[冲刺中考]英语阅读与填空：18-Tuesday 运钞事故 266词

18-Tuesday 运钞事故 266词

题材： 运钞事故 词数： 266 建议阅读时间： 5.5分钟

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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.”

生词

armo(u)r　n． 盔甲‖armo（u）red　adj． 装甲的：armo（u）red car （银行用于运送钞票或军事上的）装甲车辆

rip　v． （ripped；ripping ）撕，扯，划破：The boy ripped his trousers on the fence．那个男孩在篱笆上把裤子挂破了。/The tyre was ripped up．轮胎被划破了。

spill　v． 泼出，洒落，散落：Light spilled out through the windows．光从窗子泄出。

grab　v． 攫取；抓取，抓住：She grabbed him by the shirt collar．她一把抓住他的衬衣领。/He grabbed hold of a handrail to save himself from falling．他紧紧抓住扶手以免摔倒。

bill　n． 账单；（美语）钞票，纸币：a ten-dollar bill十美元钞票

furnace　n． 火炉，炉子：It's like a furnace in here—can we open a window？这房间热得像个火炉，开扇窗好吗？

reward　n． 报答，报偿，赏金：Police are offering a reward for information of a criminal．警方悬赏能找到罪犯的线索。

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

A．a truck hit a blue plastic bag

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

C．a 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

参考译文

梅尔·基塞正驾车行驶在俄亥俄州哥伦布市繁忙的高速公路上。他看见前方有一辆装甲运钞车和几辆汽车。突然，装甲运钞车的门开了，一只巨大的塑料袋掉了下来。基塞先生前面的一辆车撞到了袋子上。袋子撞破了，钱洒落出来。然后又一只袋子掉下来，接着又是一只。钱飞得满地都是。

一开始，司机们以为公路上的这些绿纸是树叶。后来他们意识到这些绿纸不是树叶，而是钱！司机们立刻把车停在了高速公路的中间。人们跳下车开始捡钱。他们把面额为10美元、20美元和100美元的纸币装进口袋。一名男士说：“钱，钱，钱！都是免费的！能拿就拿吧！”

基塞先生也下了车。他抓了一塑料袋钱，放到车上，然后开车走了。

后来，基塞先生点了点钱数，总计有57000美元。接下来的两个小时，基塞先生一直在思考该怎么办。他想花掉。他需要为房间配一只新壁炉，他想到佛罗里达度假。但他还是决定把钱还回去。他驱车来到警察局，把这57000美元交给了警察。

押运公司提供了10％的奖励，这样基塞先生得到了5700美元。还有几个人也把钱还回去了，他们也得到了奖励，但还是有100多万美元找不回来了。

后来，有一名男士给哥伦布市一家报社打电话。这名男士没有透露自己的姓名。“我拿了两袋钱，”他说，“我准备拿着这些钱离开哥伦布市。这些钱足够我过后半生了”。

参考答案

Tuesday 1．B　2．D　3．C　4．A