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  3. The English author, Richard Savage, was once living in London in great pover

The English author, Richard Savage, was once living in London in great pover

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问题     The English author, Richard Savage, was once living in London in great poverty. In order to earn a little money he had written the story of his life, but not many copies of the book had been sold in the shop, so Savage was liv ing from hand to mouth. As a result of his lack of food he became very ill. However after a time, because of the skill of the doctor who had looked after him, he got well again. After a week or two the doctor sent a bill to Savage for his visits, but poor Savage hadn’ t any money and couldn’ t pay it. The doctor waited for another month and sent the bill again. But still no money came. After several weeks he sent it to him again asking for his money. In the end he came to Savage’s house and asked him for payment, saying to Savage, "You know you owe your life to me and I expected some gratitude from you. "
    " I agree, " said Savage, " that I owe my life to you, and to prove to you that I am not ungrateful for your work I will give my life to you. " With these words he handed to him two copies entitled THE LIFE OF RICHARD. [br] The writer wrote this story just to tell us______.
选项 A、a funny story
B、an unhappy story
C、a miserable story
D、an ungrateful story
答案 A
解析 从文章中的故事可知，这是讲述的一名穷医生与一名穷作家的故事。内容简单，但是有趣，尤其最后作家将自己的书当作酬金送给医生的时候。所以这是一篇有趣的故事。故正确的答案为A。
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