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?

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

3. What can you infer from the story?

4. What’s the result of the case?

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

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　　One day a man caught a wolf (狼), put it in a bag and left it in the forest. An old man came by. The wolf 1 the old man to set him 2 . As soon as the wolf got out, he said to the old man,“I haven't 3 anything since breakfast, so T am going to 4 you up.”

　　Then the old man began to cry.

　　A traveller came by, saw them and 5 to help the old man. He said to the wolf,“The bag is very 6 and you are a big wolf. 7 you can get into the bag, I shall believe (相信) you and you can eat the old man.”The wolf wanted to 8 the traveller that the bag was 9 enough for him, so he got into it at once. Then the two threw themselves on the bag and 10 the wolf.

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Once More See the Light

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 will 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 when 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．

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

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 （推断） 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．

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　　It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's 1 all doctors thought, until they heard about AL Herpin. AL Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be 2 ? The doctors decided to see this 3 man themselves. AL Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors went to his home in New Jersey. They thought for 4 that he got some sleep of some 5 . So they stayed with him and watched every movement(行为) he 6 . But they were 7 . 8 they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin 9 . In fact, he did not even 10 a bed. He never needed one.

　　The only 11 that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were 12 by this strange continuous(不断) sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, 13 to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain(解释) his condition(状况). Herpin 14 some talk about his mother having been ill several days before he was born. Was this the 15 reason? No one could be sure.

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I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one     was the most important.
It happened last term just after I had got a     result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be   .
The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking   a teacher. In­stead, he held up a twenty yuan note(钞票) !
"Who wants this?" he asked. Unsurprisingly,     of us in the class held up our hands.
The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but     nothing. Sud­denly, he threw the note onto the floor!  Then he asked the same   a third time.
I didn' t     what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn't know what to do. I wanted the note,     I put my hand up again. Af­ter a while, he   the note and started to laugh. "You have all just told me how to be­come successful, "   said to us with the note in his hand.
"The note is worth twenty yuan. It is     worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter   happens to you, you still have your worth."
When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I   I was worth a lot. I may have done in an exam, but it doesn't     I can' t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!