He was unhappy when he sold his guitar.After all,he _____it for a long time.
A．has had B．had had C．has D．had
---What do you think of the house?
---_____.It is everything we have been looking for.
A．Perfect B．Good idea C．Not bad D．So-so
When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the "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(姓名首字母) 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 redecorations, 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 word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".
A．fashionable B．available C．practical D．renewable
2.When she got the ring back, the writer was about _____.
A．13 years old B．15 years old C．26 years old D．28 years old
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A． The writer's family moved several times.
B． The writer never stopped looking for her ring.
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．Lost and Found
C．Lost and Replaced D．An Expensive Ring
We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are 36 , one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say, 37 across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) 38 memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, 39 from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of 40 , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors 41 for 200 years.
We soon 42 by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories 43 back, swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the 44 where I was once so gloriously a child. It still 45 a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk 46 the rooms in memory. Here, my mother 47 in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family 48 into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being 49 them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise 50 attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I 51 ; where I belong. "
She has 52 her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human 53 To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need 54 origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the 55 of "I". We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
1. A．appearing B．moving C．exposing D．expanding
2. A．referring B．travelling C．pointing D．coming
3. A．shared B．short C．fresh D．treasured
4. A．passed B．raised C．moved D．sent
5. A．home B．duty C．reality D．relief
6. A．built B．lived C．remained D．explored
7. A．catch up B．pull up C．step down D．come down
8. A．falling B．turning C．rushing D．bringing
9. A．yard B．village C．room D．house
10. A．adapts to B．appeals to C．belongs to D．occurs to
11. A．across B．through C．along D．past
12. A．lay B．played C．stood D．sat
13. A．marching B．looking C．breaking D．pouring
14. A．between B．with C．near D．behind
15. A．wonders B．listens C．reacts D．agrees
16. A．began B．grew C．studied D．stayed
17. A．deepened B．recognized C．accepted D．found
18. A．heart B．rights C．interest D．behaviors
19. A．one B．its C．that D．every
20. A．meaning B．expression C．connection D．background
A society cannot be successful if it throws tradition away, but it cannot be successful ____if we do something to stop progress.
A．either B．neither C．too D．also
Not until he went through real hardship _____the love we have for our families is important.
A．had he realized B．did he realize C．he realized D．he had realized
