I went online to check if my pay was in my bank account. To my amazement, I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. It is easier said than done....
The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem. The human-resource department as the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.
I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsucce4ssful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.
We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay, but bur red tape（繁琐手续）made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do --- admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.
46. What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?
A. He didn’t know what too do with it.
B. He felt lucky to get it.
C. He thought of keeping it for himself.
D. He wanted to return it to the right place.
47. The underlined phrase “beside myself” in paragraph I probably means ______.
A. very fortunate B. very angry
C. really thankful D. at ease
48. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Daniel had been repaid when he called the author.
B. The author was to blame as he didn’t have enough details.
C. Neither the bank nor the company admitted their fault.
D. Daniel had the same name as the author’s.
49. How was the problem solved in the end?
A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.
B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.
C. The author gave the money back to the company.
D. The call operator offered to solve their problem.
50. From the passage we can infer that _______.
A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape
B. the company gave the wrong account to the bank
C. Daniel didn’t know the error before he contacted the author
D. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules