A German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found his brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.
While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs. Bussman said that the workman was closely like her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. Franz laughed at the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war. Though Mrs. Bussman knew this story quite well, she thought that there was a chance in a million that she might be right.
A few days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman. Needless to say, the man’s name was Hans Bussman. And he really was Franz’s long-lost brother. When the brothers were reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive.
After having being wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separated from his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his family house, but the house had been bombed. Guessing that his family had been killed during an air-raid(空袭), Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.
(Words: 244; Minutes: 5)
1. Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage?
A. Living Not Far B. A Chance in a Million
C. Coming Back to Life D. Back after the War
2. Walking along the street, __________ .
A. Mr. Bussman recognized his brother at the first sight
B. Mrs. Bussman thought of her long-lost brother
C. Mr. and Mrs. Bussman talked to a workman because he looked like his brother
D. Mr. Bussman happened to meet a workman and talked to him
3. How to understand the sentence “There was a chance in a million that she might be right. ”?
A. There was a little possibility of what she suggested, though little.
B. It was impossible for her to be right.
C. She had no chance to meet his brother any more.
D. There were many chances for her to meet his brother again.
4. Which of the following orders is right?
a. He walked back to Western Germany.
b. He was wounded when the war was coming to the end.
c. The hospital was destroyed by bombs.
d. He came back to his family house.
e. He was sent to hospital.
f. His unit of German didn’t exist any longer.
A. b, a, e, d, f, c B. b, e, c, a, f, d
C. b, e, a, c, d, f D. b, c, f, d, a, e
参考答案：
1. B。Bussman在旅行途中见到了自己认为早已在战争中丧生的弟弟，这种机会实在罕见。因此，用A Chance in a Million作为该文题目非常合适。
2. D。根据第二段中While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman来判断，Bussman和妻子碰巧遇到一位工人并同他交谈起来，而不是因为他看起来像他弟弟。
3. A。根据整篇短文的意思及a chance in a million(百万分之一的机率)我们可以看出，该句的意思为：尽管机率很小，但还是有一点可能性的。
4. B。这是一道排序题，考查学生能否掌握文中故事所发生的先后顺序。有关Hans Bussman所做的事情，在文中可以找到以下信息：Hans Bussman受伤后被送经医院，可排除A、D；医院被炸后，Hans Bussman步行回家，可排除C。
