisthattheimageofthes
IntheSpringExportCommoditiesFairthe______offinechinaattractedmuchattentionofcustomersfromallovertheworld.
【S1】【S10】
最新回复
(
0
)