阅读理解。 John "Mad Jack" Mytton (1796-1834) w

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阅读理解。 John "Mad Jack" Mytton (1796-1834) was a carefree English aristocrat who was born into

immense wealth. However, he died a poor man after a life that was once described as "a series of

suicide attempts". So, what went wrong?

As a young boy, Jack went to Westminster School, but after only one year he was expelled for

fighting with a teacher. He was then sent to Harrow School but only lasted three days before he was

also thrown out. He was eventually educated by private tutors.

After school, Jack went to Cambridge University. He arrived with 2,000 bottles of port, but left

without graduating - he found university life boring. Later, he joined the army, enlisting with the 7th

Hussars. As a young officer, he spent a year with the regiment in France as part of the occupation

force after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. Jack passed the time gambling and drinking before resigning

his commission. At the age of 21, he returned to his country house just in time to receive his inheritance.

With an annual income of over ￡800,000 in today's money, Jack was extremely rich… but it didn't

take him long to spend it all. In 1819, he became an MP. In order to secure his seat, he offered voters

￡10 notes to vote for him, spending more than ￡10,000 in total. However, he found politics dull and

went to parliament only once. Back at home, he would often drop bank notes in the gardens of his

estate, and gave his servants vast amounts of spending money. once he lost his racetrack winnings

(several thousand pounds) when the wind blew all the money away.

One of Jack's favorite pastimes was hunting. He would go in any kind of weather, occasionally

with no clothes on. Sometimes, he would get up in the middle of the night, take off with a gun to look

for something to shoot.

Jack also kept a large number of pets. These included about 2,000 dogs. Some were fed on steak

and Champagne and even wore livery. A favorite horse had free range inside Halston Hall and would

often lie with Jack in front of the fire.

Jack was a bit of a practical joker, too. He once left a horse in the bedroom of a guest. Another

visitor fell asleep and woke up to find a live bear and two bulldogs in his bed. In 1826, as a result of a

bet, Jack rode his horse into the Bedford Hotel, up the grand staircase and onto the balcony. Then,

still sitting on the horse, he jumped off the balcony, landing among the diners in the restaurant below.

Another time, he invited a local doctor to dine at Halston Hall. As soon as the doctor had left,

Jack put on a highwayman's costume and raced ahead to rob the unsuspecting man. On another

occasion, a passenger in Jack's carriage admitted that he'd never been in an accident, so Jack drove

the carriage up a hill and turned it over. He would also slip red-hot coals into people's pockets as a

joke.

Eventually, Jack ran out of money and fell into debt. In 1830, he fled to France to avoid his

creditors(债主), but returned a couple of years later, ending up in prison in Southwark, London. Jack

died there in 1834, a poor, lonely man. 1. It can be inferred in the passage that ________.A. Jack was first educated by private tutors and eventually graduated from Cambridge University.

B. Jack joined the army and succeeded in defeating Napoleon's army in 1815.

C. Jack bribed the voters in order to gain a position of MP.

D. Jack fed his favorite horse with meat and wine and often lay with it in front of the fire.2. once Jack rode his horse into a grand hotel and jumped off the balcony in order to pay for his _____.A. bet

B. debt

C. joke

D. gambling3. The examples in paragraph 7 tell us that _______.A. Jack was always ready to help people experience what they hadn't experienced.

B. Jack always punished people by all means to let out his hatred.

C. Jack always played tricks on people to have fun.

D. Jack went mad and treated people unfriendly and even cruelly.4.The word _________ would be more proper to describe Jack's life. A. ridiculous

B. luxurious

C. tricky

D. greedy5. By writing "a series of suicide attempts" in paragraph 1, the author probably means that ________.A. Jack attempted to kill himself because he was too poor.

B. Jack pretended to suicide to avoid his creditors.

C. Jack lost his life in fighting with poverty.

D. All that Jack had did in his life contributed to his own failure and poverty.

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