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科目： 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

The world is not coming to an end on December 21st, 2012, the US space agency announced to dispel （消除）widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie．
The latest big screen 2012 was based on stories according to the Mayan calendar．It showed that by the end of 2012, a Planet X will collide （碰撞） with the earth．
Some websites accuse NASA of hiding the truth on the planet's existence, but the US space agency considered such stories as tricks．"There is no basis in fact for these claims," NASA said in its website．"If such a collision were real, scientists would have been tracking it for at least the last decade, and we would see it with our eyes now．Obviously, it doesn't exist and there will be no threat to the earth in 2012," it insisted．"After all, our planet has been getting along just well for more than four billion years," added NASA．
There is another planet, Eris, floating in space．But the small planet will remain safely fixed in the outer solar system and it can come no closer than four billion miles to the earth, according to NASA．
And even if the planets were to line up as some have forecast, the effect on our plant would be very little．"And while comets and asteroids （小行星） have always hit the earth, big hits are very rare," NASA noted．The last major collision was believed to be 65 million years ago, resulting the end of dinosaurs （恐龍）．
"We are sure that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs," the space agency said．

  1. 1.

    What played a key role in the spread of the rumors?

    1. A.
      The Internet and the film 2012．
    2. B.
      The Mayan calendar．
    3. C.
      The US space agency．
    4. D.
      The television screen．
  2. 2.

    The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 probably refers to _________

    1. A.
      the collision
    2. B.
      the threat
    3. C.
      the Planet X
    4. D.
      the NASA website
  3. 3.

    We can conclude from the passage that __________

    1. A.
      the film 2012 is well accepted in the science field
    2. B.
      scientists have been tracking Planet X for over ten years
    3. C.
      the earth will exist for more than four billion years
    4. D.
      the rumors caused a panic among some people
  4. 4.

    What do we know about Eris according to the passage?

    1. A.
      It doesn't exist in the universe．
    2. B.
      It won't threaten the earth．
    3. C.
      It is too far to be seen．
    4. D.
      It is similar to the earth

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When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings.
Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud and so on.. I tried to bear all these all these things as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have the girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half of the things were true.
some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it, “That’s just for you,” he said. “ You know better than anyone else, the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just closing your ears anger and feeling hurt . When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to other people’s opinions, but hear the truth and do you know is right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice returned to me at many important moments. IN my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice

  1. 1.

    Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Not an Enemy, but a Best Friend
    2. B.
      The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
    3. C.
      My Father
    4. D.
      My Childhood
  2. 2.

    What does “ week by week her list grew” mean?

    1. A.
      Week by Week, my shortcomings grew more serious
    2. B.
      She had made a list of shortcomings and kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer
    3. C.
      I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on
    4. D.
      Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and point them out
  3. 3.

    Why did her father listen to her quietly?

    1. A.
      Because he believed that what her daughter’s enemy said was mostly true
    2. B.
      Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while
    3. C.
      Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment
    4. D.
      Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth
  4. 4.

    What did the father do after he heard his daughter’s complaint?

    1. A.
      He told her not pay any attention to what her “enemy” said
    2. B.
      He criticized her and told her to overcome her shortcomings
    3. C.
      He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true
    4. D.
      He refused to take the list and have a look at it

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Everybody is happy as his pay rises. Yet pleasure at your own can disappear if you learn that a fellow worker has been given a bigger one. Indeed, if he is known as being lazy, you might even be quite cross. Such behavior is regarded as “all too human”, with the underlying belief that other animals would not be able to have this finely developed sense of sadness. But a study by Sarah Brosnan of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, which has just been published in Nature, suggests that it is all too monkey, as well.
The researchers studied the behaviors of some kind of female brown monkeys. They look smart. They are good-natured, co-operative creatures, and they share their food happily. Above all, like female human beings, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males.
Such characteristics make them perfect subjects for Doctor Brosnan’s study. The researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens (獎(jiǎng)券) for food. Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchange pieces of rock for pieces of cucumber. However, when two monkeys were placed in separate and connected rooms, so that each other could observe what the other is getting in return for its rock, they became quite different.
In the world of monkeys，grapes are excellent goods (and much preferable to cucumbers). So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was not willing to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber. And if one received a grape without having to provide her token in exchange at all, the other either shook her own token at the researcher, or refused to accept the cucumber. Indeed, the mere presence of a grape in the other room (without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough to bring about dissatisfaction in a female monkey.
The researches suggest that these monkeys, like humans, are guided by social senses. In the wild, they are co-operative and group-living. Such co-operation is likely to be firm only when each animal feels it is not being cheated. Feelings of anger when unfairly treated, it seems, are not the nature of human beings alone. Refusing a smaller reward completely makes these feelings clear to other animals of the group. However, whether such a sense of fairness developed independently in monkeys and humans, or whether it comes from the common roots that they had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

    1. A.
      Only monkeys and humans can have the sense of fairness in the world
    2. B.
      In the wild, monkeys are never unhappy to share their food with each other
    3. C.
      Women will show more dissatisfaction than men when unfairly treated
    4. D.
      Monkeys can exchange cucumbers for grapes, for grapes are more attractive
  2. 2.

