Question

Coin confusion

Rachel looked through troubled eyes at her sister and said, "I wouldn't have thought Eric would be a thief." Her sister Sarah replied, "Whoa, that's a   accusation to make against your best friend!"

    Rachel remembered two days ago when she had brought out her coin collection for Eric to   . At the end of that day, Rachel's mother asked her to do her a favor, so she asked her friend," Is it okay if I leave you for a few minutes?" Eric said, "Go ahead. I’ll clean up here,"   at the piles of coins on the floor.

    When Rachel returned, it never occurred to her to    her coins until two days later that she realized some quarters were    .

    Sarah said, "Why don't you just ask him?"

    "Ask him what? Hey, best friend, did you    my coin collection?" Rachel thought for a moment,      if that would be a good idea. The theft of her collection left her with a feeling of      "How could I have misjudged my friend's      ?"

    The next day Rachel went to Eric's house. Eric was acting funny sort of nervous, like he couldn't be      . In fact, Rachel thought Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed as Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind,   Eric had obviously stolen from her. Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and stood up. Suddenly, Eric   ,"I can't stand it anymore!" Rachel was astonished at hearing her own   burst forth from her friend! Instead of sounding   , Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.

    "Go to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can't wait." Slowly, Rachel lifted the top of the   . Laid out in front of her were all of the quarters from her coin collection. Each quarter was in its own   in a new collection case. Each quarter shone like it was new.

    Rachel felt   rush over her neck and ears. She said   , "Thank you! This means... a great deal to me." She was grateful that Eric had cut her   before she said something she would   . Eric was exactly the type of person she wanted as a friend!

1.A. repeated B. false       C. baseless   D. serious

2.A. clean     B. store       C. choose     D. see

3.A. working  B. gesturing  C. playing    D. glaring

4.A. seek      B. select      C. check     D. collect

5.A. destroyed B. messed    C. missing    D. decreasing

6.A. replace   B. steal       C. pick       D. remove

7.A. deciding B. knowing   C. asking     D. minding

8.A. stupidity B. abandon   C. failure     D. betrayal

9.A. favour         B. character    C. appearance     D. method

10.A. still      B. confident  C. generous   D. silent

11.A. when     B. so         C. after       D. if

12.A. expressed B. condemned C. yelled     D. argued

13.A. purpose  B. choices    C. desire     D. thoughts

14.A. shocked  B. curious    C. guilty     D. cruel

15.A. jar       B. box        C. can        D. bag

16.A. spot      B. form       C. condition  D. style

17.A. air       B. heat       C. wind       D. sweat

18.A. absently  B. unwillingly C. weakly    D. fearfully

19.A. off       B. down      C. in         D. up

20.A. suspect   B. explode    C. tolerate    D. regret

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】文章大意：Rachel把收集的硬币拿给自己最好的朋友Eric看, 后来硬币少了一些。她认为是Eric偷的, 但事实并不是她所想的那样。

1.选D。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据“I wouldn’t have thought Eric would be a thief, ”可知她姐姐认为这是对她最好的朋友的一个很严重的指控。serious严重的; repeated重复的; false错误的; baseless没根据的。

2.2】选D。考查对上下文语境的理解。她把收集的硬币拿给Eric看。see看; clean打扫; store贮藏; choose选择。

3.3】选B。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据Go ahead. I’ll clean up here可知Eric应该指着地板上那堆硬币。gesture做手势, 用动作示意; work工作; play玩耍; glare怒目而视。

4.4】选C。考查常识。只有检查才会发现一些硬币不见了。check检查; seek追求; select选拔; collect搜集。

5.5】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据上文I wouldn’t have thought Eric would be a thief可知她以为Eric偷了她的一些硬币, 因此用missing。

6.6】选B。考查词语复现。根据下文Eric had obviously stolen from her可知。steal偷; replace代替; pick摘; remove拿下, 去除。

7.7】选A。考查前后照应。Rachel想了一会儿, 在判断那是不是一个好主意。decide判断; know知道; ask问; mind介意。

8.8】选D。考查常识。根据常识可知最好的朋友偷了她收集的硬币的想法应该给了她一种背叛的感觉。betrayal背叛; stupidity愚蠢; abandon放任; failure失败。

9.9】选B。考查常识。朋友偷自己的东西应该是人格问题。character品质; favour恩惠; appearance外貌; method方法。

10.0】选A。考查前后照应。根据上文Eric was acting funny sort of nervous中的nervous可知Eric好像无法平静下来。still平静的; confident自信的; generous慷慨的; silent沉默的。

11.1】选A。考查语法结构。当看到Eric显然是偷了她的硬币却又在假装好心的时候, Rachel很生气。when当……时候, 引导时间状语从句。

12.2】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据Rachel was astonished at hearing her own burst forth from her friend! 可知Eric突然大喊道: “我再也忍受不了了! ”yell大喊; express表达; condemn宣判; argue争论。

13.3】选D。考查词义辨析。Rachel在听到自己的想法被Eric说出来时很惊讶! thoughts想法; purpose目的; choice选择; desire欲望。

14.4】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。Rachel一直认为Eric偷了她的硬币, 所以在她看来, Eric应该羞愧。guilty羞愧的, 内疚的; shocked震惊的; curious好奇的; cruel残忍的。

15.5】选B。考查常识。根据常识可知硬币通常装在box里面。

16.6】选A。考查词义辨析。spot本意是“地点”, 在这里指每个硬币都在新的收集盒里放在单独的地方。form形式; condition条件; style风格。

17.7】选B。考查对上下文语境的理解。当Eric说出真相时, Rachel意识到自己误解了他, 感到很惭愧, 因此感觉自己的脖子和耳朵燥热。

18.8】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。由于羞愧所以说话应该虚弱。weakly虚弱地; absently心不在焉地; unwillingly不情愿地; fearfully可怕地。

19.9】选A。考查固定搭配。根据上文Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and stood up. Suddenly, Eric, “I can’t stand it anymore! ”Rachel was astonished at hearing her own burst forth from her friend! 可知她很感激在她说出会让自己后悔的话之前Eric打断了她。cut off表示“打断”, 符合语境。

20.20】选D。考查对上下文语境的理解和词义辨析。regret后悔; suspect怀疑; explode爆炸; tolerate容忍。她很感激在她说出会让自己后悔的话之前Eric打断了她。

考点：记叙文。