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

When I was about 6 years old I lived in Kenya. There was a lot of and there were always street children on the roads asking for money. There was such a big divide between those children and me and I grew up very aware of being so .

We had a wonderful and very kind driver, John, who had been working with my for decades. He used to take us to and from school. One day while we were stopped in traffic a young street child, probably no more than 10 years old, with a friendly greeting, “Hi, John!”

He the car and shook John’s hand,. John then gave him a little bit of money and waved him off with a smile before we carried on our way to school.

I had watched the whole incident completely . John had a large family himself and had to work very hard to make ends .I knew that he didn’t have any spare money. So, of course, at that age I couldn’t understand why he would be giving money to the child.

“Who was that?” I asked. “My friend,” he replied. “I see him every morning on my way to work and I give him a little bit of money.” Unable to comprehend, I asked, “Why do you have to give him money every morning?” John replied, “So he can use it to buy some food.”

It was probably at that that I understood what kindness really was. A person who was in a difficult situation himself still found some money to for a child who needed it. Even at the age of 6 that had such a great impact on me. I didn’t have any money, but I wanted to too. So when my grandfather gave us a chocolate bar after dinner every Friday, I would mine up so I could give it to John to give to his friend.

1.A.kindness B.violence C.poverty D.excitement

2.A.fortunate B.intelligent C.guilty D.unfair

3.A.college B.company C.family D.team

4.A.passed by B.got in C.got back D.called out

5.A.stopped B.approached C.examined D.followed

6.A.annoyed B.surprised C.satisfied D.touched

7.A.meet B.leave C.move D.turn

8.A.Even B.Merely C.Yet D.Still

9.A.sight B.degree C.spot D.moment

10.A.spare B.spend C.supply D.raise

11.A.belong B.contribute C.change D.interfere

12.A.keep B.divide C.save D.add

When I was about 6 years old I lived in Kenya. There was a lot of 1and there were always street children on the roads asking for money. There was such a big divide between those children and me and I grew up very aware of being so 2
We had a wonderful and very kind driver, John, who had been working with my 3for decades. He used to take us to and from school. One day while we were stopped in traffic a young street child, probably no more than 10 years old, 4with a friendly greeting, “Hi, John!”
He 5the car and shook John’s hand,. John then gave him a little bit of money and waved him off with a smile before we carried on our way to school.
I had watched the whole incident completely 6. John had a large family himself and had to work very hard to make ends7.I knew that he didn’t have any spare money. So, of course, at that age I couldn’t understand why he would be giving money to the child.
“Who was that?” I asked. “My friend,” he replied. “I see him every morning on my way to work and I give him a little bit of money.”8Unable to comprehend, I asked, “Why do you have to give him money every morning?” John replied, “So he can use it to buy some food.”
It was probably at that9that I understood what kindness really was. A person who was in a difficult situation himself still found some money to10for a child who needed it. Even at the age of 6 that had such a great impact on me. I didn’t have any money, but I wanted to11too. So when my grandfather gave us a chocolate bar after dinner every Friday, I would 12mine up so I could give it to John to give to his friend.

1.
1. A.
  kindness
2. B.
  violence
3. C.
  poverty
4. D.
  excitement
2.
1. A.
  fortunate
2. B.
  intelligent
3. C.
  guilty
4. D.
  unfair
3.
1. A.
  college
2. B.
  company
3. C.
  family
4. D.
  team
4.
1. A.
  passed by
2. B.
  got in
3. C.
  got back
4. D.
  called out
5.
1. A.
  stopped
2. B.
  approached
3. C.
  examined
4. D.
  followed
6.
1. A.
  annoyed
2. B.
  surprised
3. C.
  satisfied
4. D.
  touched
7.
1. A.
  meet
2. B.
  leave
3. C.
  move
4. D.
  turn
8.
1. A.
  Even
2. B.
  Merely
3. C.
  Yet
4. D.
  Still
9.
1. A.
  sight
2. B.
  degree
3. C.
  spot
4. D.
  moment
10.
1. A.
  spare
2. B.
  spend
3. C.
  supply
4. D.
  raise
11.
1. A.
  belong
2. B.
  contribute
3. C.
  change
4. D.
  interfere
12.
1. A.
  keep
2. B.
  divide
3. C.
  save
4. D.
  add

Did you know that about 300 words in the English language derive from the names of people?

A great many of these words are technical words since a new invention or discovery is often named after the scientist who made the discovery. In this way we have such words as watt, ohm, diesel, dahlia, macadam, ampere, mores.

A good many everyday words, however, have also found their way into the language from the names of people. The very popular word sandwich, for example, comes from the name of Lord Sandwich (1718 – 1792). While he sat at the gambling table, he used to eat slices of meat placed between two slices of bread. His friends began to call this sort of food a sandwich because only Lord Sandwich ate it. But later on it became popular and had to have a real name. So what began as a nickname gradually became part of the common language.

Another commonly used word is to boycott, meaning to refuse to have any connection or business with. This comes from Captain Boycott, who was the agent of an English land owner in Ireland in 1880. He treated his tenants so badly that they all refused to speak to hi,. By this policy they eventually obtained his removal. Such treatment was referred to as a boycott. Soon afterwards this verb to boycott was coined. Both the noun and the verb are still widely used.

1．What’s the passage chiefly concerned with?

A．English words and names of scientists.

B．English words and names of people.

C．English words and discovery.

D．Words and famous people.

2．A sandwich was named after Lord Sandwich because .

A．he was fond of it

B．he was the only person that ate it

C．he was the manufacturer of the food

D．it became popular

3．It is suggested that Lord Sandwich .

A．was mad about gambling

B．had to eat a sandwich because he was in debt

C．invented gambling

D．coined the word of sandwich

4．The word tenant (Paragraph 4, Line 4) probably refers to a .

A．customer B．doctor

C．patient D．Person who rents a house

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 research．

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 looking for．

1．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

2．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．

3．The lorry supplier moved his assets to his son in order 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

4．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

He used his car for business ________, and many of the minor repairs were done on the house．

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