George had stolen some money, and had been caught by the police. Now his ___1___ was about to begin. He felt ___2___ that he would be sent to prison for a long time. Then he ___3___ that his friend Jim was one of the members of the jury(陪審團). He succeeded in seeing him ___4___. He said to him, “Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I can’t hope to be found ___5___ of taking it. But I should be grateful ___6___ you if you could ___7___ the other members of the jury to ___8___ some strong ___9___ for me to their statement that they consider me seriously guilty.”
“Well, George,” answered Jim, “I shall ___10___ try to do what I can for you as an old friend, ___11___ I cannot promise you will be highly ___12___ with the result. The other eleven members of the jury are not ___13___ good terms with me.” Of course, George was very ___14___, but he did not have a ___15___ to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, ___16___, Jim visited him in prison. George ___17___ him very much for what he had done.
“Well, George,” Jim told him, “___18___ I thought, those eleven men were very ___19___ to persuade, but I managed it in the end ___20___ tiring them out. You know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!”
1. A. punishment B. trial C. sentence D. arrest
2. A. doubtful B. firm C. sure D. uncertain
3. A. wondered B. imagined C. explained D. discovered
4. A. secretly B. rarely C. often D. openly
5. A. guilty B. moral C. not moral D. not guilty
6. A. for B. with C. to D. of
7. A. please B. try C. persuade D. advise
8. A. add B. add up C. increase D. increase up
9. A. feeling B. mercy C. care D. excuse
10. A. difficulty B. easily C. certainly D. uncertainly
11. A. so B. but C. thus D. then
12. A. surprised B. supposed C. satisfied D. separated
13. A. in B. by C. on D. of
14. A. lucky B. unlucky C. pleased D. disappointed
15. A. time B. hope C. chance D. reason
16. A. moreover B. however C. therefore D. thus
17. A. complained B. criticized C. thanked D. envy
18. A. as B. like C. if D. though
19. A. foolish B. easy C. clever D. difficult
20. A. in B. by C. with D. after
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本文是描述一個小偷要他在陪審團的朋友為他解脫罪責(zé)的故事。
1. B。根據(jù)上文“偷錢被警察抓住了”可判斷是“審判”就要開始了。
2. C。根據(jù)前面的“偷錢”和“審判”得出答案，他認(rèn)為“肯定”會被判入獄好長時間。
3. D。根據(jù)下文得出答案“他‘發(fā)現(xiàn)’他的朋友吉姆是陪審團的成員之一”。
4. A。因為他是犯人，所以是“秘密地”見他朋友。
5. D。根據(jù)上文，想找吉姆，其目的是希望不被“治罪”。
6. C。be grateful to sb(對某人感激)是固定用法。
7. C。表示希望吉姆“說服”其他陪審團的成員。
8. A。add 表示“增加、補充”，add up表示“把幾個數(shù)加起來”，increase在此處不適合。
9. B。根據(jù)上文，找吉姆說服其他成員為他解脫罪責(zé)，是希望他們對他有些“憐憫”。
10. C。根據(jù)下文，“因為是老朋友”得出答案吉姆“一定會”為他盡力。
11. B。根據(jù)上下文可知是表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。
12. C。因為已為事實，只能是盡力，所以吉姆說“不能保證使你非�！疂M意’”。
13. C。on term with sb.意為“和某人相處”是固定短語。
14. C。因為他朋友吉姆在陪審團，他又愿意為他盡力，所以他感到很“高興”。
15. C。因為審判后有一段時間沒“機會”見到吉姆了。
16. B。根據(jù)上下文推斷是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，其余選項不符句子的邏輯關(guān)系。
17. C。從后文“對他所做的”而表示“感謝”。
18. A。根據(jù)上下文可知句意是“像我所想的那樣，那些人很難說服”。
19. D。根據(jù)后面的“managed”一詞可判斷答案。
20. B。表示通過某種“手段”用介詞by。
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At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a holdup,” the man said rudely. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part—close to six thousand dollars. The robber snatched them and turned to leave.
Then while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his won pocket secretly.
The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted(暈倒).
As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.
The next morning, while the others were examining the bank’s records, George was called into Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.
