1. (2016·哈尔滨) 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

    Ms. Smith lived in a small village. She was born with a silver spoon. When her parents died， they left her a lot of money. After that， she lived on her own. Unfortunately， she became blind after a serious illness. She went to see lots of famous doctors， hut nobody was able to cure her eyes. She felt very sad.

    One day, a man named Tom came to the village where Ms. Smith lived. He heard about her illness and came to her house. He told Ms. Smith that he had much experience. He was sure to cure her eyes. But she must pay him a large amount of money. Ms. Smith agreed. “But you can't get a penny if you fail，" said the lady.

    During the treatment， Tom found Ms. Smith was very rich. There were plenty of good thing in her house. He stole many valuable things from the house. Several weeks later， Tom cured Ms. Smith. The lady could really see with her eyes. When Tom asked for moneys. Ms. Smith refused. She said. '*You haven't cured my eyes. Before I was blind， I could see all the things in my room.    ⑸     ”

Hearing that， Tom stood there and couldn't say a word.

1. （1） The underlined sentence "She was born with a silver spoon.” most probably means         .

   A . she had poor parents B . she was born in a rich family C . she had meals with a very expensive spoon
3. （2） Tom came to visit Ms. Smith for the first time because he        

   A . wanted to steal her money B . wanted to help her for free C . wanted to cure her illness in order to make money
5. （3） After Ms. Smith was cured， ________.

   A . Tom paid her a lot of money B . she refused to pay Tom any money C . she paid Tom lots of money at once
7. （4） Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A . Ms. Smith was horn blind. B . Many valuable things were stolen from Tom' 8 house. C . It took Tom several weeks to cure Ms. Smith.
9. （5） "_______ can be the missing sentence in the passage.

   A . What a colorful world! B . But now I can't any of them. C . Thank you for curing my eyes.