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【题目】One evening I was on my daily evening return from London to my home. I had got into the habit of sitting in the last carriage at the platform, so I could get off near to the station exit at my end. One evening before getting off the train, I found a purse. I opened the purse and thought this must be my lucky day, for the purse contained some ￡80 in cash. Looking further into the purse, I found credit cards, and house keys and a name and address. My first thought when seeing the cash was to pocket it, and throw the other contents away.

Now I am not a basically dishonest person, but had developed a hardened attitude over the years that most people were dishonest in some way, and my own personal experience had been that whenever I lost anything of value, that was the last I ever saw of it. And since I was a construction worker at that time, I had been the victim of a great deal of stealing during my working life.

Almost as I read the name and address, I had a picture of that woman being struck with terror, when she realized she had lost her purse, and could not get into her home, had no money, and, would have thoughts of someone spending on her credit cards, not to mention the trouble of canceling all the cards.

In that same moment I decided to hand the purse over to the train guard. So I told him I would like to see it returned to its rightful owner. He told me would be sent to the lost property office. I arrived at my station and started to walk the five minute journey to my home all the while feeling very pleased with myself that I was going to bring a great deal of happiness to someone I did not know.

【1】The author liked to sit in the last carriage because ________.

A. sitting in the last carriage was safer

B. he was always almost late for his train

C. he could get out of the station sooner after getting off

D. he likes chatting with the train guards there

【2】What can we know from the Paragraph 2?

A. The author thinks he is a dishonest person in nature.

B. The author thinks not all the people are honest all the time.

C. The author often lost things in the past.

D. The author always got his lost things of great value back.

【3】Which of the following in the purse attracted the author most?

A. The cash. B. The house keys.

C. Credit cards. D. The name and address of the owner.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The owner of the purse is one friend of the author's.

B. The author often did some stealing during his work time in the past.

C. The author's feeling guilty at heart urged him to return the purse.

D. The author's house is near the station.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了我捡到一个钱包，最开始想扔掉其他的物品把现金据为己有，可是最后由于自己的内心的善良而归还了钱包。文章教会了我们要诚实。

【1】C细节理解题。根据第一段的“.. . so I could get off near to the station exit at my end”可知作者下车后能够更快地出站，所以C项正确。

【2】B细节理解题。根据第二段可知，作者认为“在某些方面，多数人也是不诚实的”，所以B项所述与之相吻合，故选B。

【3】A细节理解题。根据第二段，可知作者发现捡到的钱包里有现金时，认为自己那天很幸运，并且打算扔掉其他的所有物品，把现金占为己有。所以根据这些不难推断出最使作者动心的就是钱包里的“现金” ，故选A。

【3】D推理判断题。根据最后一段第四句“I arrived at my station and started to walk the five minute journey to my home”可知终点站离作者的家只有五分钟的距离，即二者相距并不远，所以D项正确；根据文章最后一句可知钱包的失主并非是作者的朋友，所以A项表述错误；B项所述是对第三段最后一句的误解；根据倒数第二段可知是作者内心的“善良”而不是他的“负罪感”促使他归还所捡到的钱包，所以C项表述错误。