Question

When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. It was a in thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my mum gave me a signet ring with my initials carved into it. I was in heaven.

What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn’t being “replaced”. We’d been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything - so most of the “new” stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we’d lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.

Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it, And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.

Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents’ when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn’t my birthday, nor was It Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. “You’ll recognize this one,” she said, smiling.

Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecoration, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They’d had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.

1.The underlined “in” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. funny    B. correct,    C. practical    D. fashionable

2.When she got the ring back, the writer was about ________.

A. 28 years old    B. 26 years old    C. 15 years old    D. 13 years old

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. the writer never stopped looking for her ring.

B. The writer’s family moved several times.

C. The writer’s ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.

D. The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. My new ring    B. An expensive ring

C. Lost and replaced    D. Lost and found

Answer

1. D

2. A

3. B

4. D

【解析】

本文为一篇记叙文，记叙了作者自己所珍爱的一枚“图章戒指”失而复得的故事。

1.猜测词义题。根据第一句“当我12岁的时候，我想要一枚图章戒指”，及画线词后面阐述的it seemed every girl except me had one“除了我，几乎每个女孩都有一枚这样的戒指”，可推断in的意思为fashionable“流行的，时髦的”，只有如此才能说明作者期望拥有一枚这样的戒指。选项中其他词的含义为：available有效的，可得到的，可利用的，空闲的；practical实用的；renewable可再生的，可更新的，可继续的。选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“On my 13th birthday，my Mum gave me a signet ring...”，第三段最后一句“And two years later，we sold the house and moved away.”和第六段第一句“The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier...”可知作者13岁得到戒指，过了两年她家卖了房子，房子卖了13年后，作者再次得到戒指，故A项符合。

3.细节理解题。文中第四段中的“Years passed，and a couple of moves later...”，可知作者搬了几次家。选B。其他选项均不符合原文。

4.标题归纳题。本文主要记叙了作者这枚戒指失而复得的过程，所以D项正确。最大干扰项是B项An Expensive Ring“一枚昂贵的戒指”，这枚戒指仅仅是作者的妈妈送给她的生日礼物，原文并没有说这枚戒指是昂贵的，因此选项B错误。