问题补充:
When people find something valuable and return it to its owner, they are often given a reward. This is because the person not only found what was lost but also spent time 46its owner or taking it to the police station.
There was once a young boy 47found a woman’s purse in a shopping centre. Inside the purse there 48some money and the woman’s driving license. Her name and 49were printed on the license, so the boy knew where she lived. That evening he went to her house and 50her door. When she opened it, he said, “ I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much,” she said. She opened her purse and took out all the money. She wanted to give the boy a small reward, 51there were only bills of $20 in the purse and she thought that $ 20 was too 52to give the boy. “ I’m sorry,” she said, “ but I don’t have any small 53to give you.”
The boy said, “That’s all right,” and he went away.
A few days later he found 54woman’s purse. It also had her driving license in it, so he knew where she lived. He went to her house and said “ I found your purse,” and handed it to her.
“Thank you very much, “ she said. She opened her purse and took out all her money.
“That’s 55” , she said, “ Before I lost my purse I had a $100 bill and a $20 bill in it. Now I have a $100 bill, a $10 bill and two $5 bills.”
“Yes,” the boy said, and smiled.
【小题1】A. to find B. finding C. find
【小题2】 A. whoB. whose C. which
【小题3】A. isB. were C. was
【小题4】A. e-mail B. address C.age
【小题5】A.cut downB. knocked on C. broke into
【小题6】A. soB. butC. or
【小题7】A. littleB. few C. much
【小题8】A. change B. menu C. purse
【小题9】A .anotherB. the other C. other
【小题10】A interesting B. exciting C. strangeB
答案:
(答案→)B
解析:【主旨大意】这篇短文主要是讲小男孩两次拾到钱包,归还给主人时,发生的一些有趣的故事。
【小题1】B根据spend …(in) doing sth. 花费时间(或)金钱做某事, find “找到,寻找”意思。
【小题1】A考查定语从句,先行词是人,故引导词用who。
【小题1】C there be 中的be动词由后面的主语单复数形式决定的,即some money 为不可数名词,“一些钱”,整篇故事用的过去式,故用was。
【小题1】B根据下文“能找到她的住址,可确定名字和地址都印在驾照上。
【小题1】B knock on “敲门”,break into “破门而入”,故B正确。
【小题1】 B根据下文“I’m sorry”可知,“她没有给小男孩报酬”,所以用转折连词but。
【小题1】C根据句意可知,“要给男孩$20,感觉有点太多”,所以too much正确。
【小题1】 A根据句意可知“他没有零钱给这个孩子”,故选change “零钱”。
【小题1】A another “又一,再一”的意思。
【小题1】 C根据下文可知,“钱包里钱数没少,但是钱的面值有所变化”,所以她感到奇怪,故C正确。