题目内容
I managed to arrive at the airport in the rush hour, only ________ that my flight had been put off due to the heavy fog．
- A.was told
- B.told
- C.to be told
- D.being told
—Did you ask your elder brother for help?
—I need to. I managed it by myself.
| A．don't | B．wouldn't | C．didn't | D．won't |
A
George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.
Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it —— that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."
“Well, George,”answered Jim. “I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me.”
George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.
The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.
Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.
"Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed it in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!"
【小题1】56. We are told that George expected Jim to help _____.
| A．prove him innocent | B．him turn over a new leaf |
| C．lighten his punishment | D．him escape from prison |
| A．He covered up George's guilt. |
| B．He persuaded the jury to set George free. |
| C．He told the jury that George was indeed guilty. |
| D．He recommended severe punishment to give George a lesson. |
| A．it was due to Jim that George was found guilty |
| B．Jim did not do exactly what George asked him to do |
| C．Jim asked his colleagues to recommend mercy |
| D．Jim persuaded the jury to lighten George's punishment |
| A．Illegal or Not? | B．Guilty or Not? |
| C．Merciful or Not? | D．Answerable or Not? |
Tim Welford, aged 33, and Dom Mee, aged 30, both from England, were keen on (="like..." very much) rowing boats. They made a plan to row across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to San Francisco. The name of their rowboat was “Crackers”. It was about seven meters long.
They set out from Japan on May 17,2001. They had rowed nearly 5,500 miles when their boat was hit by a fishing ship on September 17,2001. Luckily they both escaped unharmed, but their boat was badly damaged and they had to abandon( =" stop)their" journey.
In a radio interview, Dom expressed his disappointment and explained how the accident took place.
“A fishing ship came towards us with nobody on the bridge and ran us down. It all happened so quickly. I managed to dive into the water. Tim felt it would be safer to stay on board. He was trapped inside as the boat was driven under the water. Finally some people appeared on the ship and saw me in the water. I shouted at them to stop the ship and to get Tim out. When the ship stopped, I eventually saw Tim, and I was very, very happy that we were still alive. We were very disappointed that we couldn’t reach San Francisco. But we are alive. That above everything is the most important. ”
41.【小题1】 How long had Tim and Dom been at sea when their boat was hit by a fishing boat?
| A．For one month | B．For two months. |
| C．For three months. | D．For four months. |
| A．Tim and Dom were too careless |
| B．the speed of the fishing ship was too fast |
| C．nobody on the fishing ship saw them |
| D．their rowboat was not strong enough |
| A．their rowboat was not damaged |
| B．both of them existed after a dangerous time |
| C．they enjoyed this journey |
| D．they failed to reach San Francisco |
| A．Some people on the fishing ship saved them. |
| B．Tim and Dom were going to San Francisco in the rowboat because they had no money to buy airplane tickets. |
| C．Dom dived into the water when the accident happened because he thought it would be dangerous to stay on board. |
| D．Dom told people about their dangerous experience when he was interviewed on the radio. |