5．The owner of an Indian food shop in Bristol was astounded to receive an apology letter and money in compensation（補償） from a thief who stole from his shop seven years ago．
The shop owner，Imran Ahmed，27，said he never expected that the thief would get in touch after so long．He said he remembered returning to the shop to find his windows broken and goods stolen．He didn't know whether the police had ever caught anyone in connection with the crime（犯罪活動） because they hadn't remembered to contact him．He supposed that the case had been closed long ago，so he just tried to forget it and went on doing business as usual．
Seemingly，the criminal had not been planning to rob  the shop that night in 2008---the letter says，'About seven years ago I was walking past your shop late one night when I noticed that someone had broken into it．'With the shop front wide open，there was nothing to prevent the thief from stepping inside and taking anything he wanted．There were some cigarettes lying there and the thief grabbed them and ran．
Now，it seems the mystery thief regrets stealing from the shop and has stopped carrying out such crimes．At the time of the robbery，‘my life was in a mess，'the ashamed thief explained in the letter，but now‘I'm trying to lead an honest life．'
The shop owner，Mr Ahmed，was moved by the letter．I n fact，he was so touched and pleased by the thief's change of heart that he is planning to give the money to charity．His said，'I would love to find out who he was but I don't think he will contact us．It's amazing this has happened and to have something like this happen is really good．'He has put it away and it is well kept in a box．
Avon and Somerset Police spokesman Steve Game said，‘The police are very pleased to hear that a victim（受害人） has received some compensation for a crime．The letter shows that criminals can change their lives for the better．'
28．What does the underlined word"astounded"in Paragraph 1 mean？C
A．Proud．
B．Regretful．
C．Surprised．
D．Relaxed．
29．What did the thief do that night？C
A．He broke into the shop
B．He robbed the shop as planned．
C．He stole something from the shop．
D．He carried out a crime with his partners．
30．Why did the thief make an apology for his behavior？A
A．He wanted to put his past mistake right．
B．He experienced a similar robbery．
C．His stealing brought shame on his family．
D．His joining charity changed him．
31．How did Mr Ahmed react after reading the litter？C
A．He handed it over to the police．
B．He would meet the thief in person．
C．He felt happy for the thief's becoming good．
D．He wondered how the thief was over the years．

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了時隔多年小偷主動為自己的行為道歉，艾哈邁德先生看完他為小偷的善良感到高興．

解答 28．C．詞義猜測題．根據(jù)第一段：The owner of an Indian food shop in Bristol was astounded to receive an apology letter and money in compensation（補償） from a thief who stole from his shop seven years ago在布里斯托爾，印度食品店的老板吃驚地補償收到道歉信和錢（補償）從一個小偷偷了七年前從他的商店；可知意為驚訝；故選C．
29．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段：He said he remembered returning to the shop to find his windows broken and goods stolen可知那天晚上小偷他從商店偷東西；故選C．
30．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第四段：my life was in a mess，'the ashamed thief explained in the letter，but now‘I'm trying to lead an honest life可知小偷為自己的行為道歉是為了他想糾正過去的錯誤；故選A．
31．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段：The police are very pleased to hear that a victim（受害人） has received some compensation for a crime可知艾哈邁德先生看完他為小偷的善良感到高興；故選C．

點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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I was connected with a large and important firm of engineers．I had been bred up to the profession，and was credited with a certain amount of"talent"； and I was considered-and，with all modesty，I think I deserved the opinion-steady and reliable，so that I had already attained a fair position in the house，and was looked upon as a"rising man"．But I was still young，and not quite so wise as I thought myself．I came close once to making a great mess of a certain affair．It is this story which I am going to tell．
Our house went in largely for patents-rather too largely，some thought．But the head partner's son was a bit of a genius in his way，and his father was growing old，and let Herr Wilhelm-Moritz we will call the family name-do pretty much as he chose．And on the whole Herr Wilhelm did well．He was cautious，and he had the benefit of the still greater caution and larger experience of Herr Gerhardt，the second partner in the firm．
Patents and the laws which regulate them are strange things to have to do with．No one who has not had personal experience of the complications that arise could believe how far these spread and how involved they become．Great acuteness as well as caution is called for if you would guide your patent bark safely to port-and perhaps more than anything，a power of holding your tongue．I was no chatterbox，nor，when on a mission of importance，did I go about looking as if I were bursting with secrets，which is，in my opinion，almost as dangerous as revealing them．No one，to meet me on the journeys which it often fell to my lot to undertake，would have guessed that I had anything on my mind but an easy-going young fellow's natural interest in his surroundings，though many a time I have stayed awake through a whole night of railway travel if at all doubtful about my fellow-passengers，or not dared to go to sleep in a hotel without a ready-loaded gun by my pillow．For now and then-though not through me-our secrets did ooze out．And if，as has happened，they were secrets connected with Government orders or contracts，there was，or but for the exertion of the greatest energy and tact on the part of my superiors，there would have been，to put it plainly，the devil to pay．

67．The writer preferred to be calledB
A．a(chǎn) German
B．a(chǎn)n Englishman
C．both a German and an Englishman   
D．neither a German nor an Englishman
68．Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the writer？D
A．Talented    B．Modest   C．Reliable    D．Wise
69．The head of the company where the writer works isC．
A．Schmidt   B．Moritz   C．Wilhelm's father   D．Gerhardt
70．The writer often stayed awake on the train or kept a ready-loaded gun in the hotel，becauseA
A．some people sometimes let out the secrets of his company
B．the writer occasionally didn't keep the secrets of his company
C．patents and the laws are strange things to have to do with
D．the secrets were connected with Government orders or contracts．

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