Question

(2013·鲁西南名校联考卷)Recently divorced and unemployed，I was on my way downtown to do the rounds of the employment offices.I had no umbrella，for my old one had ____，and I could not ____ another one.

I sat down in the ____ and there against my seat was a(n) ____ silk umbrella with a silver handle.I had ____ seen anything so lovely.I examined the handle and saw a carved ___.The usual procedure would have been to ____ the umbrella to the conductor，but an idea __ to me.I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself.

I got off the bus in a downpour and ____ opened the umbrella to protect myself.Then I ____ a telephone book for the name on the umbrella.I called and a lady ____.

Yes，she said ____，that was her umbrella，which her parents，now dead，had given her as a birthday present.But，she ____，it had been stolen ____ her doorstep a month before.

She was so excited that I ____ I was looking for a job and went directly to her house.She took the umbrella，and her eyes were filled with ____.She wanted to give me a ____，but－though twenty dollars was all I had in the world－her happiness at regaining this ____ possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have ____ something.We talked for a while and I left.

A week later，I got a job as a sales manager ____.It might be my kindness that paid off.But who knows?

1.A.broken up  B．gone away C．fallen apart  D．faded away

2.A.afford  B．borrow  C．find  D．repair

3.A.office  B．bus  C．theater  D．train

4.A.ugly  B．beautiful  C．worn  D．ancient

5.A.even  B．always  C．already  D．never

6.A.design  B．number  C．name  D．brand

7.A.turn in  B．show off C．open up  D．carry away

8.A.occurred  B．ran  C．struck  D．happened

9.A.firmly  B．suddenly  C．casually  D．thankfully

10.A.read  B．searched  C．got  D．used

11.A.appeared  B．replied  C．answered  D．screamed

12.A.in surprise  B．in panic  C．in silence  D．in anger

13.A.assumed  B．added  C．declared  D．announced

14.A.from  B．in  C．beside  D．of

15.A.mentioned  B．forgot C．realized  D．remembered

16.A.memory  B．honor  C．tears  D．thanks

17.A.gift  B．position  C．hug  D．reward

18.A.expensive  B．common  C．rare  D．special

19.A.bought  B．ruined  C．expressed  D．enjoyed

20.A.immediately  B．naturally C．hopefully  D．unexpectedly

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.D

19.B

20.D

【解析】

家庭的不幸、失业的压力和生活的窘迫并没有让“我”丧失道德，“我”将捡到的雨伞归还给了它的主人。最终善有善报，“我”出乎意料地找到了一份销售经理的工作。

1.

答案 C

2.2】解析 由于离婚和失业，“我”买不起另外一把伞。afford表示“买得起；能支付”。

答案 A

3.3】解析 根据下一段的开头“I got off the bus...”可知，“我”在“公共汽车”上坐了下来。

答案 B

4.4】解析 后一句说“I had __15__ seen angthing so lovely.”，由此可知这是一把非常“漂亮的”伞。

答案 B

5.5】解析 这把伞做工讲究，“我”以前“从未”见过如此可爱的东西。

答案 D

6.6】解析 根据第20空后面的“...for the name on the umbrella.”可知，伞柄上刻有一个“名字”。

答案 C

7.7】解析 这是在公共汽车上捡到的别人丢失的东西，正常的程序是把雨伞“上交”给售票员。turn in“上交”。

答案 A

8.8】解析 “我”“想到”一个主意，决定自己带着雨伞找到失主。occur to sb“(主意或想法突然)浮现于某人的脑海中”。

答案 A

9.9】解析 作者在倾盆大雨中下了车，由此可知作者“感激地”打开这把伞遮雨。

答案 D

10.0】解析 作者从电话簿上“查找”雨伞上的那个名字。search“查找，搜寻”。

答案 B

11.1】解析 作者拨通电话后，一位女士“接听”了电话。此处answer表示“接电话”。

答案 C

12.2】解析 女士突然有了雨伞的消息，自然感到非常“惊讶”。后三项分别表示“恐慌”“沉默”“愤怒”，显然不符合语境。

答案 A

13.3】解析 此处add表示“补充说”。assume“假定”；declare“宣布，声明”；announce“宣告，公布”。

答案 B

14.4】解析 这把伞一个月以前就被人“从”门阶前偷走了。

答案 A

15.5】解析 女士如此激动以至于作者当时“忘记”了自己正在寻找工作，径直去了那位女士的家。

答案 B

16.6】解析 女士接过这把雨伞后，眼中满是“泪水”。

答案 C

17.7】解析 根据本句内容可知，女士想给作者钱作为“报酬”。

答案 D

18.8】解析 第四段提到这是女士已经去世的父母送给她的生日礼物，由此可知这是一把非常“特殊的”雨伞。

答案 D

19.9】解析 作者相信接受了她的钱就会“毁坏”某种东西。

答案 B

20.20】解析 下一句提到也许是“我”的善心有了回报，由此可知作者“出乎意料地”得到了一份销售经理的工作。

答案 D