Mel Kiser was driving along a busy highway in Columbus, Ohio. He saw an armored truck (運鈔車)and a few cars ahead of him. Suddenly the doors of the armored truck (1) and a blue plastic bag fell out of the truck. A car in front of Mr. Kiser hit the bag. And money spilled(灑落)out of it. Then another bag fell out of the truck,and another. Money was (2) everywhere.

  At first, drivers thought the (3) papers on the highway were leaves. Then they realized that the papers were not leaves―they were money!Drivers quickly stopped right in the middle of the highway and jumped out of their cars. They began (4) money!They were putting ten,twenty, and one-hundred-dollar bills into their pockets. Mr. Kiser also got out of his car. He took hold of a bag of money, put the bag in his car,and drove away.

Later Mr. Kiser (5) the money. He had $ 57,000. For the next two hours Mr. Kiser thought about the money. He (6) about spending it. He needed a new TV set for his house. He wanted to take a vacation in Florida. But he decided to return the money. He drove to the police station and gave the police the $57,000. There other people (7) money, too. But most of the money―almost one million dollars were still missing.

The truck company (8) a 10 percent reward,"If you return $ 1 ,000,for example, we will pay you $ 100 ," the company said.

  Then the company got some (9) - A man telephoned and said,"I was driving along the highway when I saw the money. People were (10) everywhere. I had a camera in my car and I took some pictures. Would you like the pictures?"

  Yes!" answered the company. The company gave the pictures to the police. The police looked (11) at the pictures. They looked at the cars,the license plates, and the people's

(12)They tried to find the people who had taken the money, but they didn't have much (13)   .

  One man who had taken money (14) a Columbus newspaper. The man did not give his name, "I took two bags of money," he said. " Fm going to take this money and (15) Columbus. I have enough money for the rest of life.”

(   ) 1. A. broke    B. dropped C. shut    D. opened

(   ) 2. A. lying    B. falling C. flying    D. showing

(   ) 3. A. green    B. yellow    C. red    D. white

(   ) 4. A. looking for    B. picking up 

      C. putting away    D. laughing at

(   ) 5. A. spent    B. hid     C. counted    D. exchanged

(   ) 6. A. complained    B. dreamed C. worried    D. cared

(   ) 7. A. made    B. received     C. refused    D. returned

(   ) 8. A. paid    B. offered    C. accepted    D. wasted

(   ) 9. A. help    B. trouble     C. money    D. time

(   ) 10. A. running    B. jumping     C. watching    D. stealing

(   ) 11. A. quickly    B. carelessly     C. angrily    D. closely

(   ) 12. A. pockets    B. faces    C. names    D. ages

(   ) 13. A. chance    B. fun       C.  luck D. experience

(   ) 14. A. visited    B. helped    C. telephoned    D. invited

(   ) 15. A. leave    B. buy      C. travel    D. develop

1. D 運鈔車的門開了。

2. C 鈔票滿天飛。

3. A 樹葉的顏色應(yīng)為綠色,并且美鈔是綠色的。

4. B 美鈔掉落在地上,人們開始撿美鈔。

5. C 通過數(shù)數(shù)才得知錢的數(shù)目。

6. B dream about意為"夢想"。本句意為:他夢想著怎么花這些錢。

7. D Mr. Kiser把撿到的錢歸還給警察,也有其他人這么做了。

8. B 運鈔車公司按10%的比例進(jìn)行獎勵。offer a reward是固定結(jié)構(gòu),意為"懸賞"。

9. A 從下文可知,有人向公司提供當(dāng)時拍下的圖片。

10. A 人們到處亂跑。

11. D   此處closely意為"仔細(xì)地"。

12. B 警察通過圖片查看在場的汽車、車牌號和人的面孔。

13. C 但運氣不好。

14. C 給哥倫布報社打電話。

15. A 拿著這筆錢離開哥倫布度過余生。

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