Question

For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand. It’s not always the ____ ring, but it’s always a ring that has ____ on it so that when I look at it, I’m ____ or reminded of something important. I have made a ____ of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store. Sometimes I give them away as ____ to someone like Jennie.

I first met Jennie in the ____ waiting room and we had talked several times. One night I sat down beside her and ____ how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very ____ condition. She told me that she didn’t know what to do more because it seemed none of the ____ from the doctors was good. They weren’t at all sure her son was going to ____ the accident that had hurt him so badly. With ____ in her eyes she said, “They’re ____ my hope.”

I knew then that it was ____ just a coincidence(巧合)that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day. As she ____ to talk, I ____ slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie’s hand. I told her to wear it to remember that God loved her and He would be with her ____ all of this. ____ Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and then held it tightly, ____ the word written on the ring was “HOPE”.

The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift. She ____ and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, “Look, I ____ have Hope!”

1.A. special       B. expensive         C. same            D. valuable

2.A. words         B. pictures           C. names           D. symbols

3.A. admired      B. encouraged       C. trusted           D. puzzled

4.A. plan            B. point              C. list             D. habit

5.A. gifts           B. prizes             C. awards          D. thanks

6.A. railway        B. school            C. hospital          D. airport

7.A. asked          B. explained        C. thought          D. found

8.A.favorable     B. normal          C. serious           D. excellent

9.A. advice         B. news            C.instructions        D. comfort 

10.A. defeat         B. experience      C. predict           D. survive    

11.A. apologies     B. tears            C.anger            D. doubt 

12.A. keeping up    B. bringing down    C. cutting off        D. taking away  

13.A. other than     B. rather than       C. more than        D. less than

14.A.continued      B. refused         C.attempted         D. started

15.A. cautiously     B. quietly         C. nervously         D. shyly

16.A. over           B. beyond          C. through           D. within

17.A. Until           B. While          C. Since             D. When

18.A. for              B. so             C. yet               D. and 

19.A. shouted        B. waved         C. cheered            D. hesitated 

20.A. ever            B. only          C. still               D. Just

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者送给孩子正在抢救，快要陷入绝望的Jennie赠送刻“希望”指环，使她还有希望不放弃的故事。

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17.until是直到的意思，与短暂性动词连用时用“not...until" ，动词是延续性动词时直接用"until"或"till"；while从句须用延续性动词，且从句动作与主句动作同时发生；since 引导的时间状语从句的复合句，主句用现在完成时，since从句用一般过去时；when 从句谓语动词可为延续性动词或非延续性动词。“look”是非延续性动词，故选D。

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考点：考查故事类短文