Maggie was very glad that James was not a frequent visitor to the house．So far as the children were concerned, they had a mystery about him that stirred their imagination．He stirred Maggie's anger, however, so that she often said to her husband, “It's mercy that brother of yours doesn't come oftener．”
In fact James came once a year, unexpectedly, around eight o'clock in the evening, and he stayed for six hours of close discussion with his brother．His arrival was a signal to the children that their bedtime would be delayed．Not that he ever spoke to them or played with them．He took no notice of them, as if he was unable to see children, at least until the time came for him to go．Instead, after his first greeting and a careless kiss, James took no notice of Maggie either, except to add, You'll be getting on with the supper, Maggie．Such was his regard for her．
Maggie paid him back in her own way．She kept the children up, the four of them, to keep her company, she said, but of course they sang and made a noise and broke the endless sound of James's voice．Very late, they dropped off to sleep in their chairs．Then, when James was about to go, Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left．That gave her some satisfaction, for James, though rich, was mean．He always went home by the last train, just after two o'clock．
Maggie's children secretly stared at their uncle．They could not forget that he had, in their mother's words, lost two wives and taken a third, They wondered about those two unfortunate lost ladies．They asked each other what their fate had been, and if neither could ever be found again．James never brought his third wife with him nor ever mentioned her．The children decided that he must be so frightened of losing her that he never allowed her outside the door．
1．The underlined word mercy in the text most probably Means ________．
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2．Maggie never prepared anything special for James because ________．
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A．he was a man difficult to please
B．she never knew when he was coming
C．she was too busy looking after her children
D．he never stayed long enough for a meal
3．What do we know about James' behaviour?
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A．He was a kind man, with love for the family．
B．He was generous, especially towards his brother．
C．He was anxious to please the family, especially the kids．
D．He was rude to his sister-in-law．
4．Maggie felt pleased when ________．
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A．she paid James the money that she owed him
B．James gave some money to the children
C．she had to wake James up to catch his train
D．James thanked her for the nice supper
5．The children did not realize that two of James' wives ________．
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A．had been dead
B．suffered from loss of memory
C．had run away from him
D．might appear again one day
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As the days went by, the chimp (猩猩) by the name of Maggie grew more and more 1 . Tom and Peg didn't sit with her very much now because it was too hard to look after her.
One afternoon Mother asked Tom and Peg to keep Maggie out of 2 . At first everything went 3 well. Maggie played quietly, so Tom and Peg went 4 to do their lessons.
Very quietly Maggie slipped out of the bedroom. She went straight into the kitchen (厨房), where she saw an open jar of jam. Down she sat and 5 it all.
When the jam was 6 , she slipped quietly down the hall into Mother's room. She opened the closet (衣柜) door and there hung all Mother's 7 . This was going to be fun! Out came the clothes, and Maggie began to 8 herself up.
By the time Mother came back, Maggie had had 9 Mother's new spring hat and the skirt of her new suit. Jam stains (斑点) were all over the skirt, all over the walls, and all over the closet door, too.
Maggie heard 10 coming into the bedroom. Quickly she reached up to turn off the closet 11 .
“Maggie!” shouted Mrs Davis.
Both Tom and Peg jumped up and ran to see 12 had happened.
Maggie had never looked so 13 in all her life. But the children didn't 14 . They heard their mother say 15 ,“Tom and Peg, this is all your fault (过失) You promised to 16 Maggie!”
Mother started 17 to pull off her hat. But Maggie showed her teeth and acted as if she were ready to fight.
At that moment Father walked in. Maggie 18 down at once and ran up to him as if he were her only 19 .
Father took one 20 at the jam-covered hands and marched Maggie straight to the bathroom to wash herself.
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First day, she walked into the classroom, spitballs（废纸团） 4 through the air, feet on desks, the noise deafening. She walked to the front of the classroom and 5 the attendance book（点名册）.Next to 20 names on the list was IQ scores: 140,141, 142...160.Oh,she thought to herself. 6 they are so high－spirited. These children have exceptional IQs. She 7 and brought them to order,?8 that she could teach such high－quality students.?
At first Maggie found the students 9 to turn in work, and assignments（作业）that were handed in were done ?10?,full of mistakes. She spoke to everyone, “With your IQ,I 11 nothing short of the best work from you.”?
The whole term Maggie continually 12 them of their responsibility to use all the extra intelligence（智力）God had given them. Things began to 13 .The children worked diligently. Their work was creative and precise（准确的）.?
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“It is just 16 .They're smarter than regular students! You said yourself they are special students.” Maggie was 17 .?
“I said they are special because they are the special－need students—behaviorally disordered.”?
“Then why are their IQs so _18 on the attendance sheet?” Maggie pulled out the sheet and passed it to the headmaster.?
“Those aren't their IQs. Those are their locker（小橱柜） 19 at the gym. Sorry, Ms. Maggie, your kids are not geniuses（天才）.”?
Maggie paused a bit, and smiled, “if someone 20 himself to be a genius, he will become one. I'm teaching them as geniuses again next year.”?
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