    The underlined statement “it is all too monkey” means that ________

    1. A.
      monkeys are also angry with lazy fellows
    2. B.
      monkeys, like humans, tend to be envious of each other
    3. C.
      no animals other than monkeys can develop such feelings
    4. D.
      feeling angry at unfairness is also monkey’s nature
  3. 3.

    Female monkeys of this kind are chosen for the research most probably because they are _________

    1. A.
      more likely to pay attention to the value of what they get
    2. B.
      attentive to researchers’ instructions
    3. C.
      nice in both appearance and behaviors
    4. D.
      more ready to help others than their male companions
  4. 4.

    We can learn ________according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Human beings' feelings of anger are developed from the monkeys
    2. B.
      Cooperation between monkeys stays firm before the realization of being cheated
    3. C.
      In the research, male monkeys are less likely to exchange food with others
    4. D.
      Only monkeys and humans have the sense of fairness dating back to 35 million years ago
  5. 5.

    What can we infer about the monkeys in Sarah’s study?

    1. A.
      The monkeys can be trained to develop social senses
    2. B.
      The monkeys may show their satisfaction with equal treatment
    3. C.
      They usually show their feelings openly as humans do
    4. D.
      Cooperation among the monkeys remains effective in the wild

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A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money.
The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond… but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.
The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: “When the servant enters the room, he will drop it.”
On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited. Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately(分離地)

  1. 1.

    The story took place ______

    1. A.
      France
    2. B.
      England
    3. C.
      Germany
    4. D.
      the US
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is true?

    1. A.
      The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich
    2. B.
      A rich young man fell in love with a beautiful girl
    3. C.
      The young man loved the girl but the girl didn't love him
    4. D.
      The young man had enough money to buy a beautiful vase
  3. 3.

    Why did the young man want to buy a present for the girl?

    1. A.
      He wanted to give her a Christmas present
    2. B.
      He fell in love with her
    3. C.
      Her birthday was coming soon
    4. D.
      They were going to get married
  4. 4.

    Why did the shop manager come to talk to the young man?

    1. A.
      He looked very excited
    2. B.
      He looked pale and sad
    3. C.
      He was poorly dressed
    4. D.
      He said he wanted to buy a beautiful vase
  5. 5.

    What do you think happened at the end of the story?

    1. A.
      The manager had cheated the young man
    2. B.
      His fiancee must be thankful to him for the present
    3. C.
      The guests would be angry because the servant had broken the vase
    4. D.
      What the careful servant had done gave the trick away

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The Gold Coast family holidays are always great fun whether you are from Australia or from abroad. There are beautiful beaches, adventure parks, nature parks and so much more.
There are so many sights to see here. It is a pity to drive in a car and you’ll miss a great part of it. Australia is home to many animals and birds that can only be seen when moving slowly and going into the areas that they live.
When you are on a bicycle, you have the advantage of being able to stop whenever you want to see an interesting animal or bird that you have never seen before. It is a quieter mode （方式） of transportation as well, so you might even be able to take a picture. When you are on the beach, you can breathe that clean air and view the beauty of the water and sand. It is a totally different experience from either simply sunbathing or passing it in a car.
There are many choices of hiring a bicycle to experience the Gold Coast attractions. There are stores that will fit a bike perfectly to your size. These bikes for both adults and children are in many styles and colors to please any taste. If you have ever wanted to try a tandem bike （雙人單車(chē)）, now is your chance, because they have those too.
A bicycle hire on Gold Coast is something that everyone should try at least once. This is a wonderful chance for anyone who likes to cycle and it is also a cheap way to travel with your family

  1. 1.

    You’d better not drive in a car on Gold Coast because ________

    1. A.
      you will break the traffic rules
    2. B.
      you will cause much noise
    3. C.
      you can’t enjoy the beautiful sights well
    4. D.
      you can’t drive into some parks
  2. 2.

