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根据以下内容回答下列各题,Robert Edwards was blinded in a traffic accident. He was also a little deaf _51_ old age. Last week, he was taking a walk near his home when a thunderstorm came. He hid _52_ the storm under a big tree and was struck by lightning. He was knocked _53_ the ground and woke up some 20 minutes _54_, lying face down in water in water below a tree. He went into the house and lay down in be

D. A short time later, he awoke; his legs felt _55_ and he was trembling, but, when he opened his eyes, he could see the clock across the room fading in and out in front of him. When his wife entered, he _56_ her for the first time in nine years. Doctors _57_ that he had regained his sight and hearing obviously from the flash of lightning, but they were unable to explain that. The only _58_ explanation offered by one doctor was that, _59_ Edwards lost his sight as a result of trauma in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way it could be restored was by _60_ traumA.

  • A.because
  • B.because of
  • C.as
  • D.since
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    • A.the thief to cut an inch off the stick
    • B.the thief cut an inch off the stick
    • C.the stick grow an inch longer
    • D.the thief tell him what he had done
  2. 金钱是一切吗?(Is Money Everything?)

  3. According to the judge, the next day the thief’s stick would be one inch longer than the others’ because _______.

    • A.the thief’s stick would grow one inch longer
    • B.the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter
    • C.something wrong would happen to the thief’s stick
    • D.the judge had given the longer stick to the thief
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Once she was in the house, the woman behaved as if what she was looking for .

    • A.might be in the kitchen
    • B.was more likely to be upstairs
    • C.would be easily seen by the light from the hall
    • D.would look frightening to a child
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    • 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 the cut an inch
    • A bag of corn was found ________.
    • A.to be stolen
    • B.stolen
    • C.being stolen
    • D.having stolen
  8. After the woman closed the front door, she .

    • A.looked round quickly
    • B.started breathing again
    • C.rested before moving
    • D.walked straight towards the front door
  9. When she was upstairs, the woman .

    • A.saw that there was a wash - basin in each room
    • B.noticed a mirror which she was looking for
    • C.found a torch in one of the rooms
    • D.opened four different doors
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    • A.= door = stairsF
    • B.= front room
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