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Well, there was a man here once by the name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of 1849—or maybe it was the spring of 1850. Anyway, he
Well, there was a man here once by the name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of 1849—or maybe it was the spring of 1850. Anyway, he
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Well, there was a man here once by the name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of 1849—or maybe it was the spring of 1850. Anyway, 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.
And he was lucky, uncommon lucky. He most always was a winner. 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 win money on it. Why, 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 Walker’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 come 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’ll 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 there was money, 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 his back leg and hang on till the men said it was over.
Smiley always came out the winner on that dog, at least until he found a dog once that did not have any back legs. The dog’s legs had been cut off in a machine. Well, the fighting continued long enough, and the money was gone. Then when Smiley’s dog came to make a grab the other dog’s back legs, he saw in a minute how there was a problem.
The other dog was going to win and Smiley’s dog looked surprised and did not try to win the fight anymore. He gave Smiley a look that said he was sorry for fighting a dog that did not have any back legs for him to hold, which he needed to win a fight. Then Smiley’s dog walked away, laid down and died. He was a good dog, and would have made a name for himself if he had lived, for he had intelligence. It always makes me feel sorry when I think of that last fight of his and the way it turned out.
Smiley was most probably________.
选项
A、a speculator
B、a gambler
C、an adventurer
D、an investor
答案
B
解析
从第1段最后两句中的make money on anything和第2段中的winner,win money on it等都表明Slimey喜欢赌博,因此本题应选B。本题最具干扰性的是A,speculator(投机者)也是贬义词,但投机者通常以为有机可乘,而Slimey并不看是否有赢的可能,他看到什么就赌什么,所以他并不能算是一个speculator。
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