While Nick was on the bus, reading his newspaper, the man sitting next to him suddenly pushed a large envelope into his hands. “Here, take this!” the man said, stood up and got off the bus before Nick could say a word.
Nick sat there, holding the envelope. It felt heavy. There were papers inside, or money perhaps. “I’d better hand it over to the police,” he thought. There was a police station close to his office. But, as he got off the bus, a man came to him. He seemed to be waiting for something. “He wants the envelope,” Nick thought. Nick began to walk quickly, and the man hurried after him. Nick started to run, and the man began to run, too. But then, just before he got to the police station, Nick managed to lose the man in the crowds. When he entered the police station, the man was no longer in sight.
Inside the police station, Nick handed over the envelope to a policeman in charge. The man opened it. The envelope was full of money, false money. “Clearly the man made a mistake,” the policeman said. “He thought you were one of the gang (团伙)!”
Nick felt like a hero. He could already see his name in all the papers. He could imagine an interview on television.
“However,” the policeman went on, “I’m afraid I must ask you to keep quiet about all this. We’re trying to catch some very clever thieves, and we don’t want them to know that we have some of the money. So you mustn’t say a word to anyone – not even your boss!”
【小题1】The man who suddenly gave Nick an envelope was most probably .A．Nick’s friendB．a thiefC．the bus driverD．a postman【小题2】Nick decided to give the envelope over to the police probably because .A．the whole thing was strangeB．another man was waiting for itC．he didn’t want the money inside itD．the police station was near his office【小题3】As Nick got off the bus, a man came to him because .A．he wanted to catch NickB．he thought Nick was a policemanC．he wanted to give Nick some moneyD．he thought Nick was one of their gangB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文介绍了Nick被误认为是小偷的同伙，小偷把钱给了他，他到警察局报案的故事。
【小题1】B 推理题。根据文章第三段最后一句“He thought you were one of the gang (团伙)!”
说明这些人最可能是一个犯罪团伙，那么那个人可能是一个小偷。故B正确。
【小题2】A 推理题。根据第二段1,2行Nick sat there, holding the envelope. It felt heavy. There were papers inside, or money perhaps. “I’d better hand it over to the police,” he thought.说明他搞不清楚这个信封里是什么很奇怪，所以才想起要送到警察局去，故A正确。
【小题3】D 推理题。根据第二段3,4行But, as he got off the bus, a man came to him. He seemed to be waiting for something.说明这个人应该是把他当成了自己人了，故D正确。