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13．Some people seem easy to understand：their character appears obvious on first meeting．Appearances，however，can be deceptive．For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen．I don't know very much about them．I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right．I think they must have small insight or great vanity．For my own part I find that the longer I know people，the more they puzzle me．
I read in this morning's paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died．He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years．Once he gave me a great surprise．Unless I had heard the story from his own lips，I'd never have velieved that he was capable of such an action．He was always neatly and quietly dressed in accordance with his age and position．He didn't talk much，but what he said was sensible．Tou couldn't imagine he'd possible raise his voice in anger．Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows．He'd tell with point a good and spicy story，and in his youth he'd been something of an athete．He was a rich man and he'd made every penny himself．I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so weak； he arounsed your instinets（本能）of protection．You felt he couldn't bear to hurt a fly．
    One afternoon Burton told me a"funny"story in a quiet，dry humour：
"There was a namesake（同名人）of mine，who was the best bridge player I ever met．He  seemed to  have a fantastic instinct about the cards．I used to play with him a lot．"
"He was handsome in a way with curly hair and pink-and-white cleeks．Women thought a lot of him．There was no harm in him，he was only wild．Pf course he drank too much．He won a good deal of my money by card-playing．"
"One day he came to me when he went broke．He came to see me in my office and asked me for a job．I asked him how old he was．
"'Thirty-five'，he said．"
"'And what have you been doing hitherto？'I asked him．
"'Well，nothing very much，'he said．
"'I'm afraid I can't do anything for you just yet，'I said．'Come back and see me in another thirty-five years，and I'll see what I can do．'
"He didn't move．He went rather pale．He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time．He hadn't been willing to stick to bridge，he'd been playing poker，and he'd got trimmed．He hadn't a penny．He'd pawned everything he had．He couldn't pay his hotel bill and they wouldn't give him any more credit．He was down and out．If he couldn't get something to do he'd have to commit suicide．
"I looked at him for a bit．I could see now that he was all to pieces．He'd been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty．The girls wouldn't have thought so much of him if they'd seen him then．
"I got some glimmering of what he was driving at．I've known too many men who were little tin gods at their university．
"Suddenly I had an idea．"Pausing in his story，Burton turned to me．"When I was young I swam over three miles round the beacon（燈塔）and landed at the river of Tarumi．It's rather difficult on account of the currents round the beacon．Well，I told my young fellow about it and I said that if he'd do it I'd give him a job．
"I could see he was rather taken aback．He was not in good condition for sports．He looked at me for a moment and then he nodded．"
"I told him I'd drive round to the river at half past twelve and meet him．
"Done，"he said．
"I wished him good luck and he left me．I had a lot of work to do that morning and I only just managed to the creek at Tarumi at half past twelve．But I needn't have hurried；he never turned up．
"Did he funk it at the last moment？"I asked．
"No，he didn't funk it．He started all right．But of course he'd ruined his constitution by drink．The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage．We didn't get the body for about three days
I didn't say anything for a moment or two．I was a trifle shocked．Then I asked．
"When you made him that offer of a job，did you know he'd be drowned？'
    He looked at me with his kind blue eyes，smiling．"Well，I hadn't got a vacancy in my office at the moment．"

55．The author believesC．
A．some people are too easy to understand
B．a(chǎn)ppearance is just opposite to the quality
C．first impressions can be misleading
D．his fellowmen are not understandable
56．For some time，Edward Burton impressed the author most with hisD．
A．a(chǎn)ge and position                                  
B．wealth and ability
C．sensibility and humor           
D．kindness and weakness
57．The underlined words"he was all to pieces"may meanB．
A．he was mad and wild             
B．he was completely down
C．he was sick and dirty           
D．he was totally drunk
58．We can infer from Burton's story that his namesakesA．
A．never saw through his trick     
B．a(chǎn)nnoyed him by playing cards
C．could not do any job well       
D．intended to cheat him with a lie
59．We learned from the story that Edward BurtonB．
A．knew the young man would kill himself
B．a(chǎn)rranged the end of his namesake's life
C．did much for the poor fellowman
D．killed his card-friend by mistake
60．Edward Burton could be described as a（n）Dperson．
A．innocent      
B．smart         
C．careless      
D．evil．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要講述了作者不相信人的第一印象，對作者而言，他認(rèn)識別人越久越能看出他們的真實性格，并舉了愛德華先生的例子，說明如果不是愛德華親自給他講了那個故事他不會相信愛德華先生會作出那樣的事，通過這篇文章告訴我們不要輕信對人的第一印象．

解答 55．C  細(xì)節(jié)理解題，由第一段Some people seem easy to understand：their character appears obvious on first meeting．Appearances，however，can be deceptive．及For my own part I find that the longer I know people，the more they puzzle me．可知對于作者來說第一印象可能會誤導(dǎo)自己，故選C．
56．D  理解推斷題，由第二段I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so weak； he arounsed your instinets（本能）of protection．You felt he couldn't bear to hurt a fly．可知愛德華會使你本能地去保護(hù)他，所以他很虛弱，而他不忍心傷害一只蒼蠅可以看出他的善良，故選D．
57．B  細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)I could see now that he was all to pieces．He'd been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty．The girls wouldn't have thought so much of him if they'd seen him then．可以看出他比以前喝的還多，看起來像五十多歲，由此可知他已經(jīng)完全失望了，故選B．
58．A   細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)No，he didn't funk it．He started all right．But of course he'd ruined his constitution by drink．The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage．We didn't get the body for about three days可以看出與愛德華同名的人最終去了燈塔，沒有看出這個條件是愛德華測試他的計謀，故選A．
59．B  細(xì)節(jié)理解題，由最后一段 He looked at me with his kind blue eyes，smiling．"Well，I hadn't got a vacancy in my office at the moment．"可知愛德華最后給了與他同名的人工作，故選B．
60．D  細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)It's rather difficult on account of the currents round the beacon．Well，I told my young fellow about it and I said that if he'd do it I'd give him a job．及But of course he'd ruined his constitution by drink．The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage．We didn't get the body for about three days．可知愛德華明知燈塔附近的激流與他同名的人對付不了還開出這個條件體現(xiàn)了愛德華的邪惡計謀，故選D．

點(diǎn)評 本文考察學(xué)生的故事類閱讀理解，抓住題干關(guān)鍵詞，采用尋讀的方法查找細(xì)節(jié)，能根據(jù)已知結(jié)果推測導(dǎo)致結(jié)果的可能原因．