George had stolen some money, and had been caught by the police. Now his ___1___ was about to begin. He felt ___2___ that he would be sent to prison for a long-高中英语-n多题

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George had stolen some money, and had been caught by the police. Now his ___1___ was about to begin. He felt ___2___ that he would be sent to prison for a long time. Then he ___3___ that his friend Jim was one of the members of the jury(陪审团). He succeeded in seeing him ___4___. He said to him, “Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I can’t hope to be found ___5___ of taking it. But I should be grateful ___6___ you if you could ___7___ the other members of the jury to ___8___ some strong ___9___ for me to their statement that they consider me seriously guilty.”
“Well, George,” answered Jim, “I shall ___10___ try to do what I can for you as an old friend, ___11___ I cannot promise you will be highly ___12___ with the result. The other eleven members of the jury are not ___13___ good terms with me.” Of course, George was very ___14___, but he did not have a ___15___ to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, ___16___, Jim visited him in prison. George ___17___ him very much for what he had done.
“Well, George,” Jim told him, “___18___ I thought, those eleven men were very ___19___ to persuade, but I managed it in the end ___20___ tiring them out. You know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!”
1. A. punishment    B. trial    C. sentence     D. arrest
2. A. doubtful B. firm    C. sure    D. uncertain
3. A. wondered      B. imagined    C. explained   D. discovered
4. A. secretly B. rarely C. often   D. openly
5. A. guilty     B. moral C. not moral   D. not guilty
6. A. for B. with    C. to       D. of
7. A. please     B. try      C. persuade     D. advise
8. A. add B. add up       C. increase      D. increase up
9. A. feeling   B. mercy C. care    D. excuse
10. A. difficulty     B. easily C. certainly     D. uncertainly
11. A. so B. but     C. thus    D. then
12. A. surprised      B. supposed    C. satisfied     D. separated
13. A. in B. by      C. on      D. of
14. A. lucky    B. unlucky      C. pleased       D. disappointed
15. A. time     B. hope   C. chance       D. reason
16. A. moreover     B. however     C. therefore    D. thus
17. A. complained B. criticized    C. thanked      D. envy
18. A. as B. like     C. if D. though
19. A. foolish B. easy    C. clever D. difficult
20. A. in B. by      C. with    D. after

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