While Nick was on the bus reading his newspaper, the man sitting next to him suddenly pushed a large envelope（信封）into his hands. "Here, take this!" the man said, stood up and got off the bus before Nick could say a word.

    Nick sat there, holding the envelope. It felt heavy.  There was paper inside, or money perhaps. "I'd better hand it over to the police," he thought. There was a police station close to his office. But, as he got off the bus, a man came to him. He seemed to be waiting for something.   "He wants the envelope," Nick thought. Nick began to walk quickly, and the man hurried after him. Nick managed to lose the man in the crowd（人群）．When he entered the police station, the man was no longer in sight.

    Inside the police station, Nick handed over the envelope to the policeman who was on duty.  The man opened it. The envelope was full of money, false（假的）money.“Clearly the man made a mistake," the policeman said. "He thought you were one of the gang（团伙）!”

    “However," the policeman went on. "I'm afraid I must ask you to keep quiet about all this.  We are trying to catch some very clever thieves, and we don't want them to know that we have some of the money. So you mustn't say a word to anyone-not even to your boss!"

1. The man who suddenly gave Nick an envelope was most probably_______.

A. Nick's friend    B. the bus driver    C. a thief    D. a postman

2. As Nick got off the bus, a man came to him because_______.

A. he wanted to catch Nick

B. he thought Nick was a policeman

C. he wanted to give Nick some money

D. he thought Nick was one of their gang

3. By the last few sentences of the passage, we can infer that_______.

A. Nick let everyone know his wonderful story

B. Nick's boss was the last to know Nick's story

C. Nick would keep silent about what happened for some time

D. the gang already knew the police got some of the false money

Long long ago，there was a man and his wife who worked for an old man．One day，the old man pointed to a big box in his living room and said，“There’s only one thing you mustn’t do：Don’t open this 46　 ．”After saying this，he 　 47　 home．

The woman said to her husband，“There must be 　 48　 expensive in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband didn’t want to do that，　 49　 the woman didn’t give up．

A few days later，the woman made a 　 50　 to find out what was in the box．Before her husband could stop her，she opened the box and looked into it．To her 　 51　 ，there was nothing in it．She tried hard to 　 52　 the box，but she failed．

That evening，the old man came home and found that the box was open．He was very 　 53　 and he asked the woman and her husband to leave his home at once．

“But there was nothing in the box，” the woman said，“We haven’t 　 54　 anything at all．”

The old man shouted，“The box is not important．Now I know that I can’t trust（信任）you．That’s what’s 　 55　 !”

46．A．bag　 　　　　 B．case　　　 　　 C．box　　　 　　 D．backpack

47．A．left　　　 　　 B．went　　　 　　 C．came　　 　　　 D．arrived

48．A．everything　 　　　 B．nothing　　 　　 C．something　 　 D．anything

49．A．so　　 　　　　 B．and　　　 　　　 C．or　　　 　　　 D．but

50．A．suggestion　　 B．decision　　　　 　 C．mistake　　　　 D．living

51．A．joy　 　　　　 B．fun　　　 　　 C．surprise　　 　　　 D．pleasure

52．A．close　　 　　　 B．open　　　　 　 C．throw　　　 　　 D．carry

53．A．afraid　　 　　 B．angry　　　　 　 C．excited　　　 D．tired

54．A．lent　　 　　　 B．broken　　　 　 C．sold　　　　 　　　 D．taken

55．A．important　　　 B．expensive　　　 　 C．useful　　 　　 D．lucky