专题05 阅读理解之记叙文10篇（名校最新期末真题）-2022-2023学年高一英语下学期期末复习查缺补漏冲刺满分（牛津译林版2020）

译林版（2020）高一英语下学期期末复习 查缺补漏冲刺满分 (名校最新期末真题) 专题05 阅读理解之记叙文10篇 （2022春·江苏淮安·高一统考期末）The king seemed to know what the duke was planning. So they went upstairs and set the bag of money on the table. The king counted it out in front of everyone. Then he pointed to the girls and said, “These poor little lambs. They’ve suffered so much. I know what my brother would want me to do.” He turned to the duke and made those hand signs. The duke watched for a minute, then his eyes brightened up like he’d finally caught on. He gave the king a big smile. The king said, “Here, MaryJane, Susan, and Joanna. Take the money. Take it all.” The three girls started hugging him again. But the town doctor who’d stood watching the whole time, stuck his finger in the king’s face. “You can’t fool me!” he hollered. “You are just a fraud!” My heart thumped like a rabbit and I thought we were caught for sure! The king stood there, looking gap-jawed at the doctor. The doctor kept on yelling. “You claim you’re an Englishman, but that’s the worst English accent I’ve ever heard! You are nothing but a swindler.” The crowd gathered around the doctor, trying to quiet him down. “No,” one man argued. “It’s really Harvey Wilks.” “Yeah,” another agreed. “He knew everybody’s name. He even knew all our dogs’ names.” “I’m telling you,” the doctor warned. “Anyone who can’t imitate an accent better than that is a fraud.” The Willks girls hung their heads and cried. That’s when the doctor turned to them and said “I was your father’s friend. I only want to protect you and keep you out of trouble. He’s an imposter who’s come here with a lot of names and facts that he picked up somewhere else. Won’t you please turn this rascal out?” MaryJane straightened up, looking proud. “Here is my answer to that.” She picked up the bag of money and put it right in the king’s hands. “Here,” she said. “Take the whole $6,000 and invest it for me and my sisters.” Then she put her arm around the king on one side, and the other girls did th