Many years ago, when I was in high school and working on weekends, I lost my wallet. After adding gas to my old car, I paid, and my wallet at the gas station. I hadn’t even had time to I had lost it when my phone rang. A man asked me if I had lost my wallet. I my purse and to my , I had. He asked me to him what was in it. I did so. He then told me where to my wallet. When I reached his , I noticed his wheelchair and a slope(坡道)going up to the house. I thought that it might have been for him to lower his body and pick up my wallet. I knocked on the door and he told me to come in. I him for finding my wallet. While I didn’t want to insult(侮辱)him by offering , I really felt like something. So I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his , and he said, “Just pass it on. ”I said I would be to do that. I was raised to be honest in any case and I would have done so, promising this fellow I would, but I wanted to his kindness, so I promised I would. Ten years later I found a lying on the ground. It me several days to find the owner. He lived in another state, about 60 miles away from where I found the wallet. When he me back, we to meet, so I could return his wallet. He was actually all his money was still in the wallet and he tried to hand me a $20 bill. I told him, “Thanks, but just pass it on. . . ”
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:C
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:A
小题16:D
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:D
【文章大意】拾作者钱包的人不要任何的报酬, 只是希望作者把爱心传递下去作为感谢; 作者通过自己的善意的行为影响他人, 将爱心继续传递。
小题1:选B。逻辑推理题。根据下文我去取回钱包, 可推断我把钱包掉在了加油站。leave sth. in/at. . . 把某物忘在了某地。而forget表示“忘记”, 不符合句意。
小题2:选A。逻辑推理题。根据下一句A man asked me if I had lost my wallet. 可推知在此之前我并没有“意识到”我的钱包丢了。realize意识到; regret后悔; consider考虑, 认为; recognize认出。
小题3:选D。背景常识题。在有人问了你的钱包丢没丢后, 接下来的反应肯定是找钱包。look看; check核对; find发现; search for寻找, 搜寻。D项与句意相符。
小题4:选C。逻辑推理题。发现丢了钱包, 作者应该是恐慌的心情。to one’s horror使某人感到恐慌的是。
小题5:选A。逻辑推理题。一般情况下, 拾东西的人为了弄清楚对方是否为真正的失主, 就会要求对方告诉他钱包里有什么东西。故选A项。
小题6:选D。短语辨析题。根据句意可知“他告诉我到哪里去取我的钱包。”可知要选“去拿, 去取”这样的词义。turn up出现; bring up养育, 抚养, 提出; look up查找, 向上看; pick up捡起, 搭载, 去拿, 去取。故选D项。
小题7:选A。词汇复现题。根据下文的“a slope going up to the house”可知选A项。
小题8:选C。逻辑推理题。根据上文可知这个人坐着轮椅, 可推知他要弯下身体去拾钱包应该是困难的。difficult困难的。
小题9:选B。背景常识题。别人还给你东西, 你自然会感谢他。
小题10:选C。逻辑推理题。根据上一句“我非常感谢他帮我找到钱包。”以及本句中“提供给他 ”是对他的侮辱, 以及最后一句中帮助了另外一个人后那个人的表现来看, 应填入C项。
小题11:选C。逻辑推理题。结合本句句意可知选offer, (主动提供)给。
小题12:选C。词汇复现题。根据本段最后一句话可知选C项。
小题13:选C。逻辑推理题。根据下文的I was raised to be honest in any case. . . 可知作者答应拾钱包的人“他一定会把爱心传递的”。be certain to do sth. 一定会做某事。
小题14:选A。逻辑推理题。因为作者从小被教育一定要诚实, 可推知“即使没有答应这个人, 他也会这么做的”。介词without表示“没有……”, 符合句意。
小题15:选A。词语辨析题。根据上下文可知作者一直想要回报拾钱包人的善心, 故选repay回报, 偿还。thank感谢; show出示; reply回复, 为不及物动词。
小题16:选D。词汇复现题。根据下文的He lived in another state, about 60 miles away from where I found the wallet. 可知选D项。
小题17:选D。习语搭配题。it takes/ took sb. sometime to do sth. 为固定结构, 表示“做某事花费某人多长时间”。
小题18:选A。逻辑推理题。根据上一句话可知丢钱包的人住在很远的地方, 两个人的联系方式应为打电话, 故选A项。
小题19:选C。逻辑推理题。根据下文so I could return his wallet. 可知两人约定见面。agree to do sth. 同意做某事。
小题20:选D。逻辑推理题。看到自己钱包里的钱一点没少, 出乎那个丢钱包的人的意外, 所以可推知他很吃惊, 故选D项。
