keeping Daniel’s pay，but the red tape(繁琐手续) made it difficult to do the right thing.It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do—admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.

6．What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account? A．He didn’t know what to do with it. B．He felt lucky to get it.

C．He thought of keeping it for himself. D．He wanted to return it to the right place.

7．The underlined phrase “beside myself” in Paragraph 1 probably means “”．A．very fortunate B．very angry C．really thankful D．at ease

8．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．Daniel had been repaid when he called the author.

B．The author was to blame as he didn’t have enough details. C．Neither the bank nor the company admitted their fault. D．Daniel had the same name as the author’s. 9．How was the problem solved in the end?

A．The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.

B．It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money. C．The author gave the money back to the company. D．The call operator offered to solve their problem. 10．From the passage we can infer that .

A．the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape B．the company gave the wrong account to the bank

C．Daniel didn’t know the error before he contacted the author D．some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules

答案精析

高考高频单词与短语识记排查

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Ⅰ.1.events 2.associations 3.goal 4.score 5.professional

Ⅱ.6.A [participate in加入，参加；work out解出，制定，锻炼；approve of赞同；make up编造，组成。]

7．D [考查名词词义辨析。句意为：为了保护环境，当地政府张贴了很多标志来警告居民们别随地乱丢垃圾。sigh叹息；sight视野，视线；signal信号。sign标志，符号，记号，符合语境，故选D项。]

8．D [考查固定短语。judging from/by...根据……判断。] 9．A [根据从句的时态可确定此处谓语动词的时态为一般过去时。] 10．D [从句意可知是“沿着(交通)标志”，故答案为D。]

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语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文，介绍了体育运动的好处，号召人们参与体育运动。 1．C [推理判断题。第一段的“While this can be achieved by dieting and hitting the gym too”中的this指代的就是上文中的“gradually become fitter”。故选C项。] 2．A [细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“They are stress killers and bring a relaxing feeling.”可知答案。]

3．B [段落大意题。根据第四段第一句中的“played in teams”可知本段讲的是体育运动可以培养人的团队精神。]

4．D [细节理解题。根据第六段可知，十几岁的青少年正处于易受外界影响的年龄，如果自由时间太多，他们可能就会参与到不良活动中，或者结交坏朋友，或者成为反社会的人，即表现出一些坏行为，而参加运动可以防止他们这些行为。]

5．A [主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，本文主要讲的是体育运动的好处，故选A。] 语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了有人把钱误打进作者的账户而引起的故事。 6．D [细节理解题。根据第一段中的“...if my own salary was not in my account，so I tried to get the money back to the right person.”可知，作者打算把账户里多出来的钱还给它真正的主人，故选D。]

7．B [词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“if my own salary was not in my account”可知，这里假设的是如果自己的工资不在账户里，作者不可能会感到幸运、感激或放心，排除A、C、D三项，beside oneself极度兴奋，感情失去控制，这里的意思是“生气”，故选B。] 8．C [细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“...explaining he’d tried to get back his

money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error.”可知，银行和公司都不承认是他们的过错，故选C。]

9．A [细节理解题。根据第三段最后“...but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.”和第四段可知，作者和Daniel两个人私下把事情解决了，故选A。]

10．D [推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“...two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do—admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.”可知，一个大银行和一家大型公司不能解决的事情被两个人解决了，它们不愿承认所犯的错误并加以改正，说明一些大的团体或机构有着繁琐的规定，使本来简单的事情变得繁琐，故选D。]