[沖刺中考]英語閱讀與填空：18-Tuesday 運(yùn)鈔事故 266詞

18-Tuesday 運(yùn)鈔事故 266詞

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Mel Kiser was driving along a busy highway in Columbus，Ohio．He saw an armored truck and a few cars ahead of him．Suddenly the doors of the armored truck opened，and a blue plastic bag fell out of the truck．A car in front of Mr．Kiser hit the bag．The bag ripped and money spilled out．Then another bag fell out of the truck，and another．Money was flying everywhere．

At first，drivers thought the green papers on the highway were leaves．Then they realized that the green papers were not leaves—they were money！Drivers stopped their cars right in the middle of the highway．People jumped out of their cars and began picking up money．They were putting ten-，twenty-，and one-hundred-dollar bills into their pockets．One man said，“Money，money，money！It's all free！Grab some while you can！”

Mr．Kiser also got out of his car．He grabbed a plastic bag of money，put the bag in his car，and drove away．

Later Mr．Kiser counted the money，he had $57,000．For the next two hours Mr．Kiser thought about the money．He dreamed about spending it．He needed a new furnace for his house．He wanted to take a vacation in Florida．But he decided to return the money．He drove to the police station and gave the police the $57,000．

The armored truck company offered 10 percent reward，so Mr．Kiser got a reward of $5,700．A few more people returned money and got rewards，but over one million dollars were still missing．

Then one man telephoned a Columbus newspaper．The man did not give his name．“I took two bags of money，”he said．“I'm going to take the money and leave Columbus．I have enough money for the rest of my life.”

生詞

armo(u)r　n． 盔甲‖armo（u）red　adj． 裝甲的：armo（u）red car （銀行用于運(yùn)送鈔票或軍事上的）裝甲車輛

rip　v． （ripped；ripping ）撕，扯，劃破：The boy ripped his trousers on the fence．那個(gè)男孩在籬笆上把褲子掛破了。/The tyre was ripped up．輪胎被劃破了。

spill　v． 潑出，灑落，散落：Light spilled out through the windows．光從窗子泄出。

grab　v． 攫取；抓取，抓住：She grabbed him by the shirt collar．她一把抓住他的襯衣領(lǐng)。/He grabbed hold of a handrail to save himself from falling．他緊緊抓住扶手以免摔倒。

bill　n． 賬單；（美語）鈔票，紙幣：a ten-dollar bill十美元鈔票

furnace　n． 火爐，爐子：It's like a furnace in here—can we open a window？這房間熱得像個(gè)火爐，開扇窗好嗎？

reward　n． 報(bào)答，報(bào)償，賞金：Police are offering a reward for information of a criminal．警方懸賞能找到罪犯的線索。

1．Mel Kiser was driving along a busy highway when he saw________．

A．a(chǎn) truck hit a blue plastic bag

B．three blue plastic bags fell out of the truck one after another

C．a(chǎn) car hit the truck ahead of him

D．someone was flying money

2．The drivers stopped suddenly in the middle of the highway because________．

A．there was a traffic accident ahead of them

B．they didn't believe the green papers were money

C．they had grabbed some money

D．they wanted to pick up money

3．Mel Kiser needed a furnace，so probably________．

A．he was an honest man

B．drivers liked furnaces

C．the weather is sometimes cold in Ohio

D．it was easy to make money in Columbus

4．If a man returned a million dollars to the company，the company would pay him________dollars as a reward．

A．one hundred thousand

B．one thousand and one hundred

C．ten thousand and one hundred

D．ten hundred and one thousand

參考譯文

梅爾·基塞正駕車行駛在俄亥俄州哥倫布市繁忙的高速公路上。他看見前方有一輛裝甲運(yùn)鈔車和幾輛汽車。突然，裝甲運(yùn)鈔車的門開了，一只巨大的塑料袋掉了下來。基塞先生前面的一輛車撞到了袋子上。袋子撞破了，錢灑落出來。然后又一只袋子掉下來，接著又是一只。錢飛得滿地都是。

一開始，司機(jī)們以為公路上的這些綠紙是樹葉。后來他們意識(shí)到這些綠紙不是樹葉，而是錢！司機(jī)們立刻把車停在了高速公路的中間。人們跳下車開始撿錢。他們把面額為10美元、20美元和100美元的紙幣裝進(jìn)口袋。一名男士說：“錢，錢，錢！都是免費(fèi)的！能拿就拿吧！”

基塞先生也下了車。他抓了一塑料袋錢，放到車上，然后開車走了。

后來，基塞先生點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)錢數(shù)，總計(jì)有57000美元。接下來的兩個(gè)小時(shí)，基塞先生一直在思考該怎么辦。他想花掉。他需要為房間配一只新壁爐，他想到佛羅里達(dá)度假。但他還是決定把錢還回去。他驅(qū)車來到警察局，把這57000美元交給了警察。

押運(yùn)公司提供了10％的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，這樣基塞先生得到了5700美元。還有幾個(gè)人也把錢還回去了，他們也得到了獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，但還是有100多萬美元找不回來了。

后來，有一名男士給哥倫布市一家報(bào)社打電話。這名男士沒有透露自己的姓名。“我拿了兩袋錢，”他說，“我準(zhǔn)備拿著這些錢離開哥倫布市。這些錢足夠我過后半生了”。

參考答案

Tuesday 1．B　2．D　3．C　4．A