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George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.

Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it —— that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."

“Well, George,”answered Jim. “I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me.”

George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.

The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.

Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.

"Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed it in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!"

1.56. We are told that George expected Jim to help _____.

A．prove him innocent	B．him turn over a new leaf
C．lighten his punishment	D．him escape from prison

2.57. Which of the following is true about Jim?

A．He covered up George's guilt.

B．He persuaded the jury to set George free.

C．He told the jury that George was indeed guilty.

D．He recommended severe punishment to give George a lesson.

3.58. The passage suggests that _____.

A．it was due to Jim that George was found guilty

B．Jim did not do exactly what George asked him to do

C．Jim asked his colleagues to recommend mercy

D．Jim persuaded the jury to lighten George's punishment

4.59. The title for this passage is ______.

A．Illegal or Not?	B．Guilty or Not?
C．Merciful or Not?	D．Answerable or Not?

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.B      

【解析】

試題分析：

1.細節(jié)判斷題題干：我們告知喬治希望吉姆幫助_____

選C（為他開罪減刑）  判斷依據(jù)：第二段最后一句add a strong recommendation for mercy（同義句）

。對于細節(jié)題。應該確定答案出現(xiàn)的區(qū)域，進而從段位和段首往中間查找，縮小答案區(qū)域。最后進行句意轉(zhuǎn)換，通常在原文以原句或同義句形式出現(xiàn)。此題的答案在原文中以同義句形式出現(xiàn)。

2.正誤判斷題題干：下選項中關(guān)于吉姆的敘述哪一個是正確的

選C（他說服陪審團說喬治的確是無罪的） 判斷依據(jù)：文章最后兩段，從吉姆和喬治的對話中可推出

those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!意為：這些蠢貨全都想判你無罪。對于此類型題。可從正面和反面著手。從正面上看，看選項然后初步得出答案，驗證答案，查找依據(jù)。從反面入手，可用排除法，一一排除。

3.歸納推理題題干：文章表明___ 根據(jù)56和57的判斷，可知喬治無罪釋放多虧他的老朋友吉姆

對于歸納推理題。考生可利用前面題型已知曉的信息以及對原文主題的把握，從而幫助在考場考生節(jié)約時間，提高命中率。

4.標題類型題目 題干：文章最適合的標題____

很顯然，全文都在圍繞喬治的無罪和有罪問題為中心展開，篇首和篇尾都有涉及。

標題類型題目其實就是對文章主題的整體把握，通常可根據(jù)篇首和篇尾初步得出信息，進一步通讀全文，方能得出答案。

考點：考察人物性短文

點評：全文圍繞兩個主人公展開，進而引出問題無罪與有罪，對全文有整體的把握。對此類型文章，應當根據(jù)篇首和篇尾初步得出文章的主旨。該篇主要考察推理和細節(jié)考察，要求考生對文章有整體性的把握，二是培養(yǎng)閱讀理解的速度。