Question

I went online to check if my pay was in my bank account. To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. Easier said than done.

The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem. The human resources department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.

I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.

We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape(繁琐手续) made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do--admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.

1.What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?

A. He didn’t know what to do with it.

B. He felt lucky to get it.

C. He thought of keeping it for himself.

D. He wanted to return it to the right person.

2.The underlined phrase ?beside myself?(inParagraph1) probably means___________.

A. very fortunate B. very angry

C. really thankful D. at ease

3.How was the problem solved in the end?

A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.

B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.

C. The author gave the money back to the company.

D. The call operator offered to solve their problem.

4.From the passage we can infer that___________.

A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape

B. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules

C. Daniel didn’t know the error before he contacted the author

D. the company gave the wrong account to the bank

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者上网查询银行账户是否收到了工资，让作者感到吃惊的是他不仅收到了工资，他的账户中还多出了一笔钱。作者打算把钱还给它真正的主人，但说起来容易做起来难。银行和公司都以不是他们的错误为由而拒绝解决这件事情。

1.观点态度题。根据第一段“if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person”可知，作者打算把账户里多出来的钱还给它真正的主人，故选D。

2.猜测词意题。根据“if my own salary was not in my account”可知，这里假设的是如果没有收到钱，收不到钱的话，作者不可能会感到幸运、感激或放心，排除A、C、D，beside oneself极度兴奋，感情失去控制，这里的意思是“生气”，故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据第三段最后“but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves”和第四段可知，作者和Daniel两个人私下把事情解决了，故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据第二段“The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem.”可排除A；根据第三段“when Daniel called, explaining he?d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful”排除C；根据第三段“as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error”排除D；根据最后一段“two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do—admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.”可知，银行和一家大型公司不能解决的事情被两个人解决了，它们不愿承认所犯的错误并加以改正，说明一些大的团体或机构有着繁琐的规定，使本来简单的事情变得繁琐，故选B。

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