A Charlotte, NC, lawyer bought a box of very rare and expensive cigars, and then insured them against fire among other things．Having smoked his entire great cigars within a month, the lawyer filed claim （索賠） against the insurance company．
In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires"．Of course the insurance company refused to pay, giving the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal way．
The lawyer brought the case to the court and out of everybody’s expectation, he actually won! At the end of the trial the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was crazy．But the judge said that the lawyer held a policy （保險(xiǎn)單） from the company in which it had promised that the cigars were insured and that it would insure them against fire．Because the company didn’t say what is considered to be unacceptable fire, it had to pay the claim．
Rather than put up with long and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the punishment and paid $ 15 ,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires．"
After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested and accused him of arson （縱火罪）．With his own insurance claim from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was charged with burning his insured possessions on purpose and was sentenced to 24 months in prison and a $ 24,000 fine．
小題1:The lawyer had smoked all the cigars ___．
A．by designB．by mistake C．by accidentD．by contract
小題2:The proper order of the lawyer’s activities is ___．
a．having the company paying his claim
b．having himself put in prison and fined
c．having smoked all the cigars
d．bringing the company to the court
e．insuring the box of cigars
A．ecabdB．a(chǎn)cebdC．ecdabD．cedba
小題3:The underlined word "it" in the third paragraph refers to ___．
A．the box of cigarsB．the insurance company
C．the policyD．the claim
小題4:Which of the following sayings is the best suitable for the lawyer?
A．Whoever sits against heaven, it falls in his face．
B．A bad beginning makes a bad ending．
C．Accidents will happen．
D．Even the wise make mistakes sometimes．

小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:A

小題1:根據(jù)Having smoked his entire great cigars within a month, the lawyer filed claim （索賠） against the insurance company．描述，可知選A。
小題1:根據(jù)短文描述，可知正確順序是，這個(gè)律師首先給這些煙投保，然后吸完所有的煙，把公司告上法庭，要求公司賠付，最后被判入獄。故選C。
小題1:聯(lián)系前文from the company ，可知此處指的是保險(xiǎn)公司，故選B。
小題1:這篇短文中的律師構(gòu)陷一個(gè)圈套，想要騙取保險(xiǎn)金，最后自己卻被投入監(jiān)獄。故選A，對(duì)著天堂吐口水的人,口水掉在那個(gè)人的臉上。意思是自作自受。
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