A few days ago I asked my sons’ governess(女家庭教师)Julia to come into my study. “Be seated, Julia, ”I said, “Let’s settle our accounts. I guess you most likely need some money, but maybe you’re too polite to mention it. Now then, we agreed on thirty dollars a month...”

  “Forty.”

  “No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well, um, you’ve been here two months, so...”

  “Two months and five days.”

  “Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take off nine Sundays... you know you didn’t work with Tom on Sundays, you only took walks. And three holidays... ”Julia was biting her finger nail nervously, her face red, but - not a word.

  “Three holidays, therefore take off twelve dollars. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons, as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch. Twelve and seven - nineteen. Take nineteen off ... that leaves. hmm.... forty one dollars. Correct?”

  Julia’s left eye reddened with tears welling up. Her chin trembled; she coughed nervously and blew her nose, but - still not a word.

  “Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a saucer; take off two dollars. The cup cost more, it was a treasure of the family, but- forget it. When didn’t I take a loss! Then, due to your neglect (疏忽), Tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket; take away ten. Also due to your carelessness the maid stole Dick’s shoes. You ought to watch everything! You get paid for it. So, that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave ten dollars.”

  “You didn’t. ”sobbed Julia.

  “But I made a note of it.”

  “Well... if you say so.”

  “Take twenty seven from forty one -that leaves fourteen.”

  Both her eyes were filled with tears. Beads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nose. Poor girl!

  “Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wife. Three dollars, nothing more.”

  “Really? You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three from fourteen.. leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is !”

  I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.

  “Merci (法语: 谢谢),”she whispered.

  I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger. “For what, this - ‘merci’?” I asked.

  “For the money. ”

  “But you know I’ve cheated you - robbed you ! I have actually stolen from you ! Why this‘merci’?”

  “In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”

  “They didn’t give you anything? No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you... I m going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope all ready for you... Is it really possible to be so spineless (懦弱)?Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws(爪)—to be such a fool?”

  Embarrassed, she smiled. And I could read her expression,“It is possible.”

  I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and, to her great surprise, gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little“merci”several times and went out. I looked after her and thought,“How easy it is to crush the weak in this world !”

  While talking to Julia, the wrier expected from her ________.

  A. a protest           B. gratitude

  C. obedience           D. an explanation

  What shocked the writer was Julia’s ________.

  A. nervousness in front of her boss

  B. acceptance of injustice

  C. shyness when talking about money

  D. reluctance to express herself

  The writer said, “Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws?” He was actually telling the governess ________.

  A. to be more aggressive

  B. to be more careful in her work

  C. to protect her right

  D. to live independently

  At the end of the story, the writer said,“ How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!”to show ________.

  A. his understanding of Julia’s anxiety

  B. his worry about Julia’s future

  C. his concern on the living condition of working - class people

  D. his sympathy for the mental state of those exploited

My name is Jane Eyre and my parents died when I was a baby. For ten years I lived a ___1___ life with my aunt and cousins who treated me unfairly. My cousins teased me and my aunt never showed me any ___2___. The only person who cared about me was the maid, Bessie. One day my cousin John 3me: “You should go and beg, not live with rich folks like us!” After fighting with him I was locked in a room, where I ___4___ for hours crying.

Things ___5___ the same until a tall gentleman called Mr Brockehurst came to visit. My aunt told me that I was going to a school ___6___ by the gentleman. “Train her to be useful and humble,” said Aunt. Two days later I ___7___ my home.

At first my ___8___ at Lowood School was easy. The food was bad and I was often cold but I made ___9___ and enjoyed studying. But after an illness killed several students, new owners ___10___ the school and life improved. Six years later I ___11___ a teacher and was very happy. But eventually(最后) I felt that I should explore more of the world and found a job as a private teacher in a ___12___.

Before I left Lowood, I was ___13___ by Bessie, who told me that seven years ago my father’s brother had come ___14___ me but left again to go abroad. “He looked like quite a gentleman,” said Bessie. I wondered if he would ever look for me again.

