Question

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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.C

2.C

3.A

4.B      

【解析】

试题分析：

1.细节判断题题干：我们告知乔治希望吉姆帮助_____

选C（为他开罪减刑）  判断依据：第二段最后一句add a strong recommendation for mercy（同义句）

。对于细节题。应该确定答案出现的区域，进而从段位和段首往中间查找，缩小答案区域。最后进行句意转换，通常在原文以原句或同义句形式出现。此题的答案在原文中以同义句形式出现。

2.正误判断题题干：下选项中关于吉姆的叙述哪一个是正确的

选C（他说服陪审团说乔治的确是无罪的） 判断依据：文章最后两段，从吉姆和乔治的对话中可推出

those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!意为：这些蠢货全都想判你无罪。对于此类型题。可从正面和反面着手。从正面上看，看选项然后初步得出答案，验证答案，查找依据。从反面入手，可用排除法，一一排除。

3.归纳推理题题干：文章表明___ 根据56和57的判断，可知乔治无罪释放多亏他的老朋友吉姆

对于归纳推理题。考生可利用前面题型已知晓的信息以及对原文主题的把握，从而帮助在考场考生节约时间，提高命中率。

4.标题类型题目 题干：文章最适合的标题____

很显然，全文都在围绕乔治的无罪和有罪问题为中心展开，篇首和篇尾都有涉及。

标题类型题目其实就是对文章主题的整体把握，通常可根据篇首和篇尾初步得出信息，进一步通读全文，方能得出答案。

考点：考察人物性短文