阅读理解
Alfred had drunk too much. He was now driving his car along the country road very fast. Just at this moment, an old man walked across the road. Unluckily, the car ran into him and the old man was very afraid. After looking round, Alfred saw nobody nearby. So he drove away without picking up the old man to the hospital. The old man was clever enough. He looked up and kept Alfred's car number in his mind.
About one month later, they both went to the court (法庭). Alfred's lawyer said, “Alfred is an experienced (有经验的) driver of more than twenty years.” “If experience can hold water (站得住脚) here, the old man has been walking for over sixty years safely.”
(1)Where did the accident happen?
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(2)The old man was hit when he________.
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(3)Why did the accident happen?
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A. Alfred had drunk too much.
B. Alfred was driving too fast.
C. The old man walked too slowly.
D. Both A and B.
(4)Why did Alfred drive away without helping the old man? Because he thought________.
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A. the old man was not really hurt
B. the police would help the old man
C. no one else saw him and he couldn't be found out
D. the old man could help himself
(5)“Hold water” in the sentence means to________.
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Reading comprehension(阅读理解)：
Kate Holmes was visiting a friend, old Mrs. Sydney. Mrs. Sydney had known Kate all her life. She liked to tell Kate about mysteries(神秘故事) and see whether Kate could solve them.
“You are very good at solving mysteries,” she said to Kate, “but some day I'll fool you! Maybe I'll be able to fool you today. Did I ever tell you about the story of the Unknown Brother?”
Kate said no and listened. She liked Mrs. Sydney's stories.
“Well,” Mrs. Sydney said, “Jed Wright was my friend when I was a child. He ran away from home when he was very young and lived for years by doing all kinds of jobs. Finally, in 1927, he went to Michigan, where he found a copper mine(铜矿). He bought the land and ran the mine and became a very rich man.
“Jed never married. His parents had died years before, and his only relative was a brother.”
“One day Jed knew he was dying. He sent for a good friend, Dan Cole, who had worked for him for years.”
“Jed gave Dan two envelopes.‘This one is for you,’ he said, ‘ and please give the other one to my brother Alf. He is…’ While he was speaking, Jed died.”
“There were his dying wishes in Dan's envelope. It gave him Jed's mine and house. The envelope for Alf had some money and business papers in it. Dan and Alf were each to get about half of Jed's fortune(财富). They would both be rich.”.
“Dan had never seen Alf. He had only two clues(线索). One was an old photo that showed Alf and Jed. But it was taken on their tenth birthday, fifty years ago. The other clue was a post card from Alf. It had no address. It had been mailed in Boston the month before Jed died.”
“Dan went to Boston. He put an advertisement in the newspaper. It said there was good news for Alf Wright. It told where Dan was staying.”
“The next day, more than a hundred men came to Dan's hotel. They all said they were Alf Wright. But though he had never seen Alf, Dan was able to pick him out right away.”
When Mrs. Sydney finished her story, she smiled.
“All right, Kate,” she said. “How did he know Alf?”
Kate smiled too. “That's easy,” she said. “You told me how. The clue was the photo.”
“Yes, it was,” said Mrs. Sydney. “But it was taken when Alf and Jed were boys. How could that help?”
“You said it was taken when both boys were ten years old, so they were…”
Kate gave Mrs. Sydney the answer and she had to admit that Kate Holmes had won again.
Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题，每题所填内容不超过五个单词)：
1．What made Jed Wright a rich man?
The ________ made him very rich.
2．What was in the envelope for Dan?
________________________________________________.
3．Did Dan do what Jed asked him to do?
________________________________________________.
4．What helped Dan to find Alf?
________, ________ and the advertisement.
5．What was Kate's answer to the mystery?
Kite said, “… so they were _____________________________________.”
6．Were they brothers or friends?
Kate and Mrs. Sydney were friends; Jed and Alf were brothers; Jed and ________.
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