共用题干第二篇From Ponzi to MadoffThe year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi. Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save for them.Pouzi promis

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第二篇

From Ponzi to Madoff

The year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Pouzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you
$5 a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you
gave him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law.The
people who gave him their money didri't think anything was wrong.Ponzi paid them every month,just like
a bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn't have enough money to
pay all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a
lot more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him $170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The
people who gave Madoff their money also didn'tthink anything was wrong because he paid them every
month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay.That's when
people discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the
way Charles Ponzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn'thave
to go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi's.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!

For every$100,Ponzi promised to pay people_________.
A:$5 a year
B:$20 a year
C:$40 a year
D:$100 a year

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第1题：

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A Heroic Woman
The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero,Ashley Smith,with the Federal Bureau of investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind.
______(46)She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta,Georgia early on the morning of March 12,when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side."I started walking to my door,and I felt really,really afraid,"she said in a TV interview last week.The man was Brian
Nichols , 33 . He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse（法院）on March 11 and later of killing a federal agent.______(47)
Nichols tied Smith up with tape,but released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life."I told him if he hurt me,my little girl wouldn't have a mummy",she said.In order to calm the man down,she read to him from"The Purpose-Driven Life",a best-selling religious book.He asked her to repeat a paragraph about"what you thought your purpose in life was,what talents were you given.______（48)
"I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust."Smith said.
Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her. He said he thought"I was an angel sent from God,and we were Christian sister and brother",she said,"And that he was lost,and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people."______(49)She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage（报道） of the police hunt for him."I cannot believe that's me."Nichols told the woman.Then,Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do.She said,"I think you should turn yourself in.If you don't,lots more people are going to get hurt."
Eventually,he let her go.______(50)A US $ 60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols' capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible（有资格的）for that money.

______(50)
A: The local police were searching for him.
B: Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter.
C: Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols.
D: She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave.
E: And the two of them discussed this topic.
F: Then she called the police.

答案：F

解析：

史密斯是一位单身母亲，26岁，有一个女儿。由于第二段的句子反复提到了她，因此，段落第一句应该是对于她的姓名和身份的说明。

根据本文第二段最后事实的陈述，他连杀4个人，因此可以判断当地警察正在搜捕他，所以选A。

然后他们两人讨论这个话题。前句提到了“读书”和“什么是生活的目的，你具有什么才能”等问题，因此，之后街接就这个话题的讨论。

她甚至在被允许离开之前，为这个人做早饭。第五段选项之后的句子提到早饭的事情。因此，这里本句话的意思是应该相互街接。

最后一段第一句：最后，他放了她。后来，她报了警。

第2题：

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A Heroic Woman

The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero,Ashley Smith,with the Federal Bureau of investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind.
__________(46)She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta,Georgia early on the morning of March 12,when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side."I started walking to my door,and I felt really,really afraid,"she said in a TV interview last week.The man was Brian Nichols , 33. He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse（法院）on March 11 and later of killing a federal agent.__________(47)
Nichols tied Smith up with tape,but released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life."I told him if he hurt me,my little girl wouldn't have a mummy,"she said.In order to calm the man down,she read to him from"The Purpose-Driven Life",a best-selling religious book. He asked her to repeat a paragraph"about what you thought your purpose in life was一what talents were you given."________(48)
"I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust,"Smith said.
Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her."He said he thought I was an angel sent from God,and we were Christian sister and brother,"she said."And that he was lost,and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people."_________(49)She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage（报道）of the police hunt for him."I cannot believe that's me,"Nichols told the woman.Then,Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do.She said,"I think you should turn yourself in.If you don't, lots more people are going to get hurt."
Eventually,he let her go.__________(50)A U.S. $60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols' capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible（有资格的）for that money.

__________（46）
A:The local police were searching for him.
B: Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter.
C:Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols.
D:She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave.
E:And the two of them discussed this topic.
F: Then she called the police.

答案：B

解析：

本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。这一段是对事件发生的背景介绍，选项B介绍了当事人的年龄和身份，因此B是正确选项。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。这一段是对事件发生的背景介绍，上一句是“3月11日他在亚特兰大法院被怀疑杀害了三个人，后来又被认为谋害了一名联邦特工”，只有选项A“当地警方正调查他”符合内容的街接。因此选A。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。上一句是“他让她重复其中一段‘关于所思考的生活目的和赋予的才能”,，而选项中只有E和这一句内容相关。因此选E。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。下一句是“她说看到为他做早饭，Nichols很惊讶”，因此上一句应该是有关Smith为Nichols做早饭的内容。因此选D。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。下文是“官方不确定Smith 是否有资格领取这笔钱”，说明Smith做了对警方有利的工作，因此选项F" Smith报了警”是正确的。

