1、 ”asked Grandin. Lebeau turned red. “Yes, ”he said. “I cant allow it. ”“Do you realize, ”asked Grandin, “what your refusal10? ”“I did not steal the gold coin, 11I will not submit to such a search, ”Lebeau answered. One by one, the rest of the group turned out their pockets. When the coin failed to a
2、ppear, 12was focused on Lebeau again. From that day on, people turned their eyes away when they met him. He grew13, and when his wife died not long afterward, no one knew or cared about whether14was from poverty or shame. A few years later, Grandin made some changes in his house. A workman found the
3、 gold coin, buried in dirt between pieces of the wood floor in the room where the15dinner had been held. Grandin was a just man. When he found Lebeau was16, he was quick to decide what to do. Hurrying to Lebeaus home, he told him of the17discovery of the coin and apologized to him. “But, ”he conclud
4、ed, “why didnt you18yourself to be searched then?Lebeau looked at Grandin19. “Because I was a thief, ”he said, “For weeks my family and I had not had enough to eatand my20were full of food that I had taken from the table to carry home to my wife and hungry children. ”【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。文章叙述的是在第一次世界大战后, 士
5、兵们回到家, 几年后重聚时, 因为一个小金币而误解了Lebeau, 最后真相大白, 他不让人翻口袋就是因为自己的口袋里装满了带给妻子和孩子的食物。为了孩子和妻子, 他宁愿承受大家对他的误解。1. A. get over B. get throughC. get in D. get along【解析】选D。上下文语境题。根据前文第一次世界大战后, 他们回到家都设法过得很好。2. A. strength B. courage C. hope D. confidence【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据前文的wounded和never recovered可判断填“力气, 体力”。3. A. In add
6、ition B. In turnC. In time D. In detail【解析】选C。根据下文的penniless和前文的unable to work regularly可知填“最后, 终于”。最终他身无分文。4. A. collection B. occasionsC. situations D. communication【解析】选B。根据前文的get-together dinner, 可知这是他们聚会的场合之一。5. A. a great many B. a couple ofC. a great deal of D. a great number of固定搭配题。a great
7、many许多, 修饰可数名词复数形式; a couple of两三个, 修饰可数名词复数形式; a great deal of许多, 修饰不可数名词; a great number of许多, 修饰可数名词复数形式。空后的money是不可数名词, 只能用修饰不可数名词的限定词。6. A. what B. which C. whose D. how定语从句中缺少定语。7. A. losing B. goingC. missing D. disappearing根据下文应是金币“不见了”。8. A. arose B. happenedC. raised D. heard立即激起了疑问和否认。9.
8、A. turned B. agreed C. decided D. counted根据下文的except, 应是大家都同意搜身, 唯独Lebeau不同意。10. A. informs B. improvesC. inspires D. implies你的拒绝意味着什么。11. A. but B. and C. or D. while我没有偷金币, 我也不接受这样的搜查。空前后的分句是并列关系。12. A. attention B. conclusionC. decision D. impression根据前文其他人都翻出了自己的口袋, 唯独Lebeau没有, 大家都翻完了, 注意力就又集中在他
9、身上。13. A. stronger B. prouderC. poorer D. happier词汇复现题。第一段第三句中的penniless与本题选项中的poorer是同义词复现。他的妻子去世了, 他更穷了。14. A. he B. it C. she D. either没有人知道或关心是由于贫穷还是羞愧。15. A. family B. businessC. return D. reunion根据文章第二段的战友每年一聚, 可知此处指战友重聚。16. A. innocent B. illegalC. independent D. impossible事实已经清楚, Lebeau是无辜的,
10、 他被大家误解了。17. A. confusing B. amazingC. promising D. disturbing根据上下文这是令人惊奇的结果。18. A. encourage B. recommendC. remind D. allow根据语境, 你为什么不允许搜身? 19. A. frankly B. excitedlyC. curiously D. hopefully根据下面Lebeau承认他的确偷了东西可知他很坦率。20. A. hands B. eyes C. boxes D. pockets根据前文Lebeau不让翻口袋就是因为自己的口袋里装满了桌子上的食物。Five-y
11、ear-old Jocelyn was playing outside her grandmothers apartment building. Her mom, Jaimee, kept an eye on the1from a window. At about 4 pm, Jocelyn walked around the corner of the building to get her bike and2. “I took my eyes3her for five minutes, and she was gone, ”says Jaimee. “I knew something was4. ”she adds, 5when she saw that Jocelyns bike was6there and found an old credit card her daughter had been playing with7near the bike. Jaimee called 911. Policemen came soon, blocking off stree
