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【题目】A guitarist was pleasantly surprised to hear from New York City police that his valuable guitar had been found. It disappeared almost a year ago when he got out of a taxi and forgot to take the guitar with him. Laurence Lennon, 44, said he was running late that day. He was talking to his manager on his cellphone when he rushed out of the taxi. He said that he gave the driver $60 and told him to keep the change. He walked through the front doors of the concert hall, still talking on the phone to his manager.

Upon discovering his loss, Lennon used his cellphone to call the police. The policewoman asked him for the name of the taxi company, the number of the taxi, and the name of the driver. He said that she must have been joking.

She told Lennon that he could apply for a missing item report online. Lennon asked for address. It was www.nypd.gov/toprotectandtoserve/haveaniceday. She told him that finding the guitar might take a couple of years for finding guitars was not as important as finding murderers and marijuana （大麻）smokers. Then she told him to have a nice day.

“This year has been depressing,” said Lennon. “I had to put off the recording of two new CDs. I’ve been using borrowed guitars. And I was losing hope of ever recovering my guitar.”

Lennon was reunited with his $100,000 guitar yesterday. The guitar had been discovered in the corner of a coffeehouse only two blocks from where Lennon had lost it. Lennon had offered a $10,000 reward for its return. He said he would give the reward to the coffeehouse owner, who had informed the police.

【1】 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Careless guitarist surprised.

B. Valuable guitar found.

C. Coffeehouse owner rewarded.

D. Taxi driver still unknown.

【2】 In the first paragraph, the author explained ________.

A. how costly the guitar was

B. how important the concert was

C. why the guitarist was late

D. why the guitar was left behind

【3】 By saying “she must have been joking” in Para 2, the guitarist probably means ________.

A. it was impossible for him to answer her questions

B. there must have been something she felt funny

C. she didn’t believe at all that he had lost his guitar

D. she must have felt that his behavior was funny

【4】 In the policewoman’s opinion, finding the lost guitar _________.

A. was not important at all

B. wouldn’t be done online

C. could be a long time hunting

D. only depended on the driver

Answer 1

【答案】【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】【1】主旨大意题。全文主要围绕失而复得的吉他展开，因此B项最为合适。

【2】细节理解题。从第一段的描述可知，吉他的主人由于和经理通电话，所以把吉它忘在了车上，因此D项正确。

【3】推理判断题。从第一段可知，当时吉他的主人忙着赶路和打电话，由此推知他很可能没有留意有关出租车的相关信息，因此在他看来，回答女警员的提问是不可能的，于是产生“她一定是在开玩笑”的感觉。

【4】细节理解题。从第三段中“finding the guitar might take a couple of years”可知C项正确。