题文
I worked for a short time as a waiter at a a few months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very . One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. And I imagined that there was something valuable in the wallet, the owner would be back. Sure enough, an hour a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his . He asked me if I had opened , and when I told him “no”. At once he opened it showed that it had nearly $ 800 in cash. He took out a twenty-dollar bill and it to me and I was amazed at this.
Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to the owner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it. But it also came into my that I actually saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. The good feeling it gave me was worth more than we could buy with money.
小题1:A．bookshopB．hotelC．hospitalD．restaurant小题2:A．interestingB．busyC．boringD．tiring小题3:A．onB．inC．behindD．under小题4:A．whatB．whenC．howD．who小题5:A．becauseB．ifC．asD．though小题6:A．agoB．afterC．laterD．before小题7:A．askedB．madeC．letD．ordered小题8:A．excusesB．greetingsC．thanksD．wishes小题9:A．itB．oneC．itselfD．them小题10:A．butB．andC．soD．or小题11:A．lentB．soldC．handedD．brought小题12:A．wiseB．carefulC．kindD．honest小题13:A．catchB．missC．getD．find小题14:A．headB．mindC．heartD．idea小题15:A．anybodyB．nobodyC．anythingD．nothing
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:C
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解析
本文是讲述了作者在一家餐馆做服务员时，拾到一个钱包，又归还失主的故事。
小题1:考查名词及语境的理解。由下文中“I also helped to clean up the tables”一句知道是在餐馆工作。A. bookshop 书店；B. hotel 旅馆；C. hospital 医院；D. restaurant餐馆。故选D。
小题2:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：当非常忙的时候，我也帮着收拾桌子。A. interesting 有趣的；B. busy 忙碌的；C. boring无聊的，令人厌烦的；D. tiring累人的；故答案选B。
小题3:考查介词及语境的理解。句意：圣诞节前的一个晚上，我发现一个大的黑色的钱包在一个桌子附近的地板上。A. on在……上面；B. in 在……里面；C. behind 在……后面；D. under在……下面。on the floor在地板上。故选A。
小题4:考查疑问词及语境的理解。句意：我想我应该查出谁是主人。A. what 什么；B. when 什么时候；C. how 怎样 D. who谁。故选D。
小题5:考查连词及语境的理解。作者推测如果钱包里有珍贵的东西，主人一定会回来的。A. because 因为；B. if 是否，如果；C. as 由于，作为；D. though 虽然，尽管。故选B。
小题6:考查形容词及语境的理解。an hour+later="after+an" hour 一个小时之后。A. ago 以前；B. after 以后；C. later 后来；D. before 以前。故选C。
小题7:考查动词及语境的理解。根据后面是to describe，排除B和D，根据上文应该是作者要求他描述丢失的钱包。A. asked 要求；B. made 制造，使；C. let 让；D. ordered 命令，订购。故选A。
小题8:考查名词及语境的理解。根据上句的意思：他准确的描述之后，我把钱包还给他。可推知他表达了他的感谢。A. excuses 借口；B. greetings 招呼；C. thanks 感谢；D. wishes 祝愿。故选C。
小题9:考查代词及语境的理解。此处指的是钱包，专上文出现过钱包，故用it。A. it 它；B. one 一个；C. itself 它自己；D. them它们。故选A。
小题10:考查连词及语境的理解。根据前面是动词opened，空后面是动词showed，由句意可推知这里需要表并列的连词。A. but 但是；B. and 并且；C. so 因此；D. or或者。故选B。
小题11:考查动词及语境的理解。根据句意推测他拿出一张20美元的钞票应该是递给我。A. lent 借出；B. sold 卖；C. handed 递给；D. brought 带来。故选C。
小题12:考查连词及语境的理解。句意：后来考虑这件事，我开始疑惑如果我知道钱包里有什么，是否我还是诚实的。A. wise 睿智的；B. careful 小心的，认真的；C. kind 好心的，和蔼的；D. honest诚实的。故选D。
小题13:考查动词及语境的理解。这是作者的推测：如果没找到失主，也没人回来找它，我或许会保留它。A. catch 抓住，接住；B. miss 想念，错过；C. get 得到；D. find 找到，发现。故选D。
小题14:考查名词及语境的理解。句意：但是这样一个感觉走进了我的心里，就是通过发现和归还钱包，我真的挽救了一个人的圣诞节计划。come into my mind走进了我的心里。A. head 头；B. mind头脑,心灵,脑海；C. heart 心；D. idea主意，观点。故选B。
小题15:考查不定代词及语境的理解。句意：这件事所给予我的美妙感觉,是用金钱万万买不到的。A. anybody 任何人；B. nobody 没有人；C. anything 某事，任何事；D. nothing 没事。故选C。
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