Recentlydivorcedandunemployed，Iwasonmywaydowntowntodoth...

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Recently divorced and unemployed，I was on my way downtown to do the rounds of the employment offices.I had no umbrella，for my old one had__16__，and I could not__17__another one.

I sat down in the__18__and there against my seat was a(n)__19__silk umbrella with a silver handle.I had__20__seen anything so lovely.I examined the handle and saw a carved__21__．The usual procedure would have been to__22__the umbrella to the conductor，but an idea__23__to me.I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself.

I got off the bus in a downpour and__24__opened the umbrella to protect I__25__a telephone book for the name on the umbrella.I called and a lady__26__．

Yes，she said__27__，that was her umbrella，which her parents，now dead，had given her as a birthday ，she__28__，it had been stolen__29__her doorstep a month before.

She was so excited that I__30__I was looking for a job and went directly to her took the umbrella，and her eyes were filled with__31__．She wanted to give me a__32__，but—though twenty dollars was all I had in the world—her happiness at regaining this__33__possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have__34__ talked for a while and I left.

A week later，I got a job as a sales manager__35__．It might be my kindness that paid who knows?

16．en up  B．gone away

C．fallen apart  D．faded away

17．rd  B．borrow  C．find  D．repair

18．ce  B．bus  C．theater  D．train

19．  B．beautiful  C．worn  D．ancient

20．  B．always  C．already  D．never

21．gn  B．number  C．name  D．brand

22． in  B．show off

C．open up  D．carry away

23．rred  B．ran

C．struck  D．happened

24．ly  B．suddenly

C．casually  D．thankfully

25．  B．searched

C．got  D．used

26．ared  B．replied

C．answered  D．screamed

27． surprise  B．in panic

C．in silence  D．in anger

28．med  B．added

C．declared  D．announced

29．  B．in  C．beside  D．of

30．ioned  B．forgot

C．realized  D．remembered

31．ry  B．honor

C．tears  D．thanks

32．A.gift  B．position  C．hug  D．reward

33．nsive  B．common

C．rare  D．special

34．ht  B．ruined

C．expressed  D．enjoyed

35．diately  B．naturally

C．hopefully  D．unexpectedly

【回答】

家庭的不幸、失業的壓力和生活的窘迫並沒有讓我喪失道德，我將撿到的雨傘歸還給了它的主人。最終善有善報，我出乎意料地找到了一份銷售經理的工作。

16．C　我沒有雨傘，因為那把舊傘已經“散架”了。fall apart “破碎，散架；情緒失控；(組織)解體；(協議、關係)破裂”，符合語境。break up“(使)破碎”；go away“離開；走開”；fade away“褪*；逐漸消失”。

17．A　由於離婚和失業，我買不起另外一把傘。afford表示“買得起；能支付”。

18．B　根據第三段的開頭“I got off the bus…”可知，我在“公共汽車”上坐了下來。

19．B　本句的後半部分提到這把傘是絲質銀柄，由此可知這是一把非常“漂亮的”傘。

20．D　這把傘做工講究，我以前“從未”見過如此可愛的東西。

21．C　根據第25空後面的“…for the name on the umbrella.”可知，傘柄上刻有一個“名字”。

22．A　這是在公共汽車上撿到的別人丟失的東西，正常的程式是把雨傘“上交”給售票員。turn in“上交”。

23．A　我“想到”一個主意，決定自己帶著雨傘找到失主。occur to sb“(主意或想法突然)浮現於某人的腦海中”。

24．D　作者在傾盆大雨中下了車，由此可知作者開啟這把傘遮雨時非常“感激”。

25．B　我從電話簿上“查詢”雨傘上的那個名字。search“查詢，搜尋”。

26．C　我撥通電話後，一位女士“接聽”了電話。此處answer表示“接電話”。

27．A　突然有了雨傘的訊息，女士自然感到非常“驚訝”。後三項分別表示“恐慌”“沉默”“憤怒”，顯然不符合語境。

28．B　此處add表示“補充說”。assume“假定”；declare“宣佈，宣告”；announce“宣告，公佈”。

29．A　這把傘一個月以前就被人“從”門階前偷走了。

30．B　女士如此激動以至於我當時“忘記”了自己正在尋找工作，徑直去了那位女士的家。

31．C　女士接過這把雨傘後，眼中溢滿了“淚水”。

32．D　根據本句內容可知，女士想給我錢作為“報酬”。

33．D　第四段提到這是女士已經去世的父母送給她的生日禮物，由此可知這是一把非常“特殊的”雨傘。

34．B　我相信接受了她的錢就會“毀壞”某種東西。

35．D　下一句提到也許是我的善心有了回報，由此可知我“出乎意料地”得到了一份銷售經理的工作。

知識點：日常生活類

題型：完型填空