Question

George and Jim

    George had stolen some money. The police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial(审判) was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty(有罪) and sent to prison for a long time.

    Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he didn’t tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him “Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money.  I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it—that would be too much to expect. But I should be thankful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add strong recommendation (说明) for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty.”

    “Well, George, I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people of the jury look terribly strong- minded to me,” answered him.

    George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.

　　 The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.

　　 Of course, George was very pleased, but he didn’t have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.

“Well, George,” Jim answered, “as I thought, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed it in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, these fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!”

1. What does the word “jury” mean in this passage?

A．Someone who works in prison.

B．A policeman.

C．The Judge.

D．A body of persons to decide if one is guilty.

2. The jury made a decision ________.

A．shortly after hearing Jim’s words

B．after having had a vote(投票)

C．soon after Jim said George was guilty

D．only after several hours of heated discussion

3. Who do you think is the biggest fool?

A．George.

B．The policeman who caught George.

C．Jim.

D．The other members of the jury.

 

Answer 1

答案：1D2D3D
提示：

1.　　   从文中可以看出，George是否有罪，由jury陪审团来决定。所以选择D。C选项The Judge是法官的意思。 2.　　   Jim最后说道，他费了好大力气才让陪审团相信他是有罪的。所以应该花费了他一些时间。选择D. 3.　　   George本人都相信自己有罪无疑了，陪审团的成员居然仍然认为他无罪。可见是多么的愚蠢。