【名校好题】专题04：.阅读理解记叙文-2023届上海市名校高三最新英语试题精选速递（第三期）

【名校好题】专题 04：.阅读理解记叙文 -2023届上海市名校高三 最新英语试题精选速递（第三期） （2022·上海市复兴高级中学校考模拟预测）Well, there was a man here once by the name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of 1894—or maybe it was the spring of 1850. But any way, he was the strangest man. He was always making money on anything that turned up if he could get anybody to try to make money on the other side. And if he could not do that, he would change sides—anyway that suited the other man would suit him—anyway just as long as he got a bet, he was satisfied. But still, he was lucky, uncommonly lucky. He most always come out winner. He was always ready and laying for a chance. If there was a dog-fight, he would try to win money on it. If there was a cat-fight, he would take the risk. If there was a chicken-fight, he would try to bet on it. If there were two birds setting on a fence, he would want you to decide which one would fly first so he could win money. Lots of the boys here have seen that Smiley and can tell you about him. Why, it did not matter to him. He would try to make money on anything. He was the most unusual man. Parson Waler’s wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if they were not going to save her. But one morning he came in, and Smiley asked him how was his wife, and he said she was better, thank God. And Smiley, before he thought, says, “Well, I will risk my money she will not get well.” And Smiley had a little small dog. To look at the dog, you would think he was not worth anything but to sit around and look mean and look for a chance to steal something. But as soon as, money was up on him, he was a different dog. Another dog might attack and throw him around two or three times. Then all of a sudden Smiley’s dog would grab that other dog by the back leg and freeze to it till the men said it was over. Smiley always came out the winner on that dog, at least until he harnessed a dog once that did not have any back legs. The dog’s legs had been sawed off in a circular saw. Well, the fighting c