Question

For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand. It’s not always the ____ ring, but it’s always a ring that has ____ on it so that when I look at it, I’m ____ or reminded of something important. I have made a ____ of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store. Sometimes I give them away as ____ to someone like Jennie.

I first met Jennie in the ____ waiting room and we had talked several times. One night I sat down beside her and ____ how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very ____ condition. She told me that she didn’t know what to do more because it seemed none of the ____ from the doctors was good. They weren’t at all sure her son was going to ____ the accident that had hurt him so badly. With ____ in her eyes she said, “They’re ____ my hope.”

I knew then that it was ____ just a coincidence(巧合)that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day. As she ____ to talk, I ____ slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie’s hand. I told her to wear it to remember that God loved her and He would be with her ____ all of this. ____ Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and then held it tightly, ____ the word written on the ring was “HOPE”.

The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift. She ____ and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, “Look, I ____ have Hope!”

1.A. special   B. expensive   C. same  D. valuable

2.A. words     B. pictures     C. names  D. symbols

3.A. admired  B. encouraged   C. trusted D. puzzled

4.A. plan       B. point       C. list D. habit

5.A. gifts     B. prizes       C. awards D. thanks

6.A. railway   B. school       C. hospital D. airport

7.A. asked     B. explained  C. thought D. found

8.A.favorable B. normal C. serious D. excellent

9.A. advice     B. news   C.instructions D. comfort 

10.A. defeat   B. experience C. predict  D. survive  

11.A. apologies B. tears  C.anger D. doubt 

12.A. keeping up B. bringing down C. cutting off D. taking away

13.A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. less than

14.A.continued B. refused C.attempted D. started

15.A. cautiously B. quietly C. nervously D. shyly

16.A. over    B. beyond   C. through D. within

17.A. Until     B. While C. Since  D. When

18.A. for       B. so  C. yet D. and 

19.A. shouted   B. waved C. cheered   D. hesitated 

20.A. ever    B. only C. still D. Just

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了作者送給孩子正在搶救，快要陷入絕望的Jennie贈送刻“希望”指環(huán)，使她還有希望不放棄的故事。

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17.until是直到的意思，與短暫性動詞連用時用“not...until" ，動詞是延續(xù)性動詞時直接用"until"或"till"；while從句須用延續(xù)性動詞，且從句動作與主句動作同時發(fā)生；since 引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句的復(fù)合句，主句用現(xiàn)在完成時，since從句用一般過去時；when 從句謂語動詞可為延續(xù)性動詞或非延續(xù)性動詞。“look”是非延續(xù)性動詞，故選D。

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