英语考试试题

第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并写答

　　题卡上。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　A

　　A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan( 贷款) officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow＄5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

　　Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the ＄5,000 and the interest, which comes to ＄15,41.

　　The loan officer says,"We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why you would bother to borrow ＄5,000?"

　Laughing, the businessman replies, "Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for ＄157".

　1. The businessman walks into the bank with the purpose of ________.

　　　 A. borrowing ＄5,000.

B. meeting the loan officer

C. finding a place to park his car

D. showing how rich he is.

2. The underlined word "collateral" in Paragraph 1 most probably means "_______".