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. Not many years ago, a rich and kind old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money by selling and buying goods. When he was seventy-five, he gave f 12,000 to the village to buy land and equipment for a children ' s playground.
As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a
newspaper man. During their talk, Johnson said that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy- five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked wine and drank some each day.“I have an injection(注射)in my neck each evening. ”he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of wine.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy- five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
21. Johnson became a rich man by_______.
A. doing business B. making wine C. cheating D. selling land
22. Johnson gave a lot of money to the village school to buy_______.
A. books for children B. equipment for a children's lab
C. land for a children's library D. land and equipment for a children's playground
23. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out_______.
A. how to become rich B. the secret of his daily injection
C. what kind of wine he had D. how much wine he drank every day
24. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that______.
A. he needed an injection in the neck
B. there was something wrong with his neck
C. he liked drinking a glass of wine in the evening
D. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well
