第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroit hotel. I didn’t want to  36   too much money with me, so I   37   the desk clerk to put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe for   38  .

The next morning, however, the clerk said that he knew nothing about my money. I didn’t have any proof(证据)    39   I had given the man the money. There was clearly   40   left to do but go to the nearest lawyer at once.

The lawyer    41   me to return to the hotel with him and give  42 hundred-dollar bill to the clerk.   43    we did. An hour later, I went back to the desk and asked for my money together with the lawyer.   44   I had the lawyer as an eyewitness to the    45   hundred-dollar bill, the clerk could not    46   he knew nothing about it.

Another hour later, I put the second part of the lawyer’s plan into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the   47  to ask for the hundred-dollar once again. No matter   48   I said, the clerk who kept my bill   49   that he had given it to me. I said it was not   50  . The lawyer said to him, “I    51   this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don’t hand it in immediately, I will be forced to call the   52   .” Now the clerk felt quite    53  , so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.

“I don’t know   54  to thank you enough for getting my money back,” I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered? He said, “Oh, don’t 55    me. That will be one hundred dollars, please.”

36. A. borrow          B. spend         C. waste          D. carry

37. A. made     B. asked   C. allowed        D. let

38. A. me B. her       C. him       D. us

39. A. that     B. which           C. where          D. when

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

41. A. hoped   B. agreed       C. insisted      D. advised

42. A. the other        B. another        C. others D. other

43. A. Such       B. All         C. So         D. Much

44. A. For B. Though         C. Even if        D. Because

45. A. first      B. second        C. third     D. one

46. A. say          B. admit   C. permit D. recognize

47. A. restaurant    B. bank     C. hotel           D. hospital

48. A. what     B. whatever            C. which   D. how

49. A. suggested      B. insisted        C. remembered     D. forgot

50. A. true       B. sure     C. exact   D. nice

51. A. forced    B. made   C. allowed        D. saw

52. A. police     B. judge C. official D. officer

53. A. content B. nervous        C. angry   D. sad

54. A. when      B. what    C. where  D. how

55. A. thank     B. praise         C. leave D. fool

 

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroit hotel. I didn’t want to  36   too much money with me, so I   37   the desk clerk to put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe for   38  .

The next morning, however, the clerk said that he knew nothing about my money. I didn’t have any proof(证据)    39   I had given the man the money. There was clearly   40   left to do but go to the nearest lawyer at once.

The lawyer    41   me to return to the hotel with him and give  42 hundred-dollar bill to the clerk.   43    we did. An hour later, I went back to the desk and asked for my money together with the lawyer.   44   I had the lawyer as an eyewitness to the    45   hundred-dollar bill, the clerk could not    46   he knew nothing about it.

Another hour later, I put the second part of the lawyer’s plan into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the   47  to ask for the hundred-dollar once again. No matter   48   I said, the clerk who kept my bill   49   that he had given it to me. I said it was not   50  . The lawyer said to him, “I    51   this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don’t hand it in immediately, I will be forced to call the   52   .” Now the clerk felt quite    53  , so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.

“I don’t know   54  to thank you enough for getting my money back,” I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered? He said, “Oh, don’t 55    me. That will be one hundred dollars, please.”

36. A. borrow       B. spend       C. waste        D. carry

37. A. made    B. asked  C. allowed      D. let

38. A. me       B. her     C. him    D. us

39. A. that  B. which        C. where        D. when

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

41. A. hoped B. agreed      C. insisted     D. advised

42. A. the other      B. another      C. others D. other

43. A. Such    B. All      C. So      D. Much

44. A. For      B. Though      C. Even if     D. Because

45. A. first    B. second       C. third   D. one

46. A. say       B. admit  C. permit D. recognize

47. A. restaurant    B. bank   C. hotel        D. hospital

48. A. what    B. whatever  C. which D. how

49. A. suggested     B. insisted      C. remembered     D. forgot

50. A. true     B. sure    C. exact   D. nice

51. A. forced  B. made  C. allowed      D. saw

52. A. police   B. judge        C. official       D. officer

53. A. content B. nervous      C. angry  D. sad

54. A. when    B. what   C. where D. how

55. A. thank    B. praise       C. leave D. fool

You are at the check-out a grocery store. You are ready to pay for your food. Then you find out that you have left your wallet at home! What can you do?

Don’t worry. You just have to put your finger near a special scanner. The grocery bill will be taken out of your bank account.

We are not joking.

A new system that scans customers’ fingerprints and subtracts（除去）the grocery bill from their bank accounts has taken supermarkets in Germany by storm. Stores, school canteens and even bars are picking it up.

The Edeka supermarket chain is the first retail（零售）business in Germany to use to new system. “Almost a quarter of out customers pay with their fingers,” said an employee at the headquarters.

Edeka has tried the system at 70 of its supermarkets. It says it will introduce it at 200 others because customers like it.

“At first we thought that only the young who really keep up with the latest technology would be interested, but we were wrong,” said Stefan Sewoester from IT Werke.

“Almost two-thirds of the people who use the system are 40 and older,” he said.

IT Werke, a computer company, is one of the pioneers of fingerprint payment software in Germany. It has helped about 150 shops, canteens and bars to put in the fingerprint scanning machines. Each cost about 2,000 euros(20,000 yuan).

To sign up for the service, customers must have their fingerprints taken and leave their addresses and banking details with the shop. The shop then takes the cost of goods directly out of the customer’s bank account.

“It is especially a good thing for elderly people. Now they do not have to remember their pin(密码)to pay with their bank cards, or to look around for their glasses or cash”. Sewoester said.

The stores benefits from the system too. It saves more than time in the check-out line. It also cuts out the hidden costs of accepting electronic card payments.

1．Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

       A．Pay with finger.                                   B．Fingerprint scanning.

       C．Money is not needed!                           D．A new system.

2．How is the bill paid when people are paying their bill with their fingerprint?

       A．The money will be taken directly from the customer’s bank account.

      B．The customer must pay the money and confirm it with their fingerprint.

      C．The money is to be paid through electronic card payment.

      D．The bill will be posted to the customer’s home.

3．Which of the following has most likely had the scanner fitted?

   A．The restaurant.                                    B．The hotel.

   C．The school dining-hall.                         D．The hospital.

4．Which is NOT an advantage of the new invention so far?

      A．Customers don’t have to pay their bill with money wherever they go.

      B．Customers don’t have to remember their pin number.

      C．Stores can save a certain amount of money.

      D．Time will be saved.

5．The writer of the text seems to            .

      A．think that the new scanning machine does good only to customers

      B．hold a neutral attitude toward this scanner

      C．expect that the new invention will soon spread around

       D．believe that middle-aged people are more ready to accept new things