题目内容
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I went on line to check my pay was in my bank account(账户). To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I know I would have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. Easier said than done.
The bank couldn’t help as it “wasn’t a bank problem.” The human-resource department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.
I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.
We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape(繁琐手续)made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do — admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.
52. What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?
A. He didn’t know what to do with it. B. He felt lucky to get it.
C. He thought of keeping it for himself. D. He wanted to return it to the right person.
53. The underlined phrase “beside myself” probably means _______.
A. very fortunate B. very angry C. really thankful D. at ease
54. How was the problem solved in the end?
A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.
B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.
C. The author gave the money back to the company.
D. The call operator offered to solve their problem.
55. From the passage we can infer that _________.
A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape
B. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules
C. Daniel didn’t know the error until he contacted the author
D. it was easy for a company to have a mistake which had occurred fixed
52—55 DBAB
第II卷 (非选择题 共40分)?
第三部分:写作(共三节,满分40分)?
第一节 根据对话填单词(每空限写一词)(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
W: Officer, officer, I have something i 81 to report I have just had my money s 82 M: Before you begin, why not take a seat and calm down a little? Don’t be too e 83 It won’t help us catch the thief. W: Yes, you’re completely right. Where should I start? M: From the beginning. When did it take p 84 W: About ten m 85 ago. M: And where exactly was this? W: It was probably on the moving stair coming up from the underground at Xidan. I think somebody had been f 86 me from the time I left the bank. M: The bank? W: Well, you see. I went to a bank to e 87 some traveller’s cheques for money, so I can buy my airline t 88 back home. I’m only here o 89 a visit, you see. M: Yes, yes. How much did you exchange? W: About 4,500 dollars worth M: And how m 90 was stolen? W: All of it.. M: I see. | 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 |
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It was raining so (大) that I had to wait for the rain to | 76. |
stop. But half an hour it was still raining. Seeing this, | 77. |
the guard at the gate offered to (借给) me his umbrella. | 78. |
I accepted at once. With his help, I got home on time w | 79. |
getting wet. The next morning, when I r the umbrella to | 80. |
the guard, I said “thank you” to him, (留) him a note to | 81. |
express my t sincerely. To my surprise, he said no one had | 82. |
e written him to say “thank you”, and it meant a lot to him. | 83. |
So in my o , saying “thank you” to others is not only easy | 84. |
also meaningful to the person who says it and the receiver! | 85. |
W: Officer, officer, I have something I 86 to report I have just had my money s 87 M: Before you begin, why not take a seat and calm down a little? Don’t be too e 88. It won’t help us catch the thief. W: Yes, you’re completely right. Where should I start? M: From the beginning. When did it take p 89 W: About ten m 90 ago. M: And where exactly was this? W: It was probably on the moving stair coming up from the underground at Xidan. I think somebody had been f 91 me from the time I left the bank. M: The bank? W: Well, you see. I went to a bank to e 92 some traveller’s cheques for money, so I can buy my airline t 93 back home. I’m only here o 94 a visit, you see. M: Yes, yes. How much did you exchange? W: About 4,500 dollars worth M: And how m 95 was stolen? W: All of it.. M: I see. | 86 87
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