He now told what he had seen and described the child exactly.Then the mother recog-

nized it, and said,“Oh，it is my dear child who died four weeks ago.”

They ripped up the floor and found two farthings(一种铜币)which the child had once received from its mother to give to a poor man. It，however, had thought，“with that money you can buy yourself a piece of zwieback，”and had kept the farthings，hiding them in the cracks in the floor.

Therefore it had had no rest in its grave，and had come every day at noon to look for these farthings. Then the parents gave the money to a poor man，and after that the child was never seen again.

21.In the passage the writer use“it” to refer to the child instead of “he”，because____.

A.the child is lovely

B.the child is so young that we can't know he is a boy or a girl

C.the child isn't. a person alive

D.the friend doesn't know who is the child

22.Why did the child return to find two farthings?

A. Because he wanted to take them back to his grave.

B. Because he could buy himself a piece of zwieback.

C. Because he received from its mother to give to a poor man.

D. Because he can't forgive himself after his death.

23.what would be best title for the passage?

A. A Strange Family       B. The Stolen Farthings

C. A Good friend          D. The disappeared Child

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