Unit 23 The find of the century

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　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31-50各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
　　Mr Bagget, the cashier (出纳员) in a branch office of the Paris Bank, was a very   31  man who was always reliable(可靠的) in his work. But one day the   32  of the bank   33  a letter saying that Mr Bagget was   34  money. He put some inspectors (检查员) to check Mr   Bagget’s books, and the   35   showed that not a single cent was    36      However, another letter came to    37  desk, still saying that Mr Bagget was   38   the bank. This time the president sent   39   inspectors to check Mr Bagget’s books and the   40   result was got at last.
　　The day after the second time of  41   , Mr Bagget went to see the president and said, “I’ve been working too   42   without asking for a bit of   43   , but you think that I’ve been    44   and put the inspectors to check me twice.  45  the result showed that I had done nothing   46  my reputation (名誉) has been damaged, therefore I’ve come to   47   my application of resignation (辞职).
　　“No, no. Mr Bagget,” the president said, “you’ve been working very hard and the result of checking also proves this.” “But what can help   48  my reputation?” Mr Bagged asked. “Well,” the president said, “the post of the branch manager is   49   empty, and I think  50   else can be better than you to take that post.” After returning home that evening, Mr Bagget said to his wife, “Successful! Without the two letters, no one in the branch office would pay attention to me. Thank you, my dear.”
31. A. foolish       B. strange     C. honest    D. dishonest
　　[解析]从空后的who was always reliable in his work得此答案。　答案：C
32. A. inspector     B. worker     C. cashier   D. president
　　[解析] 从本段最后一句This time the president sent…及后文可知。　答案：D
33. A. received 　　B. wrote　　C. sent　　D. showed
　　答案：A
34. A. paying         B. stealing    C. saying        D. making
　　[解析]从后文我们得知，the president派inspectors去查Mr Bagget, 目的就是查他偷钱的事。从后文and the 35 (result) showed that not a single cent was 36(missing)也可推知此答案。    答案：A
35. A. inspector　　B. president　　 C. result　　D. truth
　　答案：C
36. A. missing　　B. left　　C. found 　　D. hiding
　　[解析]be missing为系表结构，意思是“丢失”。    答案：A
 37. A. Mr Bagget’s 　　B. Mrs Bagget’s 　　C. the cashier’s 　　D. the president s
　　答案：D
38. A. playing trick on 　　B. stealing money from　　C. drawing attention 　　D. working hard in
　　[解析] 前一封信说Mr Bagget偷钱，这一封信仍揭发他偷钱，阅读时要注意空前的still一词。
　　答案：B
39. A. most　　B. few　　C. fewer　　D. more
　　[解析] 第一次没有查出问题，这次the president派出更多的inspectors去查。　　答案：D
40. A. other　　B. different　　 C. old 　　D. same
　　[解析]the same result指not a single cent was missing。
　　答案：D
41. A. playing the trick　　B. writing the letter
　　C. checking 　　D. stealing
　　答案：C
42. A. dishonesty 　　B. pleasantly　　C. lazily　　D. hard
　　[解析]too hard 在此等于very hard。   答案：D
43. A. stopping　　B. praising　　 C. resting　　D. leaving
　　[解析]Bagget的意思是说“我一直工作努力，不要半点奖赏”。　答案：B
44. A. dishonest　　B. ordinary 　　 C. excellent　　D. honest
　　答案：A
45. A. Because        B. Although     C. Since         D. As
　　答案：B
46. A. good　　B. wrong　　 C. foolish 　　D. right
　　[解析]do nothing wrong 没有做错什么。    答案：B
47. A. give up　　B. think about　　C. take back　　D. hand in
　　[解析]hand in 递交。    答案：D
48. A. mend　　 B. correct　　C. lose　　D. win
　　[解析]但是什么弥补我的荣誉呢？在此我们可以看出Mr Bagget 已经计划实施到关键时候了。mend my reputation 弥补我的荣誉。    答案：A
49. A. forever　　B. still 　　 C. often　　D. never
　　[解析]“支行经理的位子现在还空着”。A有较大扰性。在此the president说这句话的目的是：支行经理的位子还没有人选，Mr Bagget自然可以去坐。   答案：B
50. A. nobody　　B. somebody　　 C. anybody　　D. nothing
　　答案：A