四、阅读理解
My name is Henry Adams. When I was 27, I worked in San Francisco. One Saturday afternoon, I sailed my little boat but a strong wind pushed my boat into the Pacific Ocean. Luckily, I was saved by a British ship heading to London.
I had only one dollar when I arrived in London. I was tired and hungry. At that moment, the window of a nearby house opened and a man said to me, “Come in here, please.” I was taken to a beautiful room. ① There were two old gentlemen discussing something.
The two gentlemen were brothers. ② One brother said, “If an honest and clever stranger arrives in London without friends and money, except for a £100,000 bank note (钞票), he will starve (挨饿) to death. If he goes to the bank to change this big note, the police will think he stole it and arrest him.” The other brother answered, “No, I disagree.”
The two gentlemen decided to end their argument with a bet. ③ They chose me because I had an honest, clever face. Also, I was a stranger to England. One of them gave me an envelope and told me not to open it until I was in my hotel room.
④ After leaving the house, I opened the envelope and saw money inside of it! I rushed to the nearest restaurant. After eating, I tried to pay with the money, but discovered that it was a bank note worth five million dollars! No one could possibly cash it. It made my head swim. The owner said, “You can pay for the meal whenever you want, sir. I understand that you are a rich gentleman. You like playing jokes on people by dressing like a poor man.”
I quickly returned to the house but was told that they had left on a trip. Then I remembered the letter inside the envelope. It said, “In this envelope you will find some money. It is yours for only 30 days. At the end of that time, return to this house. We have a bet on you.” How strange!
Then, I entered a clothes store to buy a cheap suit. When I showed the owner the bank note, he was angry since the salesman sold me such a terrible suit.
(To be continued... )
—Adapted from The Million Pound Bank Note
() 1. We can best put “For several days, they had been arguing about a very strange subject.” in .
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
() 2. What can we learn from the underlined sentence “It made my head swim.” in paragraph 5?
A. I was sad about the money.
B. I was so happy that I wanted to swim.
C. I was worried about how to use such a big bank note.
D. I was so excited that I wanted to wash my head.
() 3. What will happen in the following story?
A. The salesman continued to sell me such a terrible suit.
B. I left the clothes store because I couldn’t cash the money.
C. The owner served me well and ordered a new suit for me.
D. I learned about the two gentlemen from the store owner.
() 4. Which of the following is the correct order of what happened in the story?
① Henry went to a clothes shop to buy a cheap suit.
② Henry was invited into a nice house after arriving in London.
③ The restaurant owner let Henry go without paying right away.
④ Henry found the brothers had left when he went back to the house.
⑤ The rich brothers gave Henry a letter and told him not to open it early.
A. ②⑤③④① B. ②⑤④③① C. ⑤②③④① D. ②③⑤④①

1－4 BCCA

【分析】
做这几道英语阅读理解题时，需结合原文上下文的逻辑关系、细节内容分析：第1题是句子还原题，要找与“争论奇怪话题”衔接的位置；第2题是句意猜测题，需联系前文亨利拿到百万钞票无法兑现的处境；第3题是推理判断题，要结合餐厅店主的态度及后续情节逻辑；第4题是事件排序题，需按原文叙述的先后顺序梳理事件。
【解析】
1. 句子还原题：原句意为“几天来，他们一直在争论一个非常奇怪的话题”。前文提到“两个老绅士讨论事情”，后文是其中一个兄弟关于百万钞票的争论内容，因此该句应放在②处，衔接上下文的“讨论”与“争论”，故选B。
2. 句意猜测题：前文提到亨利发现拿到的是百万钞票，没人能兑现，因此“It made my head swim”意为“我担心怎么使用这么大的钞票”，对应选项C。
3. 推理判断题：原文中餐厅店主知道亨利的情况后，让他先吃饭不用立刻付钱，还以为他是绅士；结合后续亨利去服装店的情节，可推断服装店店主会服务好他，对应选项C。
4. 事件排序题：按原文顺序梳理：②亨利到伦敦后被邀请进漂亮房子→⑤兄弟给亨利信封并让他别提前打开→③餐厅老板让亨利不用立刻付钱→④亨利返回房子发现兄弟已离开→①亨利去服装店买便宜西装，顺序为②⑤③④①，故选A。
【答案】
BCCA
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、句子还原、句意猜测、事件排序
【点评】
本题改编自经典作品《百万英镑》，考查学生对英语文章的细节理解、逻辑衔接及推理判断能力，需结合上下文分析，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6