Question

【题目】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(繁琐手续) 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”(in Paragraph1) 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

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析：突然发现自己的账户打进了别人的工资，你会怎么办呢？文章作者就遇到了这种情况，几经周折，他最终还是不能通过银行或是公司来解决这个问题，只能和这笔钱的主人私下解决了这个问题。

【1】D细节信息题。根据文章第一段中 I tried to get the money back to the right person. 可知，作者在获得了这笔意外之财后，决定物归原主。故该题正确答案为D.

【2】B考查词义猜测。I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account该宾语从句为虚拟语气。设身处地得想一下，“如果我的工资不在我的账户上，那么我会发狂的。”故该题正确答案为B.very angry.

【3】A细节信息题。根据文章最后一段可知，最终是他们自己处理了这件事，作者由于工作忙没能亲自将钱交给Daniel，而Daniel则给作者留下了一瓶葡萄酒。故该题正确答案为A.

【4】B推理判断题。根据文章可知，由于繁琐的手续，银行不能快捷地解决这个问题。且在Daniel给作者打电话之前，他尽力去要回自己的钱但没成功。根据文章倒数第二句red tape(繁琐手续) made it difficult to do the right thing.可知，该题正确答案为B.