Question

When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (圖章) 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 (東西) 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.

56.   The underlined word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".

A. fashionable B. available     C. practical     D. renewable

57.   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

58.   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.

59.   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

Answer 1

【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文。表述情節(jié)：我13歲生日時(shí)得到一枚署名戒指，然后不久不慎失落，盡管努力尋找卻未得，在搬家之后多年，被買家意外發(fā)現(xiàn)，最終我失而復(fù)得這枚戒指。

【解析】

56. A. 詞義猜測題。難度：難。舊詞新意。根據(jù)題干，定位第一段句首：When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet(圖章) ring. They were the "in" thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. 可知：我夢寐以求一枚署名戒指是因?yàn)樗坪趺總�(gè)小姑娘都有一枚這樣的戒指。in, adj. 在里面的；時(shí)髦的。與A. fashionable同義。

57. D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度：偏易。由第一段得知，13歲生日得到戒指。第三段最后一句話：And two years later, we sold the house and moved away。第五段第三、四句：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�？芍�15歲時(shí)搬家，13年后戒指失而復(fù)得，這年應(yīng)該28歲。

58. A。細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。難度：中。由第三段可知：15歲那年，作者一家搬家了。在第四段段首：Years passed, and a couple of moves later，可知，在這些年中他們又搬過幾次家。A正確。

59. B。主旨大意題。難度:中。全文描述了一枚失落15年的戒指重新回到主人手中。

干擾項(xiàng)排除: 文章第二段首句：What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being "replaced".可見：這枚戒指不可替代。故排除C. Lost and Replaced。最后一句：“My ring was new.”但時(shí)隔多年，第五段最后第二句：They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother.對方請專業(yè)的珠寶商對這枚戒指進(jìn)行了處理，說明它已經(jīng)不新了。故排除A. My New Ring。文章未曾談及戒指的價(jià)格，故排除D. An Expensive Ring。