单选题 Mr. Handforth in his old age, in his second childhood—advanced by his stroke—had kept his wits about him, and they, as old people's wits sometimes will, inclined him to be critical of those who were nearest and dearest to him.
Undoubtedly, it was Judith who was—or who had been—nearest and dearest to him. Throughout the many years of his widowerhood—how many! —she had been at his beck and call, neglecting, as she herself had said and as he had had ample opportunities of confirming, her own family and he had gratefully though guiltily agreed to her suggestion, that her family would have been larger than it was, that Charlotte might have had brothers and sisters, as Seymour hoped she would have, if she had not felt that her father was her first priority.
This combined feeling of guilt and gratitude he had tried to acknowledge to her from time to time, by presents smaller and greater; and he had made and re-made his will many times, with the object of leaving the residue of his estate, already much reduced by Judith's inroads on it, in unequal shares, to Judith and Hester—shares that should seem equal, though they were not. Thus he got his house and its contents valued at a very low figure, well knowing that it would be worth far more at his death, to balance a rather high figure of shares to Hester, the value of which he had good reason for thinking would go down rather than up.
Not that he was not fond of Hester, but in his mind and affections she had always played second fiddle to her sister; though younger, she had married earlier; like an almost unfledged bird she had abandoned the nest, and made another for herself far, far away. It was natural, of course ; Jack had swept her off her feet, she had thrown in her lot with him, leaving her father to Judith's very tender mercies.
How can one feel towards someone who, for the most natural reasons in the world, has thrown one over as one feels towards someone who, for the best reasons in the world, has stayed by one's side?
But were they the best reasons in the world? No, Mr. Handforth decided, they were the worst; everything his daughter Judith had done for him, all her kindness and her assiduous attentions when he had been alone and/or ill, had been inspired by one motive, and only one: the greed of gain. At last she had shown herself in her true colours—the colours, whatever they were, of a vampire.

单选题 In paragraph 2 the author implies that Judith helped her father ______.
A. without expecting any gratitude
B. while ensuring that he recognized her sacrifice
C. because she felt her family came first
D. simply out of daughterly affection

单选题 Which phrase describes Judith's character in an ironic way?
A. "Judith's very tender mercies"
B. "her kindness and her assiduous attentions"
C. "the greed of gain"
D. "her true colours/

单选题 In his will Mr. Handforth intended to ______.
A. reward Judith for her sacrifices
B. be fair to both sisters
C. show Judith he had noticed her greed
D. give Judith less than Hester

单选题 He considered that Hester ______.
A. had treated him badly
B. did not feel anything for him
C. had acted reasonably
D. had got what she deserved

单选题 His skeptical view of Judith ______.
A. had always been kept secret
B. had come about suddenly
C. continued to shock him
D. was encouraged by Hester