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 e 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. . . ”
【小题1】A．forgot B．left C．found D．saw【小题2】A．realizeB．regretC．consider D．recognize【小题3】A．looked B．checkedC．foundD．searched for【小题4】A．angerB．delightC．horrorD．excitement【小题5】A．tellB．give C．buyD．offer【小题6】A．turn upB．bring upC．look upD．pick up【小题7】A．houseB．schoolC．panyD．station【小题8】A．easyB．practicalC．difficultD．useful【小题9】A．presentedB．thankedC．blamedD．paid【小题10】A．helpB．thanksC．moneyD．wallet【小题11】A．leavingB．sayingC．offering D．owning【小题12】A．labor B．patience C．kindness D．support【小题13】A．ableB．hard C．certainD．possible【小题14】A．withoutB．with C．onD．by【小题15】A．repayB．thankC．show D．reply【小题16】A．packageB．cellphoneC．card D．wallet【小题17】A．spent B．cost C．wastedD．took【小题18】A．calledB．paid C．broughtD．went【小题19】A．startedB．preferredC．agreedD．failed【小题20】A．satisfied B．worriedC．puzzledD．surprisedB
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(答案→)B
解析：
【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。