(2013·高考福建卷，A)When I was 12，all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring.They were the “in” thing and it seemed every girl except me had one.On my 13th birthday，my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it.I was in heaven.

What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn’t being “replaced”．We’d been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the “new” stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we’d lost.But not my ring.My ring was new.

Then，only one month later，I lost it.I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning.I was sad and searched everywhere for it.But it seemed to have disappeared.Eventually，I gave up and stopped looking for it.And two years later，we sold the house and moved away.

Years passed，and a couple of moves later，I was visiting my parents’ when Mum told me that she had something for me.It wasn’t my birthday，nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift?giving occasion.Mum noticed my questioning look.“You’ll recognize this one，”she said，smiling.

Then she handed me a small ring box.I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside.

The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations，which included replacing the carpets.When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom，they found the ring.As it had my initials carved into it，they realized who owned the ring.They’d had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother.

And it still fits me.

1.The underlined word “in” in the first paragraph probably means“________”．

A．fashionable? B．available

C．practical D．renewable

2.When she got the ring back，the writer was about ________.

A．13 years old? B．15 years old

C．26 years old? D．28 years old

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The writer’s family moved several times.

B．The writer never stopped looking for her ring.

C．The writer’s ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.

D．The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．My New Ring B．Lost and Found

C．Lost and Replaced D．An Expensive Ring

Scientists say they have found key clues（线索）into how long we will live. One of them is a firm __21___. British researchers believe a firm strong handshake is not just a __22___ of confidence but also an indicator of a long life. Lead author Dr Rachel Cooper of University College London said her study looked __23___ 33 different reports on the __24___ of handshakes. The research involved more than 50,000 men and women and __25___ 40 years. Dr Cooper concluded that __26___ with weaker handshakes were 70 per cent more likely to die earlier than those with the __27___ handshakes. She concludes that people with a firm strong handshake __28___ from a happy childhood that __29___ a healthy diet and __30___ of exercise.

The new study, __31___ in the British Medical Journal, also found other signs of living a longer life. These 'measures of __32___ capability' include walking at a faster pace, getting out of a chair quickly, and being able to __33___ on one leg. The study showed that slow walkers were almost three times __34___ to die at a younger age than those who walked quickly and actively. Those who __35___ to get up from their armchairs were twice as likely to die earlier than those who sprang __36___ their chairs. Dr Cooper believes there __37___ more research into the link  __38___ physical capability and a long life. “Research that helps people to __39___ a long and healthy life is ever more important to help provide for an ageing __40___.” she said.

A．childhood      B. relationship      C．hardship               D．handshake

A．sign              B.    symbol          C．trip              D．sigh

A．at           B.    into            C．to              D．on

A．strength     B.    length         C．likeliness       D．confidence

A．last           B.    past            C．lasted            D．passed

A．women     B.    they           C．those             D．men

A．weaker     B. strongest              C．weakest         D．strong

A. must benefit   B.could have lived   C. should come      D. may have benefited

A．concluded     B.    consisted       C．included             D．including

A．plentiful      B.    plenty           C．a number          D．the number

A．published     B.    being published  C．publishing      D．having publishedA．physician  B.       physics          C．physiology        D．physical

A．stand      B.    balance          C．live               D．shake

A．likely          B.    likelier          C．likelihood          D．liking

A．wanted       B.    hoped         C．struggled           D．were dying    

A．out of      B.    in front of      C．ahead of         D．away from   

A．needs to be  B.    need to be      C．ought to be       D．must be

A．from        B.    among           C．between                 D．beneath

A．benefit    B.     involve        C．make              D．enjoy

A．popularity  B.    pollution       C．population         D．publication

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mary’s parents are different from the average. While she was growing up they required her to 21. First of all she had to work around their home. Later on Mary worked for other people.

When Mary was 14 years old, her mother and father told her that they were no 22 going to buy her clothes. Sure, they would continue to buy shoes for her and also the special clothes like suits, but 23 else was her responsibility. Some people thought that they were 24, but they wanted to teach Mary some 25 lessons. One thing she learned was that nothing is cheap or 26. She learned how to deal with her money carefully. Another thing she learned was 27 to keep from wearing out(穿破)her clothes too fast.

Also, even 28 Mary went to school she was 29 to work. All through her high school and 30 years she worked as well as studied. Mary’s parents had plenty of 31 but they felt she would 32 her education more if she had to 33 it. And strange as it may seem, they had heard that students who worked part- time generally got 34 grades than students who did no work.

  Now Mary is a mother herself. She requires her children to do the same 35 she did, especially working part- time as they go to school.

21．A．study B．play C．learn D．work

22．A．longer      B．money     C．any   D．hope

23．A．what B．that   C．nothing    D．everything

24．A．responsible     B．lazy C．poor  D．careless

25．A．difficult   B．daily        C．valuable    D．useless

26．A．free   B．expensive  C．useful       D．proper

27．A．how  B．when C．why  D．where

28．A．when B．as      C．until  D．since

29．A．permitted  B．required    C．going       D．forced

30．A．hard        B．work       C．happy       D．college

31．A．time        B．children   C．money      D．work

32．A．value       B．have  C．use    D．receive

33．A．enjoy       B．pay   C．pay for     D．enjoy

34．A．worse       B．better       C．more D．less

35．A．as     B．what  C．which       D．like

All my students in my class knew I was getting married in June and moving out of the state. I was sorry to see the month of June ____【小题1】____; all my students wanted to learn more, They were obviously agitated (不安的) whenever I mentioned it. I was glad they had become ____【小题2】____ of me, but what was wrong? Were they angry about me ____【小题3】____ the school?
On my ____【小题4】____ day of class, the headmaster greeted me as I entered the building. "Will you come with me, please?" he said ____【小题5】____. "There’s a problem ____【小题6】____ your classroom." He looked straight ahead as he ____【小题7】____ me down the hall. "I'm going to leave the school tomorrow, but what now?” I wondered.
It was ____【小题8】____! There were bouquets (束) of flowers in each corner, on the students' desks, and on my desk. "How could they have done this?" I____【小题9】____. Most of them were so poor that they ____【小题10】____ the school assistance program for some ____【小题11】____ and enough meals.
I started to cry, and all my students ____【小题12】____ me.
Later I learned how they had succeeded doing it. Mark, who worked in the ____【小题13】____ shop on weekends, had seen ____【小题14】____ from several of my other classes. He mentioned them to his classmates. Too proud to ever again wear an insulting（侮辱的) label like " ____【小题15】_____ ", Mark ____【小题16】____ his boss for all the "tired" flowers in the shop. Then he called funeral parlors(殡仪馆) and ____【小题17】____ that his class needed flowers for a teacher who was leaving. They ____【小题18】____ to give him bouquets saved ____【小题19】____ each funeral.
That was not the only present they gave me, ____【小题20】____. Two years later, all fourteen students graduated, and six earned college scholarships.

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.

It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.

A．want to be as rich as their neighbors

B．want others to know or to think that they are rich

C．don’t want others to know they are rich

D．want to be happy

2.It can be inferred (推断) from the story that rich people like to ________.

A．live outside New York City                 B．live in New York city

C．live in apartments                       D．have many neighbors

3.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is _____.

A．an important name                      B．a popular name in the United States

C．his neighbor’s name                    D．not a good name

4.According to the writer, it is ________ to keep up with the Joneses.

A．correct           B．interesting         C．impossible         D．good