    The following advantages of hiring bikes are mentioned EXCEPT that ________

    1. A.
      you can take photos of animals
    2. B.
      it is a cheap way of traveling
    3. C.
      you can get a clearer sight of animals
    4. D.
      it is a good way to do sunbathing
  3. 3.

    What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

    1. A.
      How to hire bikes on Gold Coast
    2. B.
      What kinds of bikes there are in stores
    3. C.
      What bikes are the most popular
    4. D.
      Who can hire bikes on Gold Coast
  4. 4.

    What’s the author’s attitude towards a bike hire on Gold Coast?

    1. A.
      He supports it very much
    2. B.
      He thinks it’s a personal choice
    3. C.
      He doesn’t like this way of traveling
    4. D.
      He thinks it’s only good for adults

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Scientists are developing a new kind of machine to take the place of humans. These machines can do jobs in places that are too dangerous for humans. For example, they are being developed to work in nuclear power center, deep under the oceans and in outer space.
John Marrit, a psychologist(心理學(xué)家) in Williamsburg Massachusetts, helped develop the new machine. This is how they work. A machine is placed in an area far away from the person who operates it. The person wears special hard hat with television screens and sound equipment. The screens and sound equipment let the person see and hear exactly what the machine is seeing and hearing. Mr. Marrit says this gives the person the feeling of being in the same place as the machine. The idea, he says, is being there without going there. The person uses an electronic control to make the machine move. The machine copies the person’s movements exactly. If the person raises his right arm, the machine raises the right arm, too. This means an expert can do a dangerous job while staying in the safe place. For example, a person can direct the machine to destroy a bomb without going near the bomb himself

  1. 1.

    The new kind of machine being introduced in the passage is _______

    1. A.
      in existence
    2. B.
      only an idea
    3. C.
      being tried out
    4. D.
      being researched and developed
  2. 2.

    The machine _______

    1. A.
      follows the person’s order
    2. B.
      is controlled by a computer
    3. C.
      does exactly what the person does
    4. D.
      is controlled by a television on the person’s head
  3. 3.

    The difference between such a new machine and a robot is that _______

    1. A.
      the new machine is more difficult to make than a robot
    2. B.
      the new machine is more difficult to be controlled
    3. C.
      a robot is controlled by man indirectly
    4. D.
      a robot can’t be used in places too dangerous or faraway

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Do you want to live forever? By the year 2050, you might actually get your wish — if you are willing to leave your biological body and live in silicon circuits （半導(dǎo)體電路）．But long before then, perhaps as early as 2020, some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality （虛擬的永生）.
Researchers are confident that technology will soon be able to track every waking moment of your life. Whatever you see and hear, all that you say and write, can be recorded, analyzed and added to your personal chronicles （履歷）. By the year 2030, it may be possible to catch your nervous systems through electrical activities, which would also keep your thoughts and emotions.
Researchers at the laboratories of British Telecommunications have given the name of this idea as Soul Catcher. Small electronic equipment will make preparation for Soul Catcher. It would use a wearable supercomputer, perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to micro sensors under your scalp（頭皮） and in the nerves that carry all five sensory signals. So wearing a video camera would no longer be required.
At first, the Soul Catcher's companion system — the Soul Reader — might have trouble copying your thoughts in complete details. Even in 2030, we may still be struggling to understand how the brain is working inside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be possible. But these signals could be kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds everlasting entities （永生實(shí)體）. Researchers can only wonder what it will be like to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine．
For people who choose not to live in silicon, semblance of immortality would not be as useless as they thought. People would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the human race forever. And future generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past. History would not be controlled by just the rich and powerful, Hollywood stars, and a few thinkers in the upper society

  1. 1.

    The main idea of this passage is that _______．

    1. A.
      human beings long for living forever
    2. B.
      there are many difficulties in making the Soul Catcher
    3. C.
      people might live forever as technology develops
    4. D.
      the invention of Soul Catcher has great importance
  2. 2.

    According to this passage, a Soul Catcher will be ______．

    1. A.
      a new machine on which research measures have already been made
    2. B.
      a new invention in order to catch and keep human's thoughts and emotions
    3. C.
      made by British scientists to offer something that looks like living forever
    4. D.
      made of silicon circuits which can catch people's nervous activity
  3. 3.

    According to the writer, semblance of immortality is ______．

    1. A.
      to be a reality sooner or later
    2. B.
      far from certain
    3. C.
      just an idea that couldn't t be realized at all
    4. D.
      a fading hope
  4. 4.

