I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and I am too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron. I was about 15 and I had to get a job taking care of a woman to make a living. She had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed.
The woman sat in an electric wheelchair all day. She could only move her head and arms. She would tell me how to do things. She would teach me in great detail on the correct ways to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold(折叠) everything, including socks. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated(沮丧) and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to do it herself. But she never shouted or scolded. She only insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.
Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt and the right way to do the trousers. Now when I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.
【小题1】The writer used to take care of the lady because ________.
A.she wanted to learn to do housework
B.she was a friend of the lady’s
C.she had to earn some money
D.she couldn’t find a room to live in
【小题2】The underlined word ‘paralyzed’ in the first paragraph may mean ‘______’.
A.destroyedB.deafC.seriously illD.unable to walk
【小题3】The little girl was ______ when the lady taught her how to do housework.
A.encouraged to learnB.unwilling to learn
C.delighted to learnD.recommended to learn
【小题4】Now the writer ______.
A.is still afraid of the ladyB.hates the strict lady
C.admires the disabled ladyD.is very grateful to the lady

Tom walked into a shop . It had a sign outside : "Second-hand (旧的) clothes bought and sold . "He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, "How much will you give me for these?" The man looked at them and then said: "Two dollars."

  "What !" said Tom. "I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars."

  "No," said the man, "they aren't worth a cent more than two dollars."

  "Well," said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. "Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价)of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth."

  Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say .

1.At first the owner of the shop thought that Tom __________.

A. wanted to steal the trousers      B. wanted to sell the trousers

C. wanted to fool him         D. wanted to buy the trousers 

2.The owner of the shop_______  for the old trousers.

A. would give Tom two dollars   

B. would pay three dollars

C. would pay five dollars        

D. would give Tom six dollars and a half 

3.The shop owner insisted(坚持) that the trousers were worth only two dollars because ____.

A. he wanted to sell them cheaply     

B. he wanted to buy them cheaply

C. he didn't like the trousers       

D. they were old and dirty 

4.In fact, the trousers _________.

A. were hanging inside the shop      

B. were stolen by Tom from the shop

C. had been the shop owner's      

D. had been Tom's 

5.From the story we know that _________ cheaper than the list price.

A. the owner sold the trousers two dollars

B. Tom sold the trousers one dollar and a half

C. the owner bought the trousers three dollars

D. Tom bought the trousers four dollars and a half

 

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