“Good morning, George, I was sorry, to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our little bank can robbed, too. I retired yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes. Now, I have put the money back in your money-box—all six thousand.”
This passage tells us ______.
A. a serious case B. one part of a play
C. a humorous story D. a meaningful story
Which of the following do you think is true?
A. George wanted to protect the money for the bank.
B. George had been thinking of taking money away.
C. This bank had been robbed several times.
D. Nobody knew the bank would be robbed that day.
Why was George called into Mr. Burrow’s office?
A. His stealing money was disclosed.
B. Mr. Burrow wanted to say sorry to him.
C. Mr. Carruthers wanted to explain the whole thing to him.
D. Mr. Burrow wanted to tell him the money had been put back.
In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means “______”.
A. to make everyone work hard
B. to keep everyone standing straight
C. to make everyone do a kind of exercise
D. to keep everyone paying attention to the coming danger
Which sentence can be used to end the story?
A. George turned cold with fear. B. George turned red with anger.
C. George was pleased with the end. D. George was disappointed with the end.
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Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.
“I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast.
“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in town!”
George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.
Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow , old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window , thinking about his former rival （競爭對手）。Perhaps he missed him?
George was very interested in old dictionaries, He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.
“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia. ”
George and Rivhard were at school.
A. roommates B. good friends
C. competitors D. booksellers
How did George feel about Richard after his disappearance?
A. He envied Richard’s marriage.
B. He thought of Richard from time to time.
C. He felt lucky with no rival in town.
D. He was guilty of Richard’s death.
George got information about Richard from .
A. a dictionary collector in Australia
B. the latter’s rivals Dylans
C. a rare first edition of a dictionary
D. the wrapping paper of a book
What happened to George and Richard in the end?
A. Both George and Richard became millionaires.
B. Both of them realized their original ambitions.
C. George established a successful business white Richard was missing.
D. Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success.
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If George had followed his father’s advice, he ________ a lawyer now.
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George selected his food in Value Mart carefully. He estimated he had ___36___ 80 cents today. He was pleased he had got good ___37___ for his money again.
At the exit, the freezing wind ___38___ him of his gloves. He was sure he was wearing them when entering the___39___. He made a search of his pockets. Then he thought they must have been ___40___ somewhere in the store. George had bought the black gloves for ＄35 ten years ago. They were leather, soft and durable. Until then, he had worn cheaper man-made material that never lasted long. His ___41___ to buy the gloves turned out to be good, which even ___42___ his position on the bus, as poorer passengers stared at him ___43___.
George re-entered the store. He followed the same ___44___ he had walked before, ___45___ at the bread counter, to the dairy section, the shelf where salt and sugar were placed. It did not take long to be ___46___ that the gloves were not there. His ___47___ grew heavier.“People have changed”,he ___48___ .“Years ago, if somebody ___49___ something lost, they would give it back.”
Yet he did not give up .This time he focused on the gloves on other shoppers’ ___50___ .Suddenly he ___51___ a lady nearby wearing a black pair of gloves. He said“Hi !”But when the surprised lady returned his ___52___, his eyes dropped to the floor, for the fingers of her gloves were too small for him.
Without gloves, he had to ___53___ his hands into his sleeves. Back home, George was ___54___. He could not do without gloves. George decided to buy another leather pair. But before that, he stepped into Value Mart again to see if by any ___55___ his gloves hand been returned to the lost and found office. The girl looked into her drawer and took out a pair of men’s leather gloves.“Are they ?”
“Yes ! Mine !”George shouted with joy.
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Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.
“I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast(自吹自擂).
“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in town!”
George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.
Then Richard married a mysterious girl. The couple spent their honeymoon on the coast—but Richard never came back. The police found his wallet on a deserted beach but the body was never found. He must have drowned.
Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival(競爭對手). Perhaps he missed him?
George was very interested in old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel(包裹) arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.
“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.”
1.George and Richard were ________ at school.
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D．the wrapping paper of a book |
4.What happened to George and Richard in the end?
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A．Both George and Richard became millionaires. |
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B．Both of them realized their original ambitions. |
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C．George established a successful business while Richard was missing. |
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D．Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success. |
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