axe （斧子）fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy （仙女）came out and asked the man what was the matter.

　　"I have lost my axe," he said. "It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood." The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, "Is this yours?" "No," said the man.

　　The fairy then showed him a silver axe and asked again, "Is this yours?" "No," again answered the man.

　　Then she showed him the old axe.

　　"Yes, that is mine," called out the happy man.

　　"I know that well enough," said the fairy. "I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one."

24. One day when the man was cutting something, ________.

　　A. he fell into the water

　　B. his axe dropped into the river

　　C. his axe fell into a lake

　　D. he saw a beautiful fairy

25. The man was sad because _________.

　　A. he liked his axe very much

　　B. he could not go on working

　　C. he was poor and had no other axes

　　D. his axe was a gold axe

26. The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe but he didn't take them, because he ______.

　　A. knew these axes were not his

　　B. did not know they were made of gold and silver

　　C. was very rich

　　D. did not like them

27. At the end of the story the man had ________.

　　A. only one axe B. three axes

　　C. two axes D. many axes

　　We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet?

　　Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way, computer network system would keep on working all the time.

　　At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use.

By the start of the 1990s, computers had become cheaper and easier to use.