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.
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

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

A．found

B．caught

C．heard

D．covered

What can you infer 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.

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.

. What kind of person was the old engineer?

A．She was foolish.

B．She was kind.

C．She was clever

D．She was polite.