My new life ___15___ at Thornfield Hall, a large country house, ___16___ a little girl called Adele. She was the adopted(被收养的) daughter of the owner of the house, Mr Rochester. He ___17___ stayed at Thornfield and ___18___ my time was mainly spent with Adele and the servants. My life was quite happy now although there was something ___19___ about my new home. Often I heard odd(奇怪的) sounds ___20___ from the top floor of the house.

1. A. happy             B. long            C. sad             D. comfortable

2. A. food                B. love                C. method          D. schooling

3. A. shouted at          B. cried over        C. found out                D. talked with

4. A. lived                B. stayed           C. studied            D. beat

5. A. appeared            B. worked          C. seemed          D. remained

6. A. built                 B. designed         C. owned           D. opened

7. A. built                      B. reached          C. left                     D. sold

8. A. food              B. life                C. book            D. study

9. A. noise               B. friends          C. mistakes         D. faces

10. A. took over           B. took up         C. took off         D. took away

11. A. turned              B. met             C. became          D. found

12. A. school             B. home            C. library         D. country

13. A. taught              B. visited           C. brought         D. required

14. A. looking for      B. looking after    C. looking into           D. looking at

15. A. stopped            B. continued        C. started          D. remained

16. A. showing            B. teaching         C. searching       D. wanting

17. A. often                B. hardly          C. happily          D. quietly

18. A. yet                 B. so                         C. still            D. though

19. A. interesting             B. good           C. instructive      D. strange

20. A. come              B. drop            C. fall            D. Go

I've spent most of my career as a traveling salesman, and so I know that   36 is an occupational disease.But one year, my   37  gave me the cure for my homesickness.
It had black bright eyes, a red bow tie and orange feet—a stuffed penguin(企鹅)that   38  about five inches tall.Attached to its left wing   39  a little sign with the hand-painted declaration "I Love My Dad! ".I   40  the penguin at once on my table.
On my next trip, I put the penguin in my suitcase.That night when I   41__   home, my daughter Jeanine was   42  because the penguin had disappeared."Honey, he's here with me, " I explained, "I brought him   43  ."
  44 , the penguin came with me—as necessary as my briefcase.And we   __45  along the way.In Albuquerque, I checked into a   46 , dropped my bag and ran to a meeting.When I returned, the maid had   47  the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow.
One night, I discovered the penguin   48 , and after a mad phone call, I learned I' d   49  it in my previous hotel room,   50  it had been rescued by a maid.I  __51  a hundred miles to get it, and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was waiting at the front desk.In the hotel lobby(大厅), other tired business travelers were   __52   at the reunion of my penguin and me---I think with a bit of   53  
Jeanine is in college now, and I don't travel   54  . The penguin sits on my table, a reminder that love is a wonderful traveling companion.All those years on   55 , it was the one thing I never left home without.

【小题1】
A.coldB.hungerC.lonelinessD.fever
【小题2】
A.wifeB.daughterC.friend D.mother
【小题3】
A.stoodB.layC.jumpedD.climbed
【小题4】
A.wroteB.turnedC.wasD.had
【小题5】
A.threwB.lost C.orderedD.placed
【小题6】
A.droveB.called C.wroteD.went
【小题7】
A.upsetB.happyC.gladD.excited
【小题8】
A.upB.offC.alongD.down
【小题9】
A.From now onB.In the futureC.In future D.From then on
【小题10】
A.had friendsB.had friendC.made friendsD.made friend
【小题11】
A.schoolB.hotelC.shopD.supermarket
【小题12】
A.givenB.turnedC.made D.carried
【小题13】
A.sleepingB.goingC.livingD.missing
【小题14】
A.forgotB.leftC.orderedD.sent
【小题15】
A.thereB.whenC.whereD.how
【小题16】
A.ran B.walkedC.hurriedD.drove
【小题17】
A.surprisedB.frightenedC.looked D.laughed
【小题18】
A.angerB.admirationC.sadnessD.illness
【小题19】
A.as manyB.as seldomC.so fewD.as much
【小题20】
A.the hotelB.the meetingC.the tripD.the house

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