Question

An old engineer went suddenly blind. She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again. “If you fail,” she said, “you’ll get nothing.” The doctor agreed.

The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away. Instead each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things. When he had taken away everything, he wanted to cure her blindness and asked for the money.

Now the old woman could see again, she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the money. So the doctor took her before a judge.

“What the doctor said is true,” she said to the judge. “But I say I was not well cured, because I still can’t see any of the things in my house.”

The old woman won the case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.

1. What did the engineer promise the doctor if he failed to make her see again?

A．A lot of money

B．Half of the money

C．No money

D．A little money

2. The underlined word “discovered” in paragraph 2 means _______.

A．found

B．caught

C．heard

D．covered

3. What can you infer from the story?

A．The old engineer lived alone

B．The old engineer lived with a servant.

C．The old engineer lived with her children.

D．The old engineer lived with a judge.

4. What’s the result of the case?

A．The engineer failed

B．The doctor failed to get the pay.

C．The doctor returned the things

D．The old engineer forgot her promise.

5.. What kind of person was the old engineer?

A．She was foolish.

B．She was kind.

C．She was clever

D．She was polite.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

1.细节理解题，根据文中语句“She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again. “If you fail,” she said, “you’ll get nothing.””理解可知。如果失败了，工程师将什么也不给。故选C。

2.词义理解题，根据文中语句“The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away. Instead each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things. When he had taken away everything, he wanted to cure her blindness and asked for the money.”理解可知。医生已经查出她的病因，但没有及时给她治疗。

3.细节理解题，根据文中语句“Instead each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things. When he had taken away everything,”理解可知。这个工程师独自一人居住。

4.细节理解题，根据文中语句“The old woman won the case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.”理解可知。老太太胜诉。故选B.

5.细节理解题，根据文中语句““What the doctor said is true,” she said to the judge. “But I say I was not well cured, because I still can’t see any of the things in my house.””理解可知。老太太非常聪明。