    The meaning of the underlined word "revitalize" in the fourth paragraph is close to        

    1. A.
      make dead
    2. B.
      make famous
    3. C.
      make known
    4. D.
      make active

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The way we get about has a deep influence on the way we live-affecting where we set up home, work and holiday. So what changes might come in the way we get around? What big ideas are out there, and do they have any chance of coming true?
Personal Air Travel
The idea: flying cars
Developments in light small plane technology will make it possible for everyone to own what are, in fact, flying cars. They will have closed cabins, heating, stereos and room for two people.
You will take off from a field near your home and fly to towns and cities. After landing, you will take off the fixed wing and continue your journey by road just as if you were traveling by car.
Fuel efficient engines and the advantage of being able to travel in the sky will keep costs and the environmental influence down.
Flying for Fun
The idea: Jet Packs
The idea was a hit when a stuntman (特技演員) flew around on one during the opening ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, which was very successful.
You’ll be able to use the equipment-roughly the size of two scuba tanks fastened to your back-for short journeys.
They will be handy for cleaning hard-to-reach windows, arriving in style at a party and shopping.
Taxis
The idea: driverless taxis
These computer-controlled taxis will take you wherever you want along a fixed route, whenever you want to go.
For the price of one person’s bus fare, several people can ride at speeds of up to 25 mph, and there will be fences to guard against accidents.
There will be little, if any, wait for the use of the taxis, which will leave from stations and will be used by prepaid cards.
The taxis, which will travel on a 1.5 m-wide track, will use 75% less energy per passenger than a car and 50% less than a bus

  1. 1.

    The passage is mainly about ________

    1. A.
      future travel
    2. B.
      big ideas and dreams
    3. C.
      advanced technology
    4. D.
      the influence of travel
  2. 2.

    We learn from the passage that flying cars ________

    1. A.
      will operate only in the sky
    2. B.
      will be more expensive than common cars
    3. C.
      will have few bad effects on the environment
    4. D.
      won’t be equipped with things similar to what cars have
  3. 3.

    With Jet Packs, we can do all the following EXCEPT ________

    1. A.
      attend a party
    2. B.
      clean high windows
    3. C.
      go shopping
    4. D.
      have a long journey
  4. 4.

    As for driverless taxis, we can infer that ________

    1. A.
      we can go wherever we want in them
    2. B.
      they will be both convenient and safe
    3. C.
      it costs more to take them than to take ordinary cars
    4. D.
      they will be operated by computers as well as by people

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Surprises often come in boxes. Birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend. No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what's inside. In America, and in many other countries, one special kind of box contains the future. It's called a ballot box. What people put into the box on election day can change the course of history.
Elections are the lifeblood of a democracy. The word democracy literally means "the people rule," an important concept in American history. In the mid-1700s, England began passing laws that made the American colonies angry. The colonists had to pay more and more taxes and enjoyed less and less freedom. They felt the government of England didn't represent their interests. On July 4, 1776, the colonies declared their independence from England. They wanted to establish a democracy where people could have a voice in government.
An effective democracy holds regular elections. In America, elections are held every two years for members of Congress. In these elections, all seats in the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate seats are up for grabs. In addition, every four years, voters go to the polls to elect the nation's president and vice-president. Voters also regularly cast their ballots for state and city government leaders and local school board members. Sometimes they also have to vote on a proposed law.
In the American electoral system, people don't really vote for presidential candidates. Instead, voters cast their ballots for "electors" who support each candidate. Each state has as many electors as the total number of its representatives in Congress. This equals two senators per state plus the number of its representatives in the House (which is based on the state's population). The candidate who has the most votes in a state wins all of the state's electors. To win the presidential election, a candidate must gain at least 270 of the 538 total electoral votes.
Over the years, the U.S. has made a number of election reforms. Some early reforms outlawed cheating, giving bribes and threatening voters. They also limited the amount of money candidates could receive from donors and spend on their campaigns. In 1870, black people gained the right to vote, and in 1920, that right was extended to women. In recent decades, laws against unfair rules for voting have been passed. No longer do people have to pay a special tax or pass a test in order to vote. In 1971, the voting age was lowered to 18. Other reforms made voting easier for the blind, the disabled and people who couldn't read. In some areas, ballots had to be printed in languages besides English.
In November, Americans will again elect those who will represent them in government. Although some citizens aren't even registered to vote--and some registered voters don't bother to go to the polls--most Americans exercise their right to vote. They realize that their future is wrapped up in a special package--the ballot box. It's a package that must definitely be "handled with care."

