Question

【題目】I went online to check if my pay was in my bank account. To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. Easier said than done.

The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem. The human resources department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully, I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.

I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.

We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape(繁瑣手續(xù)) made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do--admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.

【1】What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?

A. He didn’t know what to do with it.

B. He felt lucky to get it.

C. He thought of keeping it for himself.

D. He wanted to return it to the right person.

【2】The underlined phrase “beside myself”(in Paragraph1) probably

means___________.

A. very fortunate B. very angry

C. really thankful D. at ease

【3】How was the problem solved in the end?

A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.

B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.

C. The author gave the money back to the company.

D. The call operator offered to solve their problem

【4】From the passage we can infer that___________.

A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape

B. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules

C. Daniel didn’t know the error before he contacted the author

D. the company gave the wrong account to the bank

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：突然發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的賬戶(hù)打進(jìn)了別人的工資，你會(huì)怎么辦呢？文章作者就遇到了這種情況，幾經(jīng)周折，他最終還是不能通過(guò)銀行或是公司來(lái)解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題，只能和這筆錢(qián)的主人私下解決了這個(gè)問(wèn)題。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章第一段中 I tried to get the money back to the right person. 可知，作者在獲得了這筆意外之財(cái)后，決定物歸原主。故該題正確答案為D.

【2】B考查詞義猜測(cè)。I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account該賓語(yǔ)從句為虛擬語(yǔ)氣。設(shè)身處地得想一下，“如果我的工資不在我的賬戶(hù)上，那么我會(huì)發(fā)狂的。”故該題正確答案為B.very angry.

【3】A細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知，最終是他們自己處理了這件事，作者由于工作忙沒(méi)能親自將錢(qián)交給Daniel，而Daniel則給作者留下了一瓶葡萄酒。故該題正確答案為A.

【4】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章可知，由于繁瑣的手續(xù)，銀行不能快捷地解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題。且在Daniel給作者打電話之前，他盡力去要回自己的錢(qián)但沒(méi)成功。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二句red tape(繁瑣手續(xù)) made it difficult to do the right thing.可知，該題正確答案為B.