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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. 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
you 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!"
B. gratitude
C. obedience
D. an explanation
B. acceptance of injustice
C. shyness when talking about money
D. reluctance to express herself
the governess _____.
B. to be more careful in her work
C. to protect her right
D. to live independently
B. his worry about Julia"s future
C. his concern on the living condition of working-class people
D. his sympathy for the weak
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试题【阅读理解。 A few days ago I asked my sons" governess (女家庭教师) Julia to come into m】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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leaving him alone for years. 2 writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.
As the two brothers grew up together, they had their 3 of problems and they would often quarrel. Then
one day, his younger brother decided to 4 separate from him, living his own life as many 5 people do. So
he was heart-broken and didn"t know what to do.
A 6 misfortune happened to a girl, too. One night she tried to 7 meals for her sick mother, only to
overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her 8 away.
Though her elder sister in another city 9 her willingness to take care of her, she was 10 to learn to be
completely independent. At school, she 11 studied hard.
One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to 12 on a television interview program and asked to 13
something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote; My younger brother"s arms are my arms; 14
the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
They had both 15 the same pain, but their different attitudes determined the nature of their lives. It is true
that life is unpredictable (难以预料). Disasters can strike at 16 time. If you choose only to complain and 17 ,
it will always follow you 18 you go. But if you decide to be 19 , the hard moment will 20 to be one when
new hopes will arise.
| ( )1. A.older sister ( )2. A.Instead of ( )3. A.share ( )4. A.live ( )5. A.rich ( )6. A.different ( )7. A.prepare ( )8. A.ears ( )9. A.explained ( )10. A.satisfied ( )11. A.hardly ( )12. A.sing ( )13. A.say ( )14. A.while ( )15. A.hidden ( )16. A.one ( )17. A.comfort ( )18. A.whenever ( )19. A.silent ( )20. A.turn out | B. uncle B. Except for B. goal B. tell B. normal B. strange B. offer B. toes B. showed B. excited B. seldom B. dance B. draw B. when B. suffered B. no B. discourage B. wherever B. noisy B. bring about | C. younger brother C. Thanks to C. agreement C. come C. unlucky C. special C. have C. feet C. pointed C. determined C. always C. turn C. write C. since C. discovered C. any C. watch C. if C. weak C. come up | D. mother D. In spite of D. enjoyment D. learn D. disabled D. similar D. order D. hands D. discussed D. disappointed D. sometimes D. appear D. copy D. unless D. overcome D. this D. escape D. because D. strong D. give off | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| "Good evening, everybody!" said the teacher, Donna. "Where is everybody?" That was sort of a daily joke by Donna. Usually the class started with only two or three students present, and then filled up as the minutes went by. It was summertime. Summer school was only eight weeks long. Class attendance was always smaller than during fall and spring semesters. "I don"t know, teacher. Maybe they late or no come," said one student. "Maybe watching TV football tonight." "Is there a soccer game tonight? It seems like there"s a soccer game every night. Oh, well. Let"s get started, okay? We"re on page 36 in the workbook. Tonight we"re studying participles as adjectives. Students are always confused when they learn about the present and past participles, so we will practice this a lot. Tonight, we"re just going to practice the present participle. "The present participle tells us what emotion or feeling the subject is causing. For example, "Grammar is boring" means that the subject-grammar-causes an emotion of boredom. If we say, "The movie is interesting," we are saying that the movie causes a feeling of interest. If we say, "The roller coaster is exciting," we are saying that the roller coaster causes a feeling of excitement. Any questions so far? Am I confusing you? Is everyone confused?" The classroom was quiet. Donna looked at blank faces. They were confused. She knew this would take a while. But eventually, the faster students would grasp it, and then they would help the slower students. By the end of the evening, most of the class would feel comfortable using the present participle. Donna erased the board and put some new examples on it. She loved guiding her students through difficult topics like this one. She always felt a little bit thrilled when the look of understanding came to their faces. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. What do you think the class is about? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. Going over homework. B. English grammar. C. Football. D. British culture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. We can infer from the first paragraph that _____ in summer time. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. some students are often late for school B. some students often watch football games with the teacher C. more students often ask for leave D. more students often go to school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. The underlined work "blank" probably means _____. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. excited B. interested C. confused D. pleased | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. Donna was experienced in teaching English grammar. B. Donna made the students practice using the present participle. C. Donna didn"t use any examples to help the students. D. Donna made herself understood at last. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 1 course about 20 years ago. The professor 2 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans (豆), and invited the students to 3 how many beans the jar contained. After 4 shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 5 answer, and went on saying, "You have just 6 an important lesson about science. That is: Never 7 your own senses." Twenty years later, the 8 could guess what the professor had in mind. He 9 himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting 10 into an un- known world invisible (无形的) to the 11 , which can be discovered only through scientific 12 . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 13 the invitation She was just 14 to understand the world. And she 15 that her firsthand experience could be the 16 . The professor, however, said that it was 17 . He was taking away her only 18 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute (替代) "I remember feeling small and 19 ." the woman says, "and I did the only thing I could do. I 20 the course that afternoon, and I haven"t gone near science since." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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