高中英語閲讀理解練習題及翻譯

Richard Williams

Richard Williams works hard. He’s clever, careful, and fast work is dangerous. Richard thinks of himself as a professional—a professional thief.

Yesterday was a typical day. Richard dressed in a business suit, took his briefcase (手提箱), and drove to a town about ten miles from his home. He parked his car in a busy area, then began to walk along the street. No one looked at him. He was another businessman walking to work.

At 8：05, Richard saw what he wanted. A man was leaving his house. Richard walked around the block again. At 8：10 , he watched a woman leave the same house. After she left, Richard worked quickly. He walked to the side of the house and stood behind a tree. He took a screwdriver (螺絲刀) out of his briefcase and quickly opened the window and climbed in. First, he looked through the desk in the living room. He found $200 in cash (現金). In the dining room, he put the silverware (銀器) into his briefcase. The next stop was the bedroom. Richard stole a diamond ring and an emerald (祖母綠寶石) necklace. Richard passed a color TV, a stereo (音響), and a camera, but he didn’t touch them. Everything had to fit into his briefcase. In less than five minutes, Richand climbed back out the window. He looked around carefully, then began his walk down the street again. No one looked at him. He was just another businessman, walking to work.

1. Why did Richard wear a business suit?

A. Because he is a professional.

B. Because he didn’t want to draw others’ attention to him.

C. Because he works hard. D. Because he is a thief.

2. Richard ____ , after the man left his house.

A. stood behind a tree B. entered the house

C. walked around the block again D. opened the window with a screwdriver

3. No one saw Richard get into the house because ____ .

A. it was night time B. he ran very fast

C. he stood behind a tree D. he was very clever

4. How long did Richard stay in the house?

A. Five minutes. B. One hour. C. Nearly five minutes. D. Fifteen minutes.

5. The reason why Richard didn’t take the TV set is that ____ .

A. it is too big to carry B. it is too heavy to carry

C. it is worth nothing

D. it is difficult for him to carry such a thing without being noticed

Richard Williams works hard. He’s clever, careful, and fast work is dangerous. Richard thinks of himself as a professional—a professional thief.

李察威廉姆斯努力工作。他是聰明的，細心的，快速的。他的工作是危險的。李察認為自己作為一個職業小偷professional-a。

Yesterday was a typical day. Richard dressed in a business suit, took his briefcase (手提箱), and drove to a town about ten miles from his home. He parked his car in a busy area, then began to walk along the street. No one looked at him. He was another businessman walking to work.

昨天是一個典型的一天。李察穿上西裝，帶着他的'公文包(手提箱)，開車到了離他家十英里的一個小鎮。他把車停在一個繁忙的地區，然後開始在街上散步。沒有人看着他。他是一個商人步行上班。

At 8：05, Richard saw what he wanted. A man was leaving his house. Richard walked around the block again. At 8：10 , he watched a woman leave the same house. After she left, Richard worked quickly. He walked to the side of the house and stood behind a tree. He took a screwdriver (螺絲刀) out of his briefcase and quickly opened the window and climbed in. First, he looked through the desk in the living room. He found $200 in cash (現金). In the dining room, he put the silverware (銀器) into his briefcase. The next stop was the bedroom. Richard stole a diamond ring and an emerald (祖母綠寶石) necklace. Richard passed a color TV, a stereo (音響), and a camera, but he didn’t touch them. Everything had to fit into his briefcase. In less than five minutes, Richand climbed back out the window. He looked around carefully, then began his walk down the street again. No one looked at him. He was just another businessman, walking to work.

在8時05分，李察看到他想要的東西。一個男人離開他的房子。李察走在街了。在8:10，他看着女人離開房子。她離開後，李察很快地。他走到房子的一邊，站在一棵樹後面。他把螺絲刀(螺絲刀)從公文包裏迅速打開窗户爬了進去。首先，他在客廳的桌子上看。他發現$200現金(現金)。在餐廳裏，他把銀器(銀器)放入公文包。下一站是卧室。李察偷了一隻鑽石戒指和綠寶石(祖母綠寶石)項鍊。李察通過一個彩色電視，立體聲(音響)，和一個相機，但他沒碰他們。所有的一切都融入他的公文包。在不到五分鐘，爬出窗口問題。他仔細觀察，然後開始走了。沒有人看着他。他只是一個商人，步行去上班。

名人演講：National Address Pardoning Richard M. Nixon

Gerald R. Ford

Address to the Nation Pardoning Richard M. Nixon

delivered on September 8, 1974, Washington D.C.

