Question

About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroit hotel. I didn’t want to  31  too much money with me, so I asked the desk clerk to put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe for me.

   The next morning,  32  , the clerk said that he knew nothing about my money. I didn’t have any proof  33  I had given the man the money. There was clearly nothing left to do but go to the  34  lawyer.

   The lawyer  35  me to return to the hotel with him and give another hundred dollar bill to the desk. So we did. An hour later, I went  36  to the desk and asked for my money.  37  I had the lawyer as an eyewitness to the  38  hundred dollar bill, the clerk could not say he  39  nothing about it.

   Another hour later, I put the second part of the lawyer’s  40  into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the hotel to  41  for the hundred-dollar bill once again, and  42  the clerk insisted that he had given  43  to me, I said it was not true. The lawyer said to him, “ I  44  this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don’t hand it  45  immediately, I will be forced to call the  46 ”. The clerk realized he had been  47 , so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.

   “ I don’t know  48  to thank you enough for  49  my money back.” I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered? He said, “ Oh, don’t  50  me. That will be one hundred dollars, please.”

31. A. carry                         B. lend                         C. spend                       D. hold

32. A. but                                   B. yet                           C. however                   D. instead

33. A. where                        B. which                      C. why                         D. that

34. A. nearest                       B. farthest                    C. good                        D. native

35. A. advised                      B. promised                  C. agreed                      D. followed

36. A. up                             B. down                       C. back                        D. along

37. A. Though                      B. When                       C. Unless                      D. Since

38. A. one                           B. another                    C. first                         D. second

39. A. believed                     B. had                          C. knew                       D. heard

40. A. law                           B. way                         C. plan                         D. words

41. A. search                        B. ask                          C. make                       D. beg

42. A. when                         B. though                            C. because                    D. as

43. A. these                         B. this                          C. them                        D. it

44. A. agreed                       B. saw                          C. let                           D. matched

45. A. over                          B. in                                   C. up                           D. out

46. A. policeman                  B. officer                            C. official                     D. clerk

47. A. punished                    B. helped                      C. cheated                    D. understood

48. A. why                          B. how                         C. when                       D. where

49. A. returning                   B. giving                      C. getting                            D. asking for

50. A. believe                      B. thank                       C. leave                        D. fool

Answer 1

31-35 ACDAA 36-40 CDDCC 41-45 BADBB 46-50 ACBCB

解析:

31．A     carry除了有“搬、运”意思之外，还可以指“携带”钱、文件等，其他三个动词不合题意。

32．C     however和but都可作“但是”讲，但用法不一样。在形式上however前后可用逗号分开，而but则不能；从意思上讲however连接的前后两个句子的意思应趋向一致，而but引导的句子则与前句构成对比。

33．D     that引导同位语从句。

34．A     根据常理，不会舍近求远，所以用the nearest。

35．A     从上文得知，作者没有提出回旅馆的要求，可见是律师建议的。

36．C     从上文的to return to the hotel这一信息可知，went back=returned。

37．D     since在这里的意思是“既然”，表示原因。

38．D     第一个100美元作者已经给了收银员；这是律师给的第二个100美元。

39．C     此事只有作者和律师两人知道，当然收银员不知道。

40．C     put…into action意思是“把……付诸实施”。从上下文可以看出，作者是按照律师的计划行事的。

41．B     ask for是“向……要”的意思，其他选项不合题意。

42．A     when指的是时间，其他不合逻辑。

43．D     it用来指代上文提到的the hundred dollar bill。

44．B     律师说是看到作者把钱给收银员的。

45．B     hand in是“上交、交出”的意思，符合题意。

46．A     如果收银员不按照律师所说的去做的话，他只有叫警察了。

47．C     收银员此时已经意识到中了律师的圈套，只好归还给作者第一次（放在他那儿）的钞票。

48．B     作者不知道该怎样感谢律师。

49．C     get money back收回、取回。符合题意。

50．B     律师最后要作者付给他100美元作为报酬，显然不要作者说“感谢”。