possessed
professed
recounted
refined
第1题：
While traveling abroad(在国外), Mr. Jackson Frank ran short of money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for $500. "Send the money by telegram," he wrote, "to the Fisher Bank in P…" After a week he began calling at the Fisher Bank. He showed his passport(护照). "Nothing has come for you," he was told. This went on for two weeks, and Mr. Frank got very worried. He sent a telegram to his brother, asking where the money was. There was no reply, and no money arrived for him.
In the fourth week Mr. Frank was arrested for failing to pay hotel bill. His passport was taken from him. He tried to explain the problem, but no one believed him. He was sent to prison for sixty days. When he came out, he went immediately to the Fisher Bank. The Clerk(职员)he spoke to was a new man. "Have you received $500 for me?" he asked, "My name is Jackson Frank." The clerk checked his books. "Yes, Mr. Jackson, it's here. It came by telegram - let me see - oh, more than two months ago.
"We wondered where you were." He showed Mr. Frank the order. The order(汇单)read: "Pay Mr. Frank Jackson the sum of $500 …"
"But my name is Jackson Frank, not Frank Jackson."
"Oh, that's all right, sir. It was in our books under the letter 'J', but it's your money."
The clerk laughed. "A human mistake, sir! We're all human beings, aren't we? And so we all make mistakes. A family name like Frank sounds strange to me."
Mr frank was silent. He really wanted to hit somebody. At last he said, "A human mistake - is that what you call it? I think some humans need kicking."
1. Jackson didn't just go to his brother and get some money because _____.
A. he was afraid to see his brother
B. he was in prison and was not allowed to go anywhere
C. he was traveling in a foreign country and was far from his brother
D. he knew that his brother had no money
2. A week after he had written to his brother, Jackson began _____.
A. telephoning the bank
B. visiting the bank
C. shouting at the clerks of the bank
D. explaining his problem to the clerks of the bank
3. Jackson was arrested and sent to prison because _____.
A. his brother hadn't sent him any money and he couldn't pay his hotel bill
B. he had spent almost all his money and couldn't pay his hotel bill
C. he had lost all his money and couldn't pay his hotel bill
D. his brother hadn't sent him as much money as he asked for and he couldn't pay his hotel bill
4. Which of the following statements is true? _____
A. The money did not reach the Fisher Bank.
B. The money reached the wrong bank.
C. The money reached the bank after he was arrested.
D. The money reached the bank before he was arrested.
5. The clerks put his name under the wrong letter _____.
A. through carelessness
B. because they were human beings
C. because he had a strange name
D. by pronouncing his name incorrectly
第2题：
A、where
B、when
C、which
D、what
第3题：
A、hence
B、possess
C、outer
D、humble
第4题：
He had lost his temper and his health in the war and never found _________of them again.
A.neither
B. either
C. eath
D.all
第5题：
He gave up his favorite job()for his family than for money.
A.rather
B.much
C.all D.more
第6题：
A. very
B. fairly
C. that
D. rather
第7题：
A.eagerness
B. fear
C.hesitation
D.excitement
第8题：
Passage Five
Jim was intelligent, but he hated hard work. He said, "You work hard, and make a lot of money, and then the government takes most of it. I want easy work that gives me lots of money and that the government doesn't know about".
So he became a thief--but he did not do the stealing himself. He got others to do it. They were much less intelligent than he was, so he arranged everything and told them what to do.
One day they were looking for rich families to rob, and Jim sent one of them to a large beautiful house just outside the town.
It was evening, and when the man looked through one of the windows, he saw a young man and a girl playing on a piano.
When he went back to Jim, he said, "That family can't have much money. Two people were playing on the same piano there."
52. What Jim said can be said to be______.
A. an excuse
B. a lie
C. a joke
D. a truth
此题为推论题，从一开始就看到吉姆是一个聪明人，但是却希望不劳而获，于是他当起了小偷的头，因此推论，他所说的话只是借口。
第9题：
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
James’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __37__ on earth was he going to get the __38__ of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __39__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __41__.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42__ it. He would have to find a job. __43__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __44__ on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __46__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __47__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49__ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day __50__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __51__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __54__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __55__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
第10题：