Question

I’d been proud that I’d never lost my cellphone until my husband Jack got a call one evening.

We went to visit a friend in hospital last year. When Jack’s  36  rang, it was my mother calling from my  37 . She asked if I had  38  my mobile. I checked my purse. It was  39 !

I used Jack’s phone to call my number. Then a boy, whom I’ll call Rhys,  40  it. “I found your phone!” he said, excitedly. “I have been trying to find you, but  41  it was getting late, I decided to leave.” He gave me the address of a  42  near his home.

Later that evening, I went to  43  him there. I didn’t dare to go  44 , worrying this was some cheater. So Jack came along. After  45  10km, we got to the coffee shop which Rhys  46 .

My  47  were gone. Rhys was just a young boy. “How did you  48  my mum?” I asked. He  49  that when he found my mobile by the roadside, he started calling people in my list of contacts. But all they  50  was my mobile phone number—which didn’t    51  . He’d called many names, starting with the letter A. Finally he got Adam, one of my friends, who  52  my house.

I was  53  to get my phone back with all the contacts, messages and photos I could have lost for ever. I was so  54  to Rhys and offered him some money, but he  55 .

As we drove back, we praised Rhys for his honesty.

1.A. electric car	B. mobile phone	C. radio	D. doorbell
2.A. hospital	B. company	C. school	D. home
3.A. found	B. changed	C. lost	D. bought
4.A. gone	B. new	C. busy	D. broken
5.A. accepted	B. returned	C. got	D. answered
6.A. before	B. because	C. after	D. if
7.A. coffee shop	B. post office	C. hotel	D. supermarket
8.A. follow	B. meet	C. catch	D. punish
9.A. slowly	B. back	C. alone	D. finally
10.A. driving	B. running	C. walking	D. riding
11.A. talked about	B. looked for	C. heard of	D. knew about
12.A. difficulties	B. fears	C. diseases	D. hopes
13.A. remember	B. know	C. tell	D. understand
14.A. realized	B. repeated	C. explained	D. believed
15.A. had	B. noticed	C. expected	D. finished
16.A. happen	B. matter	C. help	D. fit
17.A. called	B. visited	C. shared	D. sold
18.A. sorry	B. glad	C. sad	D. proud
19.A. useful	B. strange	C. grateful	D. polite
20.A missed	B. appeared	C. agreed	D. refused

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】：文章讲述了我找回手机的小故事，赞扬了Ray的诚实的品质。

1.B 上下文串联。根据下文说明是妈妈打了Jack的手机。

2.D 上下文串联。根据下文可知是妈妈从家里打来的电话。

3.C 动词辨析。A发现；B改变；C失去；D购买。这里指妈妈问我是否丢了手机。

4.A 形容词辨析。A丢了；B新的；C忙碌的；D坏了。根据上下文可知我的手机丢了。

5.D 动词辨析。A接受；B归还；C得到；D接电话。指那个男孩接了我的电话。

6.B 连词辨析。指因为天黑了，所以他决定离开发现电话的地方。

7.A 上下文串联。根据下文可知我们的越好在他家旁边的咖啡店见面。

8.B 动词辨析。Meet见面。解析同上。

9.C 副词辨析。A慢慢地；B回来；C单独；D最后；这里指我不敢独自一人去。

10.A 上下文串联。根据文章最后一行As we drove back说明我们开车前往的。

11.A 短语辨析。A谈论；B寻找；C听说；D逻辑。指我们来到了Ray电话中谈及的那个咖啡店。

12.B 上下文串联。上文提及我不敢独自一人来，说明我之前很害怕，现在已经不怕了。

13.C 动词辨析。A记得；B知道；C告诉；D理解。指我问他是如何告诉我的妈妈的。

14.C 上下文串联。我问了他问题。他对我的问题做出了回答解释。

15.A 动词辨析。A有；B注意。C期待；D完成。指我的那些朋友们有的只是我的手机号码，而现在手机就在Ray的手里，知道手机号码根本没有帮助，起不了什么作用。

16.C动词辨析。解析同上。

17.A 动词辨析。指他给我家里打了电话。

18.B 形容词辨析。我重新拿回了电话，自然应该是很高兴，对Ray很感激。

19.C 形容词辨析。解析同上。

20.D 动词辨析。我要给钱给他，表示感谢，他拒绝接受。