Question

Lost & Found

That night, when I arrived at the door of my building, I noticed a man walking behind me. I thought he was a neighbor I hadn’t met. I did a _______ neighborly thing and held the door for him. But when I turned, he took away everything I had and ran away. I was _______. From then on, I looked over my _______, never fully at ease. It cost me my sense of trust in my _______.

A year passed, I got home one night and found an envelope under my door. Inside was a _______ weather-beaten driver’s license. I could _______ make it out because the address was nearly worn away. But the face on that _______ was mine. And the note in it said; Sarah Sweeney, if you still live here, call us at this _______.

Feeling _______, I walked up and down in my living room trying to think of ________ someone would contact (联系) me like this. If there’s a Mugger Playbook (抢劫犯剧本) this was the final long game! Now he’s checking my ________ to get more money?

But I called the number.

Then a(n) ________ voice of a little girl got on, “Hello! Are you Sarah Sweeney? My sister and I found your purse in the woods!”

I could ________ she was jumping up and down as she spoke. She and her younger sister carefully ________ bits of paper, pieced together the clues to find me and ________ my wallet and everything inside. I was completely ________. They were giving me a sense of relief.

I asked her, “How can I ________ you?”

“Hang on!” She pulled the phone away and ________ with her sister; then I heard “ICE CREAM!"

Twenty minutes later, I was at their door. I ________ a box of ice cream. And these two little girls gave my wallet and a renewed sense of ________.

1.A. meaningful    B. smart    C. polite    D. necessary

2.A. robbed    B. cheated    C. suspected    D. caught

3.A. head    B. shoulder    C. door    D. neck

4.A. colleagues    B. friends    C. neighbors    D. family

5.A. rotted    B. new    C. useful    D. cheap

6.A. easily    B. merely    C. probably    D. hardly

7.A. envelope    B. license    C. wallet    D. note

8.A. point    B. time    C. number    D. place

9.A. worried    B. sad    C. satisfied    D. disappointed

10.A. why    B. whether    C. how    D. when

11.A. room    B. wallet    C. address    D. account

12.A. angry    B. sweet    C. rough    D. cold

13.A. see    B. notice    C. understand    D. tell

14.A. replaced    B. unfolded    C. counted    D. selected

15.A. return    B. check    C. repair    D. clean

16.A. confused    B. lost    C. discouraged    D. moved

17.A. treat    B. find    C. reward    D. inform

18.A. discussed    B. agreed    C. argued    D. competed

19.A. contributed to    B. handed over    C. paid for    D. packed up

20.A. loss    B. duty    C. trust    D. direction

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】作者在第一个故事中失去了对人的信任，在第二个“钱包失而复得”的故事中，通过两个小女孩善良的行为，又重新找回了对人的信任。

1.C考查形容词。A. meaningful有意义的；B. smart明智的；C. polite有礼貌的；D. necessary必要的。根据上一句说“我认为他是未见过面的邻居。”所以，“我”应该是做了一个礼貌的邻居似的事情，为他开了门。。故选C。

2.A考查动词。A. robbed抢劫；B. cheated欺骗；C. suspected怀疑；D. caught抓住。根据上句“当我转身的时候，他把我的一切东西抢走，跑了。”所以“我”是被抢劫了。故选A。

3.B考查名词。A. head头；B. shoulder肩膀；C. door门；D. neck脖子。从那以后，“我”仔细检查“我”的肩膀，从来没有完全放松过。故选B。

4.C考查名词。A. colleagues同事；B. friends朋友；C. neighbors邻居；D. family家庭。这件事使“我”失去了对邻居的信任。故选C。

5.A考查形容词。A. rotted腐烂的；B. new新的；C. useful有用的；D. cheap便宜的。根据第6空格后的the address was nearly worn away.（地址几乎被磨损了）可知，信封里面是一个腐烂的饱经风霜的驾驶证。故选A。

6.D考查副词。A. easily容易地；B. merely仅仅，只不过；C. probably很可能；D. hardly几乎不，简直不。因为地址几乎被磨损了，所以我简直不能辨认。故选D。

7.B考查名词。A. envelope信封；B. license驾驶证；C. wallet钱包；D. note笔记。但是上面是我的脸。根据上文可知是驾驶证上的人，故选B。

8.C考查名词。A. point要点；B. time时间；C. number号码，数字；D. place地方。如果你还住在这里，用这个号码给我们打电话。故选C。

9.A考查形容词。A. worried担忧的；B. sad伤心的；C. satisfied满意的；D. disappointed失望的。根据空格下句I walked up and down in my living room（我在客厅里走来走去。），这说明作者犹豫不定，心里感到担忧。故选A。

10.A考查宾语从句。我在客厅里走来走去，想知道这个人为什么用这种方法与我联系。故选A。

11.C考查名词。A. room房间；B. wallet钱包；C. address地址；D. account 账户。根据上句“如果有一个强盗的剧本，这是最后一场！”可知，作者在推测“他现在正核对我的地址，想从我这里得到更多钱吗？”故选C。

12.B考查形容词。A. angry生气的；B. sweet甜的；C. rough艰苦的，粗糙的；D. cold冷的。因为是小女孩的声音，所以理应是“甜美的”。故选B。

13.D考查动词。A. see看见；B. notice注意；C. understand明白；D. tell告诉，断定。我可以断定她在说话的时候上下跳动。故选D。

14.B考查动词。A. replaced 取代，替换；B. unfolded展开；C. counted数数，称得上；D. selected挑选。她和妹妹小心翼翼地摊开几张纸，拼凑在一起，发现了我，并归还我的钱包和里面的东西。故选B。

15.A考查动词。A. return归还；B. check核实；C. repair修理；D. clean打扫。她和妹妹小心翼翼地摊开几张纸，拼凑在一起，发现了我，并归还我的钱包和里面的东西。故选A。

16.D考查动词。A. confused困惑；B. lost丢失；C. discouraged丧失信心；D. moved移动，感动。根据空格下句“她们给了我一种欣慰的感觉。”故推知她们的行为让作者感动。故选D。

17.C考查动词。A. treat对待；B. find发现；C. reward回报；D. inform通知。我问她，“我怎么回报你们？”故选C。

18.A考查动词。A. discussed讨论；B. agreed同意；C. argued辩论；D. competed竞争。根据前面的“稍等”，说明妹妹要和姐姐讨论回报的事。故选A。

19.B考查动词词组。A. contributed to有助于；B. handed over移交；C. paid for为……付出代价；D. packed up把……打包。根据上文的then I heard “ICE CREAM!”可知，二十分钟后，我来到她们门口，交给她们一盒冰激凌。故选B。

20.C考查名词。A. loss损失；B. duty职责；C. trust信任；D. direction方向。根据第一段最后一句It cost me my sense of trust in my ___4___.可知，这两个小女孩把我的钱包和一个恢复的信任感交给了我。故选C。