  1. 1.

    According to the context, what does a “ballot box” mean in Chinese?

    1. A.
      彩票箱
    2. B.
      投票箱
    3. C.
      禮品箱
    4. D.
      保險(xiǎn)箱
  2. 2.

    Democracy means that ____

    1. A.
      People couldn’t have a voice in a government
    2. B.
      In America, elections are held every four years for members of Congress
    3. C.
      Democracy is the lifeblood of elections
    4. D.
      Basically “ the people rule”, and it’s very important in American history
  3. 3.

    How will the votes distributed if Romney got 20 votes while Obama received 17 votes in California in the election?

    1. A.
      Romney will win 20 votes in California
    2. B.
      Obama will win 20 votes in California
    3. C.
      Romney will win 37 votes in California
    4. D.
      Obama will win 37 votes in California
  4. 4.

    Which one is RIGHT about election reforms?

    1. A.
      People have to pay a special tax to vote
    2. B.
      There are bribes and threatening in elections now
    3. C.
      People above eighteen years old can vote now
    4. D.
      The disabled or the blind have tough access to voting
  5. 5.

    What’s the main idea of this passage?

    1. A.
      Birthday boxes in the U.S
    2. B.
      Election systems in the U.S
    3. C.
      Election reforms in the U.S
    4. D.
      Democracy in the U.S

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Now came great news! It came from a neighboring state, where the family’s only surviving relative lived. It was Sally’s relative—a distant relative by the name of Tilbury Foster, seventy and single. Tilbury now wrote to Sally, saying he should shortly die, and should leave him thirty thousand dollars, cash; not for love, but because money had given him most of his troubles, and he wished to place it where there was good hope that it would continue its evil work. The bequest would be found in his will, and would be officially handed over provided that Sally should be able to prove to the executors (遺囑執(zhí)行人).
As soon as Aleck had partially recovered from the strong emotions created by the letter, she sent someone to the relative’s home and subscribed for the local paper.
For the rest of the day Sally made confusion with his books, and Aleck could not keep her mind on her affairs, not even take up a flower-pot or book or a stick of wood without forgetting what she had intended to do with it. For both were dreaming.
“Thirty thousand dollars!”
All day long Aleck was absorbed in planning how to invest it, Sally in planning how to spend it.
There was no romance-reading that night. The children took themselves away early, for their parents were silent, disturbed, and strangely unentertaining. Two pencils had been busy during that hour —note-making; in the way of plans. It was Sally who broke the stillness at last. He said, with excitement, “Ah, it’ll be grand, Aleck! Out of the first thousand we’ll have a horse and a buggy for summer, and a cutter and a skin lap-robe for winter.”
Aleck responded with decision and calmness.
“You can spend a part of it. But the whole of the capital must be put right to work.
“Why, yes. Yes, of course. Have you got it invested yet?”
“No, there’s no hurry about that; I must look around first, and think, er…, I’ve turned it over twice; once in oil and once in wheat.”
“Why, Aleck, it’s splendid! What does it amount to?”
“I think — well, to be on the safe side, about a hundred and eighty thousand clear, though it will probably be more.”
“My! Isn’t it wonderful? Good heaven! Luck has come our way at last, Aleck!”
Then they went up to bed, but they left the candle burning in the sitting room. They did not remember until they were undressed; then Sally was for letting it burn; he said they could afford it, if it was a thousand. But Aleck went down and put it out.
A good job, too; for on her way back she hit on a scheme that would turn the hundred and eighty thousand into half a million before it had had time to get cold

  1. 1.

    Why would Tilbury like to give all his money to Sally?

    1. A.
      Because Sally was Tilbury’s only relative alive
    2. B.
      Because Tilbury loved Sally and his family deeply
    3. C.
      Because Tilbury wanted his money to continue its function
    4. D.
      Because Sally and his wife are good at investing
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “bequest” in Paragraph1 probably means _________

    1. A.
      a gift of personal property
    2. B.
      a proof of a person’s identity
    3. C.
      a method of getting money
    4. D.
      a reason for giving money
  3. 3.

    What do we know about Sally and his wife after receiving the letter?

    1. A.
      They were in deep sorrow and stayed up all night
    2. B.
      They cared little about the bequest and lived their life as usual
    3. C.
      They paid a visit to Tilbury to confirm the truth of the letter
    4. D.
      They had a big ambition to invest the money and make huge profits
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Thrilling News
    2. B.
      Sally’s Distant Relative
    3. C.
      The $30,000 Bequest
    4. D.
      A Smart Investment

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