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．

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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 （推斷） 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．

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?

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. 1.

   What did the engineer promise the doctor if he failed to make her see again?

   1. A.
      A lot of money
   2. B.
      Half of the money
   3. C.
      No money
   4. D.
      A little money
2. 2.

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

   1. A.
      found
   2. B.
      caught
   3. C.
      heard
   4. D.
      covered
3. 3.

   What can you infer from the story?

   1. A.
      The old engineer lived alone
   2. B.
      The old engineer lived with a servant.
   3. C.
      The old engineer lived with her children.
   4. D.
      The old engineer lived with a judge.
4. 4.

   What’s the result of the case?

   1. A.
      The engineer failed
   2. B.
      The doctor failed to get the pay.
   3. C.
      The doctor returned the things
   4. D.
      The old engineer forgot her promise.
5. 5.

   . What kind of person was the old engineer?

   1. A.
      She was foolish.
   2. B.
      She was kind.
   3. C.
      She was clever
   4. D.
      She was polite.

About ten men in every hundred have the trouble of color blindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about one in two hundred is affected（感染）in this matter. Perhaps, after all ,it is safer to be driven by a woman.
There are different kinds of color blindness. For example, a man cannot see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades (影子) of  green. Sometimes a person can’t tell the difference between blue and green. Only a few unlucky men may see everything in shades of green— a strange world indeed.
Color blindness in human beings is a different thing to explain. In only one eye there are millions of very small things called “cones（錐狀細胞）” . These help us to see in the bright light and to tell differences between colors. These are also millions of “rods“（桿狀細胞），but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes but not colors.
Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes(蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue light will. Human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes, we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the help of the rods we can see shapes at night.
【小題1】“Color blindness” means           in Chinese.
A. 盲目        B. 無色      C 色盲    D 討厭顏色
【小題2】 Some people say it’s safer to be driven by women because         .