"You are cheating," the captain said to the sailor. "The fire's warming you."

　　"But it's half a mile away!" said the sailor.

　　"A fire's fire," answered the captain. "I have won."

　　The sailor came out of the water, and said, "Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages, but you can't cook a chicken."

　　"I can," answered the captain.

　　"If you cook this chicken," said the sailor, "I shall work for you without wages for seven years, but if you can't, you will give me your ship."

　　The captain agreed, took the chicken and said, "Where's the fire?"

　　"There it is," answered the sailor. "On the shore."

　　"But it's half a mile away," said the captain angrily.

　　" 'A fire's fire,' you said," answered the sailor. "If it is enough to warm me in the water, it is enough to cook your chicken."

　　56．What is the meaning of the underlined word “wages” in paragraph1?

　　A．food

　　B．clothes

　　C．money

　　D．chicken

　　57．The captain got the sailors' wages ________.

　　A．to buy a chicken for himself

　　B．and kept the money for future use

　　C．by cheating them

　　D．and said he would return the money soon

　　58．The captain insisted that the fire was warming the sailor because he ________.

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