Question

One sunny Monday, I decided to go for a walk on the path near my house with my husband. On my _____ was a very special ring：I’d just picked it up from jeweller’s the day before because I had it designed to hold a diamond my grandmother gave me for my 23^rd birthday. I looked down at my ring as I began my _____, feeling as sunny as the day.

Imagine my sadness when I looked again at the end of the path and found the diamond was _______. Anxiously(焦急地), I started back along the path, looking for the _______ stone. In my heart, I knew how hopeless my search was. The path was long and covered with leaves. As I searched the ______, crying and upset, I met an old gentleman. “What's the matter, love?” he asked _______. “Lost something?” I explained about the missing diamond and showed him the hole ______ my ring. He whistled. “That’s going to be hard to find. Tell you what, love, I walk along this path every day. I'll keep my _______ open for it.” I thanked him, _______nothing, but told him my husband often walked our dogs along the path ________he might find something.A few days later, my husband met the old man on the path. “Guess what?” he said, “I found your diamond!” ______ he’d found the tiny stone and was willing to hand the diamond back to my husband, saying casually（未经考虑地）, “It was lucky that I found it. I only have 50 percent eyesight in one eye.” When my husband offered him money for his help, he refused it. He could have easily ______ the diamond, or sold it, as it’s worth several thousand dollars, ______, thanks to this man, I’ll spend the rest of my days trying to do something like that for ________ person. And what I have to do is to look at my ring and ______ myself that there are kind and generous souls there.

1.A. pocket    B. foot    C. head    D. finger

2.A. work    B. path    C. walk    D. talk

3.A. losing    B. left    C. gone    D. missed

4.A. big    B. tiny    C. colorless    D. shiny

5.A. street    B. ground    C. room    D. yard

6.A. kindly    B. sadly    C. happily    D. friendly

7.A. in    B. on    C. above    D. among

8.A. house    B. mouth    C. eyes    D. hands

9.A. getting    B. expecting    C. explaining    D. telling

10.A. because    B. when    C. if    D. since

11.A. Hopefully    B. Naturally    C. Unluckily    D. Unbelievably

12.A. stored    B. kept    C. covered    D. placed

13.A. however    B. and    C. or    D. so

14.A. the other    B. others    C. another    D. other

15.A. ask    B. remind    C. warn    D. promise

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.B

【解析】本文讲述了作者的戒指上的钻石掉在路上，找不到了。一位老人知道后，帮助她找到了，但是没有要回报。因此作者决定像他一样努力为他人做些事情。

1.D

考查名词及语境的理解。A. pocket 口袋；B. foot 脚；C. head 头；D. finger手指；句意：在我的手指上有一个非常特殊的戒指。根据a very special ring可知戒指应戴在手指上，故选D。

2.C

考查名词及语境的理解。A. work 工作； B. path 小路；C. walk 散步； D. talk谈话；句意：我边开始散步，边低头看我的戒指，感觉像白天一样阳光灿烂。根据前文的I decided to go for a walk on the path near my house with my husband.可知此处表示散步，故选C。

3.C

考查动词及语境的理解。A. losing 失去； B. left 离开； C. gone不见了； D. missed错过；句意：想想一下当我又看了看这条路的尽头时，发现那个钻石不见了，那时我的悲伤。根据后文的I explained about the missing diamond and showed him the hole ___7___ my ring.可知那个钻石不见了，故选C。

4.B

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. big 大的； B. tiny 微小的； C. colourless 无色的； D. shiny有光泽的；句意：我开始焦急地沿着那条路往回走，寻找那块无色的石头。根据后文的I explained about the missing diamond and showed him the hole ___7___ my ring.可知要找的是钻石，因此它无色的石头，故选B。

5.B

考查名词及语境的理解。A. street 大街；B. ground 地面； C. room 房间；D. yard院子；句意：当我搜索地面时，哭着，感到悲伤，我遇到了一位老绅士。根据后文的In my heart, I knew how hopeless my search was. The path was long and covered with leaves.可知我在覆盖着树叶的小路上找那个钻石，应是在地面上搜寻，故选B。

6.A

考查副词及语境的理解。A. kindly 和蔼地；B. sadly 悲伤地； C. happily高兴地； D. rudely无理地；句意：他好心地问我：“丢东西了吗？” 根据后文的Tell you what, love,可知这位老人在好心地问我，故选A。

7.A

考查介词及语境的理解。A. in 在……里；B. on 在……上面；C. above 在……之上； D. among在……中间。句意：我解释了关于丢失的钻石，向他展示了我戒指上的那个洞。结合上文可知那个钻石镶嵌在戒指上，因此钻石掉了后留下的那个洞在戒指上凹下去，故用介词in，故选A。

8.C

考查名词及语境的理解。A. house 房子； B. mouth 嘴； C. eyes 眼睛； D. hands手；句意：我会留心它的。根据keep one’s eye open留心，注意。故选C。

9.B

考查动词及语境的理解。A. getting得到； B. expecting期望； C. explaining解释； D. telling告诉；句意：我感谢他，没有期望什么。根据后文的but told him my husband often walked our dogs along the path ___10___ he might find something.可知but前后表示转折关系，but后面希望他能找到那个钻石，因此but前面表示没有什么期望，故选B。

10.C

考查连词及语境的理解。A. because 因为； B. when 当……时候； C. if 如果；D. since因为；句意：但是告诉他我的丈夫经常沿着那条路遛狗，如果他能找到某物的话。此处表示假设，故用连词if，故选C。

11.D

考查副词及语境的理解。A. Hopefully 有希望地；B. Naturally 自然地； C. Unluckily 不幸地；D. Unbelievably难以置信地；句意：他充满希望地找到了那个极小的钻石，愿意把那个钻石还给我丈夫。根据he’d found the tiny stone可知他找到了那个钻石，这是作者希望的，故选D。

12.B

考查动词及语境的理解。A. thrown 扔掉； B. kept 保留； C. covered 覆盖； D. placed放置；句意：他本可以容易地保留这个钻石，或者买了它，因为它不管怎么样指几千美元。根据or sold it,可知那位老人本可以买了那个钻石，因此表示或者据为己有，保留起来，不还给他们，故选B。

13.A

考查连词及语境的理解。A. however 然而，不管怎么样； B. and 而且；C. or 或者； D. so所以；句意：他本可以容易地保留这个钻石，或者买了它，因为它不管怎么样指几千美元。此处表示让步关系，那个钻石不管怎么样，也是价值几千美元的，故选A。

14.C

考查代词及语境的理解。A. the other 其他所有的； B. others 其他一些（人或物）； C. another 另一个，修饰单数名词； D. other其他一些的，修饰复数名词。句意：幸亏这个人，去将花费剩余的日子像那样努力为其他人做些事。此处修饰单数名词person，故用another，故选C。

15.B

考查动词及语境的理解。A. ask 问； B. remind 提醒； C. warn 警告； D. promise答应。句意：我必须要做的是看看我的戒指，提醒我自己，那里有善良大方的灵魂。remind oneself提醒自己，故选B。

点睛：根据前后文的语境，结合词性，短语，句型，时态，语态，词义辨析和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如小题8，句意：我会留心它的。根据keep one’s eye open留心，注意。故选C。