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 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.

Billy always loved blueberries. They were his favorite fruit. Today he was going to make juice with his uncle. His uncle liked to make juice out of everything. He made carrot juice, apple juice, vegetable juice, and more juices. He had never made blueberry juice before though!

First, Billy and his uncle went to a blueberry farm. They were each given a basket. They picked for an hour and got several pounds. It was hard work picking the little berries from the trees. Now Billy understood why they were expensive in the store.

Next, they had to wash the fruit. Some of them still had leaves. Those had to be pulled off. Then the bad berries had to be thrown away. They washed the berries and made them air-dry.

After that, they pushed the blueberries through a strainer(过滤网). The strainer caught most of the seeds and skins, and only left a small glass of dark purple juice to them.

When they tasted the juice, it wasn't very sweet. Billy's uncle didn't want to add white sugar to the juice. It was better to use a naturally sweet juice, like apple juice, pear juice, or grape juice. They used grape juice as a sweetener (甜味剂), because grapes had a similar color to the blueberries.

Finally, they could drink it. It was a lot of work to make juice, but it sure was refreshing!

1.Billy's uncle hadn't made juice before.

A. carrot B. blueberry C. apple D. vegetable

2.Billy thought blueberries were expensive because .

A. they were delicious

B. they had to be sent to the store

C.it was hard to pick them from the trees

D. there weren't many blueberry trees on the farm

3.The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 4 refers to .

A. blueberries B. farmers

C. seeds and skins D. Billy and his uncle

4.The correct order of making blueberry juice is .

① wash blueberries.

②pick blueberries from trees.

③add grape juice to the blueberry juice.

④push the blueberries through a strainer.

A. ②①④③ B. ②①③④

C. ②④③① D. ④①②③

5.The passage is mainly about .

A. why Billy liked blueberry juice

B. where Billy got the best blueberries

C. how Billy made blueberry juice with his uncle

D. what Billy did on the blueberry farm with his uncle

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