Question

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 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

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析: 本文属于故事类文章，讲述自己丢失的图章失而复得的故事。

1.A 考察猜测词义。根据该句及前后句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.可以得出拥有一枚图章对于小女孩来说是一件很时尚的事情，故选A。

2.D 考察推理判断。 根据第三段第一句Then, only one month later, I lost it.及最后一句And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.还有最后一段第一句The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations可以得出作者13岁时候得到图章，一个月之后丢了，两年之后搬家，13年后图章失而复得，故得出作者年龄为28岁，故选D。

3.A 考察推理判断。根据第二段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 we got was really just to replace what we’d lost.以及第三段最后一句And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.可以推断出作者搬家比较频繁，故选A。

4. 考察主旨大意。根据整篇文章可知，本文主要讲述自己图章失而复得的故事，故选B。

考点：考察故事类文章阅读。

【名师点睛】

词义猜测题主要考查考生根据上下文推测词义和语义的能力，突出考查对语境的分析和把握能力。常见的猜词法有：

（1）利用上下文语境。猜测任何词义都离不开上下文，所以要借助上下文对需要猜测的词或短语进行合乎逻辑的推测。

（2）利用定义或解释性的线索。阅读文章中的有些生词往往在其后会有对该词进行解释说明的短语或句子，利用它们猜词义较容易。

（3）利用文章的逻辑关系答题。如并列，对比，因果，转折关系等。这些逻辑关系往往通过一些相应的词或短语表达出来，如but, or, however, so, because等。

（4）利用构词法知识答题。熟记一些前缀，后缀所表达的意思，不仅可以扩大词汇量，而且帮助我们猜测词义。