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George has stolen some money. 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 jury at his trial. Of course, he didn’t 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（从轻量刑 ）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 didn’t 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 recommendation 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!”
56. Which phrase best defines a “jury”?
A. A person who works in a court.
B. A policeman.
C. A judge.
D. A group of people who decide if someone on trial is guilty or not guilty.
57. According to the passage George wanted his friend Jim ___ .
A. to help him run away from prison
B. to believe he was not guilty
C. to make others believe that he was guilty
D. to make the jury ask for less punishment for George.
58. Jim couldn’t promise anything. Why?
A. He thought George was guilty.
B. George’s case was too serious.
C. The other members might not listen to his recommendation.
D. He didn’t want to help George.
59. Why did George feel pleased about the decision?
A. He thought he deserved the punishment.
B. Jim did what he had promised.
C. He would be set free immediately.
D. The punishment was less severe than expected.
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Bill Javis took over our village news-agency at a time of life when most of us only want to relax. He just thought he would like something but not too much to do, and the news-agency was readymade. The business produced little enough for him, but Bill was a man who only wanted the simplicity and order and regularity of the job. He had been a long-serving sailor, and all his life had done everything by the clock.
Every day he opened his shop at six a. m. to catch the early trade; the papers arrived on his door-step before that. Many of Bill's customers were city workers and the shop was convenient for the station. Business was tailing off by 10 o'clock , so at eleven sharp Bill closed for lunch. It was hard luck on anybody who wanted a paper or magazine in the afternoon , for most likely Bill would be down on the river bank, fishing, and his nearest competitor was five kilometers away. Sometime in the afternoon, the evening paper landed on the doormat, and at 4 o'clock Bill reopened. The evening rush lasted till seven, and it was worth while.
He lived in a flat above the shop, alone, except in the very bad weather, you always knew where to find him in the afternoon, as I have said. Once, on a sunny afternoon, I walked home along the river bank from a shopping trip to the village. By my watch was three minutes past four, so I was astonished to see Bill sitting there on his little chair with a line in the water. He had had no luck , I could see , but he was making no effort to move.
“What's wrong, Bill?” I called out from the path.
For answer, he put a hand in his jacket and took out a big, golden object. For a moment I had no idea what it could be, and then it suddenly went off with a noise like a fire engine. Stopping the bell, Bill held the thing up and called back, “Ten to four, you see, and this is dead right. ”
I had never known anyone carrying a brass alarm clock round with him before.
1．Bill Javis became a news-agent when ________.
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A．he needed the money
B．he decided to take things easy
C．he was quite an old man
D．he gave up clock-repairing
2．Bill opened the shop so early in the day because ________.
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A．he liked to do as much as possible before he went to work
B．the shop had to be open when the morning papers came
C．he was never sure of the time
D．it was then that he did a lot of business
3．You might say “Hand luck” to someone who ________.
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A．has just heard some very good news
B．is less fortunate than he or she ought to be
C．puts great effort into whatever he or she tries
D．fails through his or her own fault entirely
4．On that sunny afternoon, the writer was surprised when he saw Bill because ________.
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A．he thought is was late for Bill to be still fishing
B．he thought Bill was ill , since he was not moving at all
C．Bill had not caught anything, and that seemed strange
D．Bill stayed in his flat
5．From the information given in the passage, who or what do you think was wrong?
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A．Bill opened his shop and read the papers every morning.
B．Bill was; he had dropped off to sleep.
C．The writer's watch was fast.
D．Bill's clock was wrong; it was very old.
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