演講者簡介：傑拉爾德·魯道夫·福特 (Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ，1913年7月14日~2006年12月26日)美國第37位、第38任總統(1974年8月9日~1977年1月20日)。就職後，福特面對幾乎不能克服的任務。面對通貨膨脹，恢復經濟，解決能量短缺等問題，並且努力保證世界和平。政府幹預和花費作為解決美國社會和經濟的問題的方法控制趨勢。歸根結底，他相信，這變化將為全部美國人帶來好生活。1972、1975、1981年福特曾3次訪問中國。

[AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio. (2)]

*Ladies and gentlemen: I have come to a decision which I felt I should tell you and all of my fellow American citizens, as soon as I was certain in my own mind and in my own conscience that it is the right thing to do. *I have learned already in this office that the difficult decisions always come to this desk. I must admit that many of them do not look at all the same as the hypothetical questions that I have answered freely and perhaps too fast on previous occasions.

My customary policy is to try and get all the facts and to consider the opinions of my countrymen and to take counsel with my most valued friends. But these seldom agree, and in the end, the decision is mine. To procrastinate, to agonize, and to wait for a more favorable turn of events that may never come or more compelling external pressures that may as well be wrong as right, is itself a decision of sorts and a weak and potentially dangerous course for a President to follow.

I have promised to uphold the Constitution, to do what is right as God gives me to see the right, and to do the very best that I can for America. I have asked your help and your prayers, not only when I became President but many times since. The Constitution is the supreme law of our land, and it governs our actions as citizens. Only the laws of God, which govern our consciences, are superior to it.

As we are a nation under God, so I am sworn to uphold our laws with the help of God. And I have sought such guidance and searched my own conscience with special diligence to determine the right thing for me to do with respect to my predecessor in this place, Richard Nixon, and his loyal wife and family. Theirs is an American tragedy in which we all -- all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must write the end to it. I have concluded that only I can do that, and if I can, I must.

There are no historic or legal precedents to which I can turn in this matter, none that precisely fit the circumstances of a private citizen who has resigned the Presidency of the United States. But it is common knowledge that serious allegations and accusations hang like a sword over our former President's head, threatening his health as he tries to reshape his life, a great part of which was spent in the service of this country and by the mandate of its people.

After years of bitter controversy and divisive national debate, I have been advised, and I am compelled to conclude that many months and perhaps more years will have to pass before Richard Nixon could obtain a fair trial by jury in any jurisdiction of the United States under governing decisions of the Supreme Court. I deeply believe in equal justice for all Americans, whatever their station or former station. The law, whether human or divine, is no respecter of persons; but the law is a respecter of reality.

The facts, as I see them, are that a former President of the United States, instead of enjoying equal treatment with any other citizen accused of violating the law, would be cruelly and excessively penalized either in preserving the presumption of his innocence or in obtaining a speedy determination of his guilt in order to repay a legal debt to society. During this long period of delay and potential litigation, ugly passions would again be aroused. And our people would again be polarized in their opinions. And the credibility of our free institutions of government would again be challenged at home and abroad. In the end, the courts might well hold that Richard Nixon had been denied due process, and the verdict of history would even more be inconclusive with respect to those charges arising out of the period of his Presidency, of which I am presently aware.

But it is not the ultimate fate of Richard Nixon that most concerns me, though surely it deeply troubles every decent and every compassionate person. My concern is the immediate future of this great country. In this, I dare not depend upon my personal sympathy as a long-time friend of the former President, nor my professional judgment as a lawyer, and I do not.

As President, my primary concern must always be the greatest good of all the people of the United States whose servant I am. As a man, my first consideration is to be true to my own convictions and my own conscience. My conscience tells me clearly and certainly that I cannot prolong the bad dreams that continue to reopen a chapter that is closed. My conscience tells me that only I, as President, have the constitutional power to firmly shut and seal this book. My conscience tells me it is my duty, not merely to proclaim domestic tranquility but to use every means that I have to insure it.

I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.

I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.

Finally, I feel that Richard Nixon and his loved ones have suffered enough and will continue to suffer, no matter what I do, no matter what we, as a great and good nation, can do together to make his goal of peace come true.

Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from July 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.

*In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-ninth.*