阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
An old woman having lost the use of her eyes visited a doctor to heal (治愈) them. She made this ________with him in the presence of witness (证人) that if he could her blindness, he should receive a sum of money from her, but if her disease , she should give him .
After the agreement was made, the doctor, time after time, some of his medicine on her eyes, and on every ________ took something away, ________ all her property (财产) little by little. And when he had got all she had, he healed her and ________ the promised payment. The old woman, when she ________ her sight and saw ________ of her goods in her house, would give him nothing. The doctor ________ his payment and as she still refused he finally decided to go to the court (法庭) and reported his case before the ________ .
The old woman, standing up in the court, ________ , “This man here speaks the ________ in what he says, for I did ________ to give him a sum of money if I could recover my sight, but if I continued to be blind, I was to give him nothing. Now he says that I am healed. I, ________ , think that I am still blind, ________ when I lost the use of my eyes, I saw in my house a lot of property and ________ goods, but now, though he ________ that I am cured of my blindness, I am not able to see a(an) ________ thing in it.”
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A.agreement |
B.medicine |
C.excuse |
D.decision |
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A.discover |
B.prove |
C.cure |
D.operate |
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A.escaped |
B.remained |
C.improved |
D.disappeared |
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A.anything |
B.nothing |
C.something |
D.everything |
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A.used |
B.tested |
C.made |
D.found |
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A.visit |
B.point |
C.tour |
D.scene |
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A.accepting |
B.realizing |
C.examining |
D.stealing |
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A.advised |
B.demanded |
C.commanded |
D.regretted |
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A.recovered |
B.increased |
C.balanced |
D.lost |
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A.all |
B.none |
C.either |
D.both |
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A.depended on |
B.insisted on |
C.gave up |
D.picked up |
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A.master |
B.officer |
C.police |
D.judge |
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A.argued |
B.shouted |
C.laughed |
D.ordered |
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A.lie |
B.truth |
C.secret |
D.answer |
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A.promise |
B.refuse |
C.remember |
D.expect |
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A.in the end |
B.by the way |
C.at present |
D.on the contrary |
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A.like |
B.though |
C.but |
D.for |
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A.valuable |
B.useful |
C.necessary |
D.modern |
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A.says |
B.suggests |
C.supports |
D.congratulates |
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A.pretty |
B.single |
C.latest |
D.important |
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