题目内容
It ________ a long time to improve my French, will it?
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Every person leaves a footprint. That’s what I learnt when I started to work as a private investigator 10 years ago．People pay restaurant bills with their bank card，check into hotels or travel around. In every case，they leave a trace．And because of this，I’m able to track them down even when they don’t want to be found．
The first thing I do when I want to find out where someone is staying is to go to the neighbourhood where he used to live．It’s human nature to tell stories―which is why neighbours will tell me all they know when I ring at their houses．Sometimes，someone even talks about his friend’s dishonesty．Then I produce a pattern of my subject’s life：if he likes to have a holiday in Spain or in Italy，if he prefers two- or three- star hotels and where he might hide his assets(资产)．When I’ve got this life pattern，I start my rescarch．
Nine times out of l0，I find the people I’m looking for．I once investigated a lorry supplier who owed ￡500,000 to a subcontractor(分包商)．The subcontractor wanted to find out if it was worth bringing charges against the supplier．I found out the supplier had moved assets to his son，who founded a new company offering the same product．It was a11 done within the law．There was no money to be got from that operation．
However, I asked the son if I could speak to his father and he told me that his parent was on a long holiday in Spain and wouldn’t be back for a while．It didn’t take me long to find out that the father wasn’t in Spain．
I went back to the son and this time he told me that his father might be in Bulgaria,and I found him doing winter sports in a beautiful mountain area．He was 1iving in a big house on a 1arge piece of land he had bought for є 400，000．This was exactly the kind of asset my customer was loooking for．
52．We learn from the text that a private investigator is one who_______.
A．follows people reports on what they do
B．helps people start businesses
C．gives advice to people about the law
D．settles arguments between companies
53．Why does the author visit the place where his subject used to stay？
A．To find out hi hidden assets．
B．To gather information about him．
C．To discover why he is dishonest．
D．To find out where he spends his holiday．
54．The lorry supplier moved his assets to his son in oder to______．
A．pass on his debt to his son
B．double the business of his company
C．le this son take over his lorry business
D．prevent paying back the money he owed
55．We may infer from the text that the subcontractor might______.
A．bring charges against the lorry supplier’s son
B．give up hope of settling the debt
C．sell the big house in Bulgaria
D．get his money back
One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to __1__ for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his nerve __2__ a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked __3__ so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it __4__， and then asked, “How much do I owe you？”
“You don't owe me anything，” she __5__. “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a __6__.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger __7__， but it also increased his faith in God and human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.
Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called __8__ to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now __9__， was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light __10__ his eyes. Immediately, he __11__ and went down through the hospital hall into her room.
__12__ in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He __13__ her at once. He went back to the consultation room and __14__ to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave __15__attention to her case.
After a long __16__ the battle was won. Dr. Kelly __17__ the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was __18__ that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her __19__. She read these_words...
“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she __20__ silently. “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”
1．A.call B．make C．beg D．prepare
2．A.while B．when C．though D．unless
3．A.thirsty B．lazy C．tired D．hungry
4．A.slowly B．unexpectedly C．steadily D．hurried
5．A.announced B．shook C．replied D．doubtful
6．A.reward B．kindness C．hand D．value
7．A.physically B．mentally C．normally D．properly
8．A.up B．for C．on D．in
9．A.rich B．famous C．observant D．vivid
10．A.fixed B．consulted C．filled D．concentrated
11．A.rose B．raised C．got D．left
12．A.Worn B．Having C．putting D．Dressed
13．A.recognized B．knew C．spared D．regained
14．A.desired B．declared C．determined D．declined
15．A.special B．ordinary C．normal D．no
16．A.decision B．preparation C．struggle D．debate
17．A.ordered B．requested C．confused D．compressed
18．A.negative B．uncertain C．positive D．obvious
19．A.presentation B．preference C．attention D．arrangement
20．A.praised B．pretended C．pressed D．prayed