第3题：

First name is used almost immediately by people from the United States and Great Britain.()

此题为判断题(对，错)。

正确答案：True
解析：本句参考译文：英美人士几乎初次见面后很快就用名字称呼别人。【知识点来源：Unit 5】陈述与事实相符。英美国家人士普遍喜欢以名字称呼别人以示友好，这也是西方国家重视个体主义价值观的体现。与之不同的是，中国人往往以 “官衔、职称等+姓氏”称呼别人，认为这样才礼貌。

第4题：

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第二篇

Saving Money

Where you save your money often depends on what you are saving for.If you are
saving to buy a dictionary or to go to a concert,then probably keep your money somewhere
in your room.
If you are saving for a big purchase like a mountain bike or a school trip,where would
you save your money?
One place to save money is the bank.Putting your money in a savings account will
help your money earn more money.If you put your money in a piggy bank（猪形储蓄
罐）,one year later you'll still have the same amount of money you put in.If you put
your money in a savings account,one year later,you'll have more money than you put
in.Why?
When you keep your money in a bank,your money earns interest.Interest is the
amount of money a bank pays you to use your money.The bank uses your money(and
the money of other people,too)to loan money to people and businesses.
The bank will send you a statement several times a year.A bank statement tells you
how much money there is in your account.It also tells you how much interest you have
earned.If you leave your money in the bank,you can watch it grow!
Another way you can save money is to buy a certificate of deposit or CD.If you have
some money that you don't need to use for a long time,this is a good way to make your
money grow.
You can buy a CD at a bank.You agree not to use the money for a certain period of
time.That period might be from six months to five years.You can't touch your money
during that time.If you do,you must pay a penalty,or fee.
Since the bank is using your money for that time period,it will pay you interest.You
will earn more interest with a CD than in a savings account.Can you guess why?It's
because you promise to leave your money in the bank for a certain period of time.Banks
pay different rates of interest.So,you may want to compare rates in newspaper ads before
buying a CD.

Interest is the amount of money which
A:a bank lends to people.
B:a bank loans to businesses.
C:a bank pays you.
D:a bank uses.

答案：C

解析：

第5题：

If you draw your money before it is due,
A:you have to pay interest to the bank.
B:you have to close your account.
C:you have to open a new account.
D:you have to pay a penalty or fee.

答案：D

解析：

第6题：

共用题干
第一篇

From Ponzi to Madoff

The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!

Why didn't Madoff have to go on trial?
A:The officials couldn'tfind any evidence against him.
B:He had friends in the government who helped him.
C:He admitted he was guilty.
D:He returned all the illegal money.

答案：C

解析：

从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可知答案为C。

第7题：

What did Ponzi do with the money people gave him?
A:He spent it all on things for himself.
B:He used some of it to pay other people.
C:He deposited it all in a bank.
D:He kept it all to save for a good plan.

答案：B

解析：

第8题：

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第二篇

Saving Money

Where you save your money often depends on what you are saving for. If you are
saving to buy a CD（光盘）or to go to a concert,then probably you would keep your money
somewhere in your room.
If you are saving for a big purchase like a mountain bike or a school trip,where would
you save your money?
One place to save money is the bank.Putting your money in a savings account will
help your money earn more money. If you put your money in a piggy bank（猪形储蓄
罐）,one year later you'll still have the same amount of money you put in.If you put
your money in a savings account,one year later,you'II have more money than you put
in.Why?
When you keep your money in a bank,your money earns interest.Interest is an
amount of money a bank pays you to use your money.The bank uses your money(and the
money of other people,too)to loan money to people and businesses.
The bank will send you a statement several times a year. A bank statement tells you
how much money you have in your account.It also tells you how much interest you have
earned.If you leave your money in the bank,you can watch it grow!
Another way you can save money is to buy a certificate of deposit or CD.If you have
some money that you don't need to use for a long time,this is a good way to make your
money grow.
You can buy a CD at a bank.You agree not to use the money for a certain period of
time.That period might be from six months to five years.You can't touch your money
during that time.If you do,you must pay a penalty,or fee.

If you draw your money before it is due,you will have to
A:pay interest to the bank.
B:close your account.
C:open a new account.
D:pay a penalty or fee,

答案：D

解析：

第9题：

How long did Madoff's tricks last?
A:Forty years.
B:Four years.
C:Nine years.
D:Ninety years.

答案：A

解析：

第10题：

For every$100,Ponzi promised to pay people
A:$5 a year
B:$20 a year
C:$40 a year
D:$100 a year

答案：C

解析：

共用题干第二篇From Ponzi to MadoffThe year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi. Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save for them.Pouzi promis

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