题目内容
George and JimGeorge had stolen some money. The police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial(审判) was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty(有罪) 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 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 thankful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add strong recommendation (说明) for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty.”
“Well, George, 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 of the jury look terribly strong- minded to me,” answered him.
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, 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 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, these fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!”
1. What does the word “jury” mean in this passage?
A．Someone who works in prison.
B．A policeman.
C．The Judge.
D．A body of persons to decide if one is guilty.
2. The jury made a decision ________.
A．shortly after hearing Jim’s words
B．after having had a vote(投票)
C．soon after Jim said George was guilty
D．only after several hours of heated discussion
3. Who do you think is the biggest fool?
A．George.
B．The policeman who caught George.
C．Jim.
D．The other members of the jury.
提示：
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从文中可以看出，George是否有罪，由jury陪审团来决定。所以选择D。C选项The
Judge是法官的意思。
2. Jim最后说道，他费了好大力气才让陪审团相信他是有罪的。所以应该花费了他一些时间。选择D. 3. George本人都相信自己有罪无疑了，陪审团的成员居然仍然认为他无罪。可见是多么的愚蠢。
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London—coffee protects mice from radiation and could get the same way in humans, according to Indian scientists.
Scientist at India’s Bhabha Atomic Research Center discovered that mice injected with caffeine (咖啡因)remained alive after high doses(剂量)of normally lethal radiation.
Although the study was limited to animals, Kachadillilli George, head of the research team, believes the findings could have implications (something suggested ) for humans .
“It does suggest that coffee might have some beneficial effects in protecting against radiation,” he told New Scientist magazine late last month.
George and his team injected 471 mice with caffeine and left them uncovered to 7.5 grays of gamma radiation(伽玛射线),enough to kill most mice. But 25 days later 70 percent of the mice that had received 80 milligrams(毫克)of caffeine per kilogram of body weight were still alive.
On the contrary all 196 mice that had been left uncovered to the same radiation but had not been given any caffeine died.
【小题1】George and his team drew the conclusion from .
| A．the magazine | B．their invention | C．the experiment | D．their experience |
| A．both mice and humans | B．only mice |
| C．only humans | D．neither humans nor mice |
| A．these mice had been given only 80 milligrams of caffeine |
| B．these mice hadn’t been injected with caffeine |
| C．these mice were very big and strong |
| D．these mice hadn’t been given enough caffeine |
| A．Human and Mice | B．New Radiation Defense—Coffee |
| C．Deadly Radiation—Gamma Radiation | D．Mice Died of Caffeine |
| A．causing death | B．lively | C．exciting | D．rich |