四．阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）

An old woman 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 with her.

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 everything that he wanted, he cured her blindness and sent her a large bill. Now when the old woman could see again she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the bill. So the doctor took her before a judge.

“What the doctor says is true.” she said to the judge. “But I say I’m not cured, because I still can’t see any of the things in my house.”

The old woman won her case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.

71. The doctor didn’t cure the old woman right away because __________.

A. He didn’t know how to cure her              B. He wanted to get a lot of money

C. He wanted to take the woman’s things       D The woman refused to pay him

72. The woman was _______ .

A. clever       B. greedy        C. cruel       D. dishonest

73. The doctor was ________.

A. honest       B. a cheat       C. a kind man      D. ready to help others

74. Which sentence is right according to the passage?

A. The judge didn’t believe the old woman    

B. The doctor cured the woman’s blindness in a short time.

C. The woman got back all her things taken by the doctor.

D. The doctor failed to get his pay.