Question

George had stolen some money, and had been caught by the police. Now his ___1___ was about to begin. He felt ___2___ that he would be sent to prison for a long time. Then he ___3___ that his friend Jim was one of the members of the jury(陪審團). He succeeded in seeing him ___4___. He said to him, “Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I can’t hope to be found ___5___ of taking it. But I should be grateful ___6___ you if you could ___7___ the other members of the jury to ___8___ some strong ___9___ for me to their statement that they consider me seriously guilty.”

“Well, George,” answered Jim, “I shall ___10___ try to do what I can for you as an old friend, ___11___ I cannot promise you will be highly ___12___ with the result. The other eleven members of the jury are not ___13___ good terms with me.” Of course, George was very ___14___, but he did not have a ___15___ to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, ___16___, Jim visited him in prison. George ___17___ him very much for what he had done.

“Well, George,” Jim told him, “___18___ I thought, those eleven men were very ___19___ to persuade, but I managed it in the end ___20___ tiring them out. You know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!”

1. A. punishment    B. trial    C. sentence     D. arrest

2. A. doubtful B. firm    C. sure    D. uncertain

3. A. wondered      B. imagined    C. explained   D. discovered

4. A. secretly  B. rarely  C. often   D. openly

5. A. guilty     B. moral  C. not moral   D. not guilty

6. A. for  B. with    C. to       D. of

7. A. please     B. try      C. persuade     D. advise

8. A. add B. add up       C. increase      D. increase up

9. A. feeling   B. mercy C. care    D. excuse

10. A. difficulty     B. easily  C. certainly     D. uncertainly

11. A. so  B. but     C. thus    D. then

12. A. surprised      B. supposed    C. satisfied     D. separated

13. A. in  B. by      C. on      D. of

14. A. lucky    B. unlucky      C. pleased       D. disappointed

15. A. time     B. hope   C. chance       D. reason

16. A. moreover     B. however     C. therefore    D. thus

17. A. complained  B. criticized    C. thanked      D. envy

18. A. as  B. like     C. if D. though

19. A. foolish  B. easy    C. clever D. difficult

20. A. in  B. by      C. with    D. after

Answer 1

1-5BCDAD 6-10CCABC 11-15BCCCC 16-20BCADB

解析:

本文是描述一個小偷要他在陪審團的朋友為他解脫罪責的故事。

1. B。根據上文“偷錢被警察抓住了”可判斷是“審判”就要開始了。

2. C。根據前面的“偷錢”和“審判”得出答案，他認為“肯定”會被判入獄好長時間。

3. D。根據下文得出答案“他‘發現’他的朋友吉姆是陪審團的成員之一”。

4. A。因為他是犯人，所以是“秘密地”見他朋友。

5. D。根據上文，想找吉姆，其目的是希望不被“治罪”。

6. C。be grateful to sb(對某人感激)是固定用法。

7. C。表示希望吉姆“說服”其他陪審團的成員。

8. A。add 表示“增加、補充”，add up表示“把幾個數加起來”，increase在此處不適合。

9. B。根據上文，找吉姆說服其他成員為他解脫罪責，是希望他們對他有些“憐憫”。

10. C。根據下文，“因為是老朋友”得出答案吉姆“一定會”為他盡力。

11. B。根據上下文可知是表示轉折關系。

12. C。因為已為事實，只能是盡力，所以吉姆說“不能保證使你非常‘滿意’”。

13. C。on term with sb.意為“和某人相處”是固定短語。

14. C。因為他朋友吉姆在陪審團，他又愿意為他盡力，所以他感到很“高興”。

15. C。因為審判后有一段時間沒“機會”見到吉姆了。

16. B。根據上下文推斷是轉折關系，其余選項不符句子的邏輯關系。

17. C。從后文“對他所做的”而表示“感謝”。

18. A。根據上下文可知句意是“像我所想的那樣，那些人很難說服”。

19. D。根據后面的“managed”一詞可判斷答案。

20. B。表示通過某種“手段”用介詞by。