Question

【题目】Recently divorced and unemployed, I was on myway downtown to do the rounds of the employmentoffices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had ____, and I could not ____ another one.

I sat down in the ____ and there against my seat was a(n) ____ silk umbrella with a silver handle. Ihad ____ seen anything so lovely. I examined thehandle and saw a carved ____. The usual procedure would have been to ____ the umbrella to theconductor,but an idea ____ to me. I decided to takeit with me and find the owner myself.

I got off the bus in a downpour and ____ opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I ____ a telephone book for the name on the umbrella. I called and a lady ____.

Yes, she said ____, that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her as a birthday present. But, she ____, it had been stolen ____ her doorstep a month before.

She was so excited that I ____ I was looking fora job and went directly to her house. She took theumbrella,and her eyes were filled with ____. She wanted to give me a ____, but — though twenty dollars was all I had in the world — her happiness at regaining this ____ possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have ____ something. We talked for a while and I left.

A week later, I got a job as a sales manager ____. It might be my kindness that paid off. But who knows?

【1】A.brokenup B.goneaway C.fallen apart D.fadedaway

【2】A.afford B.borrow C.find D.repair

【3】A.office B.bus C.theatre D.train

【4】A.ugly B.beautiful C.worn D.ancient

【5】A.even B.always C.already D.never

【6】A.design B.number C.name D.brand

【7】A.turnin B.showoff C.openup D.carryaway

【8】A.occurred B.ran C.struck D.happened

【9】A.firmly B.suddenly C.casually D.thankfully

【10】A.read B.searched C.got D.used

【11】A.appeared B.replied C.answered D.screamed

【12】A.insurprise B.inpanic C.insilence D.inanger

【13】A.assumed B.added C.declared D.announced

【14】A.from B.in C.beside D.of

【15】A.mentioned B.forgot C.realized D.remembered

【16】A.memory B.honour C.tears D.cry

【17】A.gift B.position C.hug D.reward

【18】A.expensive B.common C.rare D.special

【19】A.bought B.ruined C.expressed D.enjoyed

【20】A.immediately B.naturally C.hopefully D.unexpectedly

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【11】C

【12】A

【13】B

【14】A

【15】B

【16】C

【17】D

【18】D

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】【1】“我”没有雨伞，因为“我”的旧伞已经“散架了”。fall apart“散开”．break up“解散”；go away“离开”；fade away“褪色”。

【2】 从上文可知“我”由于离婚和失业，买不起一把伞。afford“买得起”，常与can，could连用。

【3】 根据下一段开头“I got off the bus_”可知“我”在“公共汽车”上坐了下来。

【4】本句后半部分提到这把伞丝质银柄，因而这是一把“漂亮”的伞。

【5】“我”从未见过如此可爱的东西。

【6】从下一段“…for the name on the umbrella.”可知伞柄上有一个“名字”。

【7】这是在公共汽车上丢的东西，正常的程序应该是把伞“交给”售票员。

【8】 sth. occur to sb.“某人突然想到……”。

【9】作者在倾盆大雨中下了车，由此可知作者打开这把伞遮雨时非常“感激”。

【10】然后“我”从电话薄上“查找”雨伞上的名字。search“查找”。

【11】 answer表示“接电话”。

【12】这位女士突然有了雨伞的消息，自然感到“吃惊”。in surprise“吃惊地”；in panic"惊慌地”；in silence“沉默地”；in anger“生气地”。

【13】这里用add表示“补充说”。assume“假设”；declare“宣布”；announce“通知”。

【14】 “从门廊……”，故用介词from。

【15】 “我”忘记了自己是来找工作的，直接去了她家。

【16】她拿到伞，眼睛噙满了“泪水”。

【17】根据本句内容可知女士想要给“我”钱作为“报酬”。reward“报酬，酬谢”。

【18】她重获“这一特别”财产的喜悦是无法用语言表达的。special“特别的”。由前文可知，这把伞是她已经去世的父母给她的生日礼物，所以是“特别的”。

【19】 “我”相信接受她的现金奖赏一定会破坏“我”的人品。ruin“破坏”。

【20】下一句提到也许是“我”的善心有了回报，由此可知“我”出乎意料地得到一份工作。