Question

    Something caught my eyes when I was walking down the street. Two silver coins were  shining in a melting( 溶化的）snow bank, so I dug through the snow looking for more.

Of course, I just ended up with really cold hands. I put the two________ into my pocket and went home, colder but richer. I began to think about how to spend the money.

Two days later, Mary and her little sister Sue were ________ the snow banks. "Finders are keepers" was my first thought. I didn't want to hand them out even though Sue was already_________. "I dropped them right here，"she said between tears. Her hands were cold and red for digging in the snow. "Maybe they slid（滑落） down the street with the melting snow. Let's dig over there." Mary's ________ sounded confident.

"They'll never know" was my second thought，and I walked past them. "Phil，have you seen two silver coins?" asked Mary. Sue looked up from digging. Her eyes were__________.

"Tell a lie" was my third thought. "As a matter of fact " I hesitated ( 犹豫），"I dug two coins out of that snow bank just a few days ago. I_________who might have lost them. " Sue hugged me with a big smile, "Oh, thank you, thank you. "

Wealth got through dishonest means（方法，手段） does not bring happiness.

If you get your money by taking advantage of others or by______ others, you will not be  happy with it. You will think you are a base person.

Many people think that when they become rich and successful, happiness will_________follow. Let me tell you that nothing is further from the truth. Now I feel happy and satisfied.

1.A.coins B.bills C.checks D.notes

2.A.watching B.cleaning C.searching D.making

3.A.worrying B.crying C.exciting D.shouting

4.A.voice B.talk C.speech D.reason

5.A.thankful B.hopeful C.careless D.fearless

6.A.imagined B.expected C.wondered D.remembered

7.A.shaming B.forcing C.controlling D.hurting

8.A.gradually B.quietly C.actually D.naturally

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.D

【解析】

短文大意：本文是记叙文，讲述了“我”在雪地里“捡到”两枚银币后沾沾自喜，当得知是玛丽的妹妹丢失的，“我”经过激烈的思想斗争终于归还给她们，并深刻认识到：通过不正当手段获得的财富并不能带来幸福。

1.句意：我把两枚硬币放进口袋。

coins硬币；bills账单；checks检查；notes便条。根据前文“Two silver coins were shining in a melting snow bank两枚银币在融化的雪堆里闪闪发光”，可知选A。

2.句意：两天后，玛丽和她的小妹妹苏在雪地里搜寻（银币）。

watch观察；clean打扫；search搜索；make制作。根据前文“so I dug through the snow looking for more于是我在雪地中挖寻更多的银币”，可知search符合句意，故选C。

3.句意：尽管苏已经哭了，我还是不想把它们交出去。

worry担心；cry哭叫；excite使兴奋；shout喊叫。根据下文“she said between tears她含着泪说”，可知苏哭了，故选B。

4.句意：玛丽的声音听起来很自信。

voice嗓音；talk谈话；speech演讲；reason原因。根据“sounded confident听起来很自信”，可知BCD三项不合语境，voice切合句意，故选A。

5.句意：她的眼睛里充满了希望。

thankful感激的；hopeful有希望的；careless粗心的；fearless无畏的。根据上文玛丽的问话“have you seen two silver coins? 你看到两个银币了吗”，可知她以为银币被菲儿挖走了，hopeful符合语境，故选B。

6.句意：我想知道是谁把它们弄丢了。

imagined想象；expected期待；wondered疑惑；remembered记得。根据上文的回答“I dug two coins out of that snow bank just a few days ago我从那个雪堆里挖出了两枚硬币”，可知想知道是谁丢的，故选C。

7.句意：如果你通过占别人的便宜或伤害别人来得到你的钱，你将不会快乐。

shame使羞愧；force强迫；control控制；hurt伤害。根据上文“Wealth got through dishonest means does not bring happiness通过不正当手段获得的财富并不能带来幸福”，可知占别人的便宜或伤害别人都是不正当的，故选D。

8.句意：许多人认为当他们变得富有和成功，幸福自然会随之而来。

gradually渐渐地；quietly静静地；actually实际上；naturally自然地。根据上文“when they become rich and successful当他们变得富有和成功”，可知人们会充满了幸福感，这自然是多数人的心理，故选D。