Question

One sunny day, I decided to go for a walk with my husband. I was wearing a special ______ ring that day. It was my 20th birthday gift from my grandmother.

As we were walking in the park, I just looked ______ at my hand and found the diamond on my ring was missing. I was really ______, so I went back to look for it. I knew how small the chances were of finding it, but I still wanted to give it a try.

As I was fixing my eyes on the ground, I ran into an old gentleman ______.

“What’s the matter, love?” he asked nicely.

“Sorry that I ran into you,” I said. “But I lost something important. I’m really nervous.”

I explained about the missing diamond and showed him the ______ in my ring.

“That’s not going to be easy to find it,” he said. “Tell you what, love, I take a walk here every day. I’ll __ my eyes open for it.”

I thanked him, expecting ______. However, a few days later, my husband and I met the old man again in the park.

“Guess what,” he said. “I found your diamond!”

I couldn’t believe what I saw when the gentleman handed the diamond back to me. Then my husband __ him money for his help, but he refused.

As the diamond is worth several thousand dollars, the old man could have easily kept the diamond ____ sold it, but he did neither of these.

Now thanks to this man, I always look at my ring and remind ______ that there are still kind and generous souls out there. I’ll spend more time trying to do something equally nice for other people.

1.A. gold    B. silver    C. iron    D. diamond

2.A. back    B. down    C. up    D. around

3.A. happy    B. tired    C. angry    D. worried

4.A. in time    B. by accident    C. at first    D. in general

5.A. hole    B. picture    C. word    D. price

6.A. keep    B. get    C. take    D. make

7.A. everything    B. something    C. nothing    D. anything

8.A. showed    B. lent    C. offered    D. carried

9.A. and    B. but    C. so    D. or

10.A. myself    B. himself    C. herself    D. ourselves

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.A

【解析】本篇文章主要讲了一位女士和丈夫一起散步时丢了一枚戒指，那是她祖母送给我的第二十岁生日礼物。在寻找时，撞到了一位老先生，她向老先生解释她丢了钻石。这位老先生最后帮助她找了钻石，她的丈夫给她前，他拒绝了。作者不甚感激，她总是看着戒指，提醒自己，善良处处都在，以后花更多的时间去做一些这样的善事。

1.句意：那天我戴着一枚特别的钻石戒指。A. gold金；B. silver银；C. iron铁；D. diamond钻石。根据第2段第1句found the diamond on my ring was missing.（发现戒指上的钻石不见了）可知“那天我戴着一枚特别的钻石戒指。”选D。

2.句意：当我们在公园散步时，我低头看着我的手，发现戒指上的钻石不见了。A. look back回头看；B. look down低头看；C. up抬头看；D. around向四周看，环顾。因为手在下面，所以是“低头看”，选B。

3.句意：我真的很着急，所以我回去找它。A. happy快乐；B. tired疲倦，劳累的；C. angry愤怒的，生气的；D. worried担心，着急的。根据上文“发现戒指上的钻石不见了”可知这是的心情是着急的，选D。

4.句意：当我正盯着地上看时，我偶然碰见一位老先生。A. in time及时地；B. by accident偶然地，不经意；C. at first起初，首先；D. in general通常，一般而言，总的来说。根据“作者盯着地面看时”这种情景可知是“不经意碰到一位老先生”，选B。

5.句意：我解释了丢失的钻石，并把我戒指上的洞给他看。A. hole洞，孔；B. picture图画；C. word语言；D. price价格。钻石镶在戒指上，掉了会一个洞，可知填A。

6.句意：我会留意它。A. keep保持，坚持； B. get获得；C. take拿走；D. make制作，做。根据“短语 keep one's eyes open ：注意，留心，关注。”结合语境可知选A。

7.句意：我向他道谢，什么也不期待。A. everything每件事物，一切；B. something某物；C. nothing没有东西；没有事情；D. anything任何事，任何东西。根据语境可知作者没有抱任何期待，故选C。

8.句意：然后我丈夫由于他的帮助给他钱，但他拒绝了。A. showed展示，显示；B. lent借；C. offered提供，给予；D. carried携带。上文提到他帮我找到了钻石，可知“我丈夫由于他的帮助给他钱”，可知选C。

9.句意：由于钻石价值数千美元，老人可以很容易地留着钻石或出售它，但他没有这样做。A. and和，而且；B. but但是；C. so因此；D. or或者。找到钻石，要么自己留着，要么出售它，他们是选择关系，故选D。

10.句意：现在，由于这个人，我总是看着我的戒指，提醒自己，那里仍然有善良和慷慨的灵魂。A. myself我自己；B. himself他自己；C. herself她自己；D. ourselves我们自己。根据主语I（我）可知是“提醒我自己”，用I的反身代词myself，选A。