摘要：About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work. One day I went into a hotel there to have something to 36 . The waiter 37 my coat and put it in a small room. About an hour later I was 38 to go. The waiter 39 my coat to me. 40 something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. Then I took a good look at the 41. “Oh, you’ve brought someone 42 coat, I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine, 43 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either. “Oh, then I 44 someone has taken your coat and left this, said the waiter, “This kind of thing 45 sometimes. I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold ring in it. So I went 46 to the police station. “ 47 lost a ring? I asked. “Yes, said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring. He lost it in London. He 48 the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived. “Yes, this is my ring, he said, “How can I 49 you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 50 I lost it on the train! After I told him the 51 of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel. So how did my ring 52 in the coat? “Did 53 sit or stand next to you on the train? asked the policeman. “Yes, said the young man, “But I don’t remember his face. “You may remember this coat, said the policeman, “Was it like this one? “Yes, it was, said the young man. “But my friend here 54 the thief. The policeman laughed. “ 55 , he said, “The thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didn’t take the right coat away with him. 这是一则趣味故事.讲述作者到一家饭店去吃饭.脱下外套递给服务员.吃完后发现有人穿错了外套.并且口袋里有一枚金戒指.在警察的帮助下.找到了丢戒指的人.原来那人在火车上时.他的戒指被一个小贼偷走了. 36. A. do B. buy C. eat D. deal with [解析]选C.根据常识.作者进去后一小时要离开可以推断.他到这里是为了吃饭. 37. A. took B. found C. liked D. watched [解析]选A.根据句意.选择took表示“拿走 . 38. A. anxious B. glad C. invited D. ready [解析]选D.词组be ready to do. . . 表示“准备做某事 . 39. A. showed B. returned C. brought D. dressed [解析]选C.那位服务员把外套拿到作者面前.因此用brought. 40. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Obviously D. At once [解析]选B.副词suddenly说明作者感到意外. 41. A. ring B. box C. coat D. pocket [解析]选C.根据下一句话you’ve brought someone else’s coat 可以推断.作者这时仔细看了看那件外套. 42. A. lost B. missed C. new D. else’s [解析]选D.someone else’s coat表示“其他人的外套 . 43. A. but B. and C. instead D. for [解析]选A.根据逻辑判断前后为语意转折. 44. A. know B. wonder C. suppose D. find [解析]选C.suppose表示“猜测.猜想 . 45. A. appears B. happens C. meets D. changes [解析]选B.这样的事有时候会发生. 46. A. around B. about C. ahead D. over [解析]选D.词组go over to someplace表示“向某地走过去 . 47. A. Has anyone B. Has she C. Who D. Have you [解析]选A.根据后面回答Yes可知前面是一般疑问句式.因此选A. 48. A. telephoned B. remembered C. wrote to D. knew [解析]选A.根据后面一句话the man arrived 可以推断.警察打电话给那个人. 49. A. return B. thank C. find D. help [解析]选B.这时当然要感谢作者了. 50. A. then B. so C. yet D. however [解析]选C.语意转折.句意为:然而我是在火车上丢的戒指. 51. A. story B. price C. model D. size [解析]选A.作者把刚才发生的事告诉他. 52. A. come B. put C. set D. be [解析]选D.那么这只戒指是如何在那个外套里的呢? 53. A. he B. the thief C. the waiter D. anyone [解析]选D.意思是“那时有人坐在或站在你的旁边吗? . 54. A. discovered B. isn’t C. has caught D. doesn’t know [解析]选B.但是这里的这位朋友不是小偷. 55. A. I’m afraid not B. Yes C. No D. Surely [解析]选C.No在这里表示“是的.他不是一个小偷 .
About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work．One day I went into a restaurant there to have something to 1 ．The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room．
About an hour later I was ready to go．The waiter brought my coat to me．Suddenly something fell out of the pocket onto the floor．It was a small white box．Then I took a good look at the 2 ．“Oh, you’ve brought someone else’s coat,” I said to the waiter．“It looks very much like mine, 3 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either．” “Oh, then I suppose someone has taken your coat and left this,” said the waiter．“This kind of thing 4 sometimes．”
I opened the box．There was a beautiful gold ring in it．So I went 5 to the police station．
“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked．“Yes,” said a policeman．“A young man who came in this morning lost a ring．He lost it in London．” He 6 the young man．A few minutes later, the man arrived．“Yes, this is my ring,” he said．“How can I thank you, sir?You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 7 I lost it on the train!”
After I told him the story of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train．I haven’t been in the hotel．So how 8 my ring in the coat?”
“Did 9 sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman．
“Yes,” said the young man, “But I don’t remember his face．”
“You may remember this coat,” said the policeman．“Was it like this one?”
“Yes, it was,” said the young man．“But the friend here 10 the thief．”
The policeman laughed．“No,” he said, “the thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food．Only he didn’t take the right coat away with him．”
About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work．One day I went into a restaurant there to have something to 1 ．The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room．
About an hour later I was ready to go．The waiter brought my coat to me．Suddenly something fell out of the pocket onto the floor．It was a small white box．Then I took a good look at the 2 ．“Oh, you’ve brought someone else’s coat,” I said to the waiter．“It looks very much like mine, 3 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either．” “Oh, then I suppose someone has taken your coat and left this,” said the waiter．“This kind of thing 4 sometimes．”
I opened the box．There was a beautiful gold ring in it．So I went 5 to the police station．
“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked．“Yes,” said a policeman．“A young man who came in this morning lost a ring．He lost it in London．” He 6 the young man．A few minutes later, the man arrived．“Yes, this is my ring,” he said．“How can I thank you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 7 I lost it on the train!”
After I told him the story of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train．I haven’t been in the hotel．So how 8 my ring in the coat?”
“Did 9 sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman．
“Yes,” said the young man, “But I don’t remember his face．”
“You may remember this coat,” said the policeman．“Was it like this one?”
“Yes, it was,” said the young man．“But the friend here 10 the thief．”
The policeman laughed．“No,” he said, “the thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food．Only he didn’t take the right coat away with him．”
About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work．One day I went into a hotel to have something to 1 ．The waiter 2 my coat and put it in a small room．About an hour later I was 3 to go．The waiter 4 me my coat． 5 something fell out of the pocket onto the floor．It was a small white box．Then I took a good look at the 6 ．“Oh, you've brought someone 7 coat．” I said to the waiter．“It looks very much like mine, 8 it is quite new, and this isn't my box, either．”
“Oh, then I 9 someone has taken your coat and left this．” said the waiter．“This kind of thing 10 sometimes．”
I opened the box．There was a beautiful gold ring in it．So I went 11 to the police station．
“ 12 lost a ring?” I asked．
“Yes．” said a policeman, “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring, he lost it in London．”
He 13 the young man．A few minutes later, the man arrived．
“Yes, this is my ring．” he said, “How can I 14 you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 15 I lost it on the train!”
After I told him the 16 of the coat, he said, “You haven't been on the train, I haven't been in the hotel, so how did my ring 17 in the coat?”
“Did 18 sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman．
“Yes．”said the young man．“But I don't remember his face．”
“You may remember this coat．” said the policeman, “Was it like this one?”
“Yes, it was．” said the young man ,“But my friend here 19 the thief．”
The policeman laughed．“ 20 ”He said．“The thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food．Only he didn't take the right coat away with him．”