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20．Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa thought someone must have left a bag of   chocolates in the back seat of his vehicle，but it turned out to be＄300，000 in cold hard cash．
    Now，Gamboa is winning honors for honesty after turning in the money he found Monday．The money was returned to an unidentified poker player working in a club．Yellow Checker Star Transportation named Gamboa its driver of the year and rewarded him with＄l，000 and a dinner for two at a restaurant．
    A message left Wednesday to interview Gamboa at the cab company wasn't immediately   returned．
    Gamboa told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he had another passenger by the time he   began wondering what kind of chocolates were in the brown paper bag．He cast a glance inside   the bag at a traffic light．
"I told my passenger，‘You are my witness on this，'"the 13-year taxi driver told the Las     Vegas Sun，"and then immediately called my company．"
    Gamboa took the six bunches of＄100 bills to the company's main office，where Las     Vegas police and the club officials returned it to the poker player．
    Gamboa saidthemangave him a＄5 tip after a trip from the Cosmopolitan Resort to the     Palms Place Tower，and Gamboa then drove to the Bellagio Resort，where a doorman helping a passenger into the car noticed the bag．
    It took several hours to check the identity of the owner and return the cash．He took     Gamboa's information，but didn't leave a reward．
"If he doesn't give me anything，that's OK，"Gamboa told the Sun．"I'm not waiting for any kind of return．I just wanted to do the right thing，and I appreciate what the company did for me．"

46．Who proved the driver found＄300.000？B
A．Adoorman．   
B．A passenger．
C．The poker player．
D．The police．
47．How much money was there in every bunch on average？D
A．＄100   
B．＄1，000   
C．＄3，000  
D．＄50，000
48．What's the proper order of the events according to the text？A
a．The driver turned in the money．
b．The poker player got out of the taxi．   
c．The driver found a large sum of money in the bag．
d．The driver was interviewed by the Las Vegas Sun．
e．A doorman helping a passenger into the car saw the bag．
A．b-e-c-a-d   
B．b-c-d-e-a   
C．e-c-b-d-a  
D．e-b-c-a-d
49．What can be inferred from the text？D
A．The driver will ask the poker player for＄l，000．
B．It was 3 days before the poker player got back the money．
C．The driver meant to keep back the money at first．
D．The driver feels he should return the lost money．
50．Which of the following can be used to describe the driver？A
A．Honest and helpful．            
B．Clever and careful．
C．Understanding and generous．    
D．Determined and responsible．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇新聞報道．報道中一位司機拾到乘客落下的錢財后上交給公司，并找到一位見證人．這位司機也不求是否有回報，只是做自己認(rèn)為正確的事情．

解答 46．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章""I told my passenger，‘You are my witness on this，"可知，司機的乘客是目擊者，見證人．故選B．
47．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章"Gamboa took the six bunches of＄100 bills to the company's main office"可知，Gamboa 給公司6張票據(jù)，總錢數(shù)為300，000．則一張票據(jù)價值50，000．故選D．
48．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)報道可知，司機撿到了錢然后上交到公司．．則事件發(fā)生順序顯然是失主下車．排除CD選項．而在司機接受報社采訪時已經(jīng)上交過錢了．故選A．
49．D．推理預(yù)測題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"I just wanted to do the right thing，and I appreciate what the company did for me"可知，司機表示自己想做自己認(rèn)為正確的事，而他也欣賞公司處理錢的方式．公司把錢歸還給失主，則可推測，司機也認(rèn)為應(yīng)該還給失主．故選D．
50．A．推理預(yù)測題．根據(jù)全文報道可看出，司機拾到乘客落下的錢財后上交給公司，可見他是一位誠實的司機．故選A．

點評 本文為新聞報道類閱讀．新聞報道類在英語閱讀理解中是一種特點十分鮮明的題材．因為文章往往呈現(xiàn)出"倒金字塔"的特征，此類題的英語閱讀理解技巧是重點看導(dǎo)語．導(dǎo)語位于新聞報道的首段，高度概括新聞事實，通過它點出新聞的主題，其次尋找關(guān)鍵詞，理解題意，做出解答．