David was a young man who worked in an office in a big city. His hobby was fishing but he did not often got a chance to practise it.
Then one summer he decided to have a holiday in a beautiful place in the mountains where there were a lot of streams. “I ought to be able to have some good fishing there,” he said to himself.
The first morning after he arrived, he walked to the nearest stream with his fishing rod. He saw an old man standing beside the water, so he asked him whether it was a private stream. The old man answered that it was not, so David then said to him, “Well, then it won’t be a crime if I catch some fish here, will it?”
“Oh, no,” answered the old man, “it won’t be a crime, but it will certainly be a miracle.”
a. The old man could tell that David wanted to fish in the pond, so he went up to him to stop him.
b. The old man lived nearby and knew the place very well.
a. David went fishing when he was on holiday, not because ____.
a) He thought fishing was free there
b) He didn’t get a chance to fish when he was at work
c) There were many streams near the place where he stayed during his holiday
d) He liked fishing very much
b. David asked the old man whether the stream was private, because ____.
a) He wanted to invite the old man to fish with him
b) It was illegal to fish in one’s private stream
c) He thought the stream belonged to the old man
d) Maybe he wanted to buy the stream so he could fish in it
c. The old man said that it was a miracle if David could catch some fish, because ____.
a) He knew that there were no fish in the stream
b) He did not think David was good at fishing
c) He admired the young man’s great interest in fishing
d) He did not like the way David talked to him
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