Question

I went online to check if my pay was in my bank account. To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. Easier said than done.

The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem. The human resources department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.

I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.

We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape(繁瑣手續(xù)) made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do--admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.

1.What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?

A. He didn’t know what to do with it.

B. He felt lucky to get it.

C. He thought of keeping it for himself.

D. He wanted to return it to the right person.

2.The underlined phrase ?beside myself?(inParagraph1) probably means___________.

A. very fortunate B. very angry

C. really thankful D. at ease

3.How was the problem solved in the end?

A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.

B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.

C. The author gave the money back to the company.

D. The call operator offered to solve their problem.

4.From the passage we can infer that___________.

A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape

B. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules

C. Daniel didn’t know the error before he contacted the author

D. the company gave the wrong account to the bank

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：作者上網(wǎng)查詢銀行賬戶是否收到了工資，讓作者感到吃驚的是他不僅收到了工資，他的賬戶中還多出了一筆錢。作者打算把錢還給它真正的主人，但說起來容易做起來難。銀行和公司都以不是他們的錯(cuò)誤為由而拒絕解決這件事情。

1.觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。根據(jù)第一段“if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person”可知，作者打算把賬戶里多出來的錢還給它真正的主人，故選D。

2.猜測詞意題。根據(jù)“if my own salary was not in my account”可知，這里假設(shè)的是如果沒有收到錢，收不到錢的話，作者不可能會感到幸運(yùn)、感激或放心，排除A、C、D，beside oneself極度興奮，感情失去控制，這里的意思是“生氣”，故選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后“but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves”和第四段可知，作者和Daniel兩個(gè)人私下把事情解決了，故選A。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段“The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem.”可排除A；根據(jù)第三段“when Daniel called, explaining he?d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful”排除C；根據(jù)第三段“as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error”排除D；根據(jù)最后一段“two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do—admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.”可知，銀行和一家大型公司不能解決的事情被兩個(gè)人解決了，它們不愿承認(rèn)所犯的錯(cuò)誤并加以改正，說明一些大的團(tuán)體或機(jī)構(gòu)有著繁瑣的規(guī)定，使本來簡單的事情變得繁瑣，故選B。

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