The 27­year­old from Yeovil, Somerset, said, "If you lose your wallet, it's one of the worst feelings in the world - your life is inside it.Because the owner was UK­based and it had his address on the driving license, we thought we might as well take it back to the UK and post it." Mr. Dunn's trip with Wally and his colleagues went from Amsterdam to a Dutch air base, on to Berlin and back again, before a return journey through the Netherlands, Belgium and France, arriving back to the UK via Eurostar on June 8. On arrival back in the UK, he posted the wallet to Mr. Somers by recorded delivery.

　　Mr. Somers had in the meantime cancelled his cards and assumed his wallet was long gone.He said, "A week after I got back, Matthew got in contact saying he had my wallet - I thought it was really nice that he'd taken the time to let me know." Mr. Somers insisted on paying for a round of drinks for Mr. Dunn.

　　But Mr.Dunn refused.He said, "I just wanted to give Roy a bit of a giggle and show there are still some people in the world that are a little bit nice.Being part of the Forces you do try to do good things for people and, maybe one day, he'll come to watch one of our air shows, knowing his wallet is an honorary member."

　　语篇解读：这是一篇新闻报道。文章讲的是英国皇家海军的Matthew Dunn将拾得的钱包亲自带回英国并邮寄给失主的故事。

　　24．Why did Mr. Dunn decide to return the wallet personally?

　　A．He wanted to meet the owner.

　　B．He thought it might be set aside.

　　C．He feared police might mishandle it.

　　D．He knew it meant a lot to its owner.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第二段中的"he was nervous about handing the wallet over to local police, fearing its rightful owner would never get it back"可知，Mr. Dunn担心失主有可能会因警察的处理不当而收不到钱包，所以他决定亲自把钱包带回英国并邮寄给失主。故选C。

　　25．What could be learned about Mr. Somers?

　　A．He hadn't expected his wallet back.

　　B．He treated Mr. Dunn to a drink.

　　C．He once worked in a Dutch restaurant.

D．He went to see Mr. Dunn's air shows.