According to an old story, a farmer once found that a bag of corn had been stolen from his house. He went to the judge and told him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took a number of sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.

　 He then said, “Come before me again tomorrow. I shall then know which of you is the thief because the stick given to the thief will be one inch longer than the others.”

　 The thief was afraid of being found out, and so he cut an inch off his stick. The next day the thief’s stick was found to be one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken away to prison.

1.The judge gave each man a stick _______.

A. to change back the farmer’s corn

B. to beat the thief

C. as a tool to find out the thief

D. so as to play a game together

2.Since the thief cut the stick short, ________.

A. he was found out

B. the judge couldn’t catch him

C. his stick had an equal length with the others’

D. his stick wouldn’t be any longer

3.The wise way the judge found out the thief in the end was to make ______.

A. the thief cut the stick off

B. the thief cut an inch off the stick

C. the stick grow an inch longer

D. the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter

四．阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）
An old woman 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 with her.
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 everything that he wanted, he cured her blindness and sent her a large bill. Now when the old woman could see again she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the bill. So the doctor took her before a judge.
“What the doctor says is true.” she said to the judge. “But I say I’m not cured, because I still can’t see any of the things in my house.”
The old woman won her case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
71. The doctor didn’t cure the old woman right away because __________.
A. He didn’t know how to cure her              B. He wanted to get a lot of money
C. He wanted to take the woman’s things       D The woman refused to pay him
72. The woman was _______ .
A. clever       B. greedy        C. cruel       D. dishonest
73. The doctor was ________.
A. honest       B. a cheat       C. a kind man      D. ready to help others
74. Which sentence is right according to the passage?
A. The judge didn’t believe the old woman    
B. The doctor cured the woman’s blindness in a short time.
C. The woman got back all her things taken by the doctor.
D. The doctor failed to get his pay.

An old woman 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 with her.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 everything that he wanted, he cured her blindness and sent her a large bill. Now when the old woman could see again she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the bill. So the doctor took her before a judge.
“What the doctor says is true.” she said to the judge. “But I say I’m not cured, because I still
can’t see any of the things in my house.”
The old woman won her case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
【小题1】The doctor didn’t cure the old woman right away because __________.
A. He didn’t know how to cure her        B. He wanted to get a lot of money
C. He wanted to take the woman’s things          D The woman refused to pay him
【小题2】 The woman was _______ .

According to an old story, a farmer once found that a bag of corn had been stolen from his house. He went to the judge and told him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took a number of sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.
　He then said, “Come before me again tomorrow. I shall then know which of you is the thief because the stick given to the thief will be one inch longer than the others.”
　The thief was afraid of being found out, and so he cut an inch off his stick. The next day the thief’s stick was found to be one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken away to prison.
【小题1】The judge gave each man a stick _______.

An old woman 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 with her.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 everything that he wanted, he cured her blindness and sent her a large bill. Now when the old woman could see again she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the bill. So the doctor took her before a judge.

“What the doctor says is true.” she said to the judge. “But I say I’m not cured, because I still

can’t see any of the things in my house.”

The old woman won her case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.

1.The doctor didn’t cure the old woman right away because __________.

A. He didn’t know how to cure her           B. He wanted to get a lot of money

C. He wanted to take the woman’s things   D The woman refused to pay him

2. The woman was _______ .

3.The doctor was ________.

4.The word “case” in the last paragraph means ______.

5.Which sentence is right according to the passage?