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Yesterday I went downtown to see Alice, a friend of mine. Alice worked in a bank. I thought she might have time to come out to have lunch with me. When I got there, it was about 11: 00. They told me she had just been out for a few minutes. I asked them if she would be back by 11: 30 or 11: 45, and they were sure about it. So I decided to wait for her. Then I walked over to some chairs by the windows and sat down. I kept watching the front door because I knew she would come back in that way. I waited and waited, but she didn't come through the door. Finally, I decided not to wait any longer. It was 12: 30, and I was sure that she wouldn't be back until after lunch. I got up, and as I started to walk to the door, somebody called my name. I turned around and was surprised to find out that it was Alice. When I said that someone had told me she bad been out, she said she hadn't left her office the whole morning.
(1)The writer went to the bank to ________.
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.see Alice, a friend of hisB
.ask Alice to have lunch with himC
.get some money so that he would have lunch with AliceD
.have a talk with the people in the bank(2)In fact, when the writer got to the bank, ________.
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A .Alice had left |
B .Alice was in the bank |
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C .Alice was waiting for him |
D .Alice was on her way to the bank |
(3)The writer decided to wait because he was sure that Alice would be back before ________.
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A .12:30 |
B .12:45 |
C .11:00 |
D .11:45 |
(4)The writer waited for Alice ________.
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A .not far from the front door |
B .in Alice's seat |
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C .at the gate of the bank |
D .in front of the bank |
(5)Which is right?
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.Alice had just gone out when the writer came to the bank.B
.The writer waited for Alice for more than an hour.C
.Somebody had played a trick on the writer.D
.Alice and the writer are in love. 查看习题详情和答案>>
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This story began with a sailing trip. It's a story of pizza (比萨), sailing and being afraid of buying
ice-cream with a US $20 bill.
I was going to Marblehead, Massachusetts, with my Optimist (a sailboat) racing team for the New
England Optimist Championship.
The team was racing down the highway at 85mph (miles per hour) when we all realized we were hungry.
Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I was very excited, because I had a new US $20 bill. I was so excited
because I had never had that kind of money before. I had money I had saved, but spending it on food seemed
like throwing it away.
We all rushed into the pizza line. Finally I got a cheese pizza and drink, and walked to my table.
About halfway through the meal, I realized I had not actually handed my money to the cashier (收银员). I
had just walked out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.
My conscience (良知) opened its mouth and swallowed me. I couldn't get over it. I just couldn't go back
to the cashier and pay for my stolen, half-eaten pizza. I would be more embarrassed than I ever had been.
I was so sorry that I refused to give myself the pleasure of an ice-cream in fear that someone would say,
"Hey, Jeff, why don't you use the change from the pizza instead of that nice, new US $20 bill?" I was not so
proud of my money now.
For the next two years, whenever I was reminded of (thought of) the "Pizza incident," I closed my eyes
and said to myself, "Don't think about it. Don't think about it." I have learned two things from this experience.
Maybe I was an unwise person for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a free pizza.
But I think the real lesson is that if you let being embarrassed get in the way of doing the right thing, then your
conscience will catch up with you.
I think this reflects the saying, "A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one." I was a coward
and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a "hero" and gone back up to
pay for the pizza, then I would have felt a little embarrassed about it only once, or maybe twice.
B. He didn't want to eat ice-cream then.
C. He didn't have enough money for it.
D. He was afraid that someone would find out the fact.
B. He completely forgot to
C. His teammates told him not to
D. The cashier didn't ask him to
B. disturbed and silly
C. uneasy and uncomfortable
D. sad and angry
B. He had a long terrible time for his stolen pizza.
C. He would have been a hero if he had paid for the pizza.
D. He wanted to die once like a hero.
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