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(法官).

“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(允诺) 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(推测) 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 promse.

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

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了意为老工程师失明了，她答应医生如果能使她看见东西就给他很多钱，如果看不见东西，就什么也得不到。但是每次去她家，都拿走她的一些东西。当老工程师的眼睛治好了，能看见了，但是她却看不见她的东西。因此拒绝支付医生费用。于是医生把她告上了法庭。最后老工程师赢了，因为她看不见她的东西，这是在履行他们的承诺。

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