When Lyse and her daughter were walking through a store 5 lot recently, Lyse picked up an envelop from the ground that 6 $4,000 in cash.There were a 7 of different explanations that could be considered.Was this a kind of good 8 ? Could it be an attempt by the universe to balance everything? Could it be simply a gift from God? Lyse didn‘t know.The only thing she knew was that the cash in that envelope 9 to someone else.Oh, and one other thing she knew Her young daughter was 10 .―My kid was standing right there 11 I found it,‖ Lyse told WLS-TV in Chicago.―So basically I wanted to teach my daughter how to be 12 .And for me that was enough.‖
Never mind the bills that were 13 , or the car that needed to be fixed, or the baby that would come soon.And forget that when she 14 the money over to the police she was told that there was actually nothing illegal if she 15 it.
The police were able to return the money to the person who 16 it an old woman.And one can imagine the joy and 17 she felt when the police handed the lost envelop back to her.―She came to my house and she was almost in tears, 18 me,‖ Lyse said.―She gave me a hug and an envelope with a small 19 in it.But what was in it wasn‘t 20 .What mattered was the opportunity to teach my daughter honesty.‖ 1.A.restrictedB.upsetC.gratefulD.sensitive
2.A.appreciatedB.unemployedC.disappointedD.removed 3.A.cash B.protectionC.saleD.repair 4.A.sickB.due C.desperateD.dull
5.A.gathering B.begging C.cleaningD.parking 6.A.contained B.involved C.chargedD.paid 7.A.handful B.deal C.numberD.flood 8.A.expenseB.luckC.hopeD.prize 9.A.belongedB.reactedC.pointedD.responded 10.A.urgingB.affectingC.laughingD.watching 11.A.beforeB.whenC.becauseD.though
12.A.ripeB.loyalC.honestD.humorous 13.A.passing byB.giving awayC.showing off D.piling up 14.A.turned B.watchedC.gotD.collected
31
15.A.checkedB.madeC.kept D.promoted 16.A.sentB.lost C.dislikedD.generated 17.A.reliefB.anxietyC.tensionD.respect
18.A.comfortingB.congratulatingC.thankingD.offending 19.A.optionB.presentC.envelopeD.amount 20.A.importantB.seriousC.sufficient D.efficient 【解析】
【文章大意】本文讲述了一个原本生活还凑合的一家人，因为男女支柱双双失业，使原本生Lyse和她女儿一起见到了一个装有现金的信封，活就不富裕的一家人更加困难，然而有一天，而这笔钱正好可以解这个家庭的燃眉之急，但是Lyse为了给女儿树立一个诚信的好榜样，将这笔钱交到了警察手中。
1.C restricted限制的；upset沮丧的；grateful感激的；sensitive敏感的。句意：双方父母都
在，还有一个小女儿，他们对这样的生活很感激。故选C。
2.B appreciate感激，欣赏；unemploy解雇，失业；disappoint对??失望；remove移除。前文提到对那样的生活感到感激，but在此表转折，则可知生活出现不好的变化，B选项符合逻辑。句意：但是她和她丈夫现在双双都失业了。
3.D cash现金；protection保护；sale卖；repair修理。第一段最后一句So things are a little tense for the Doucet family these days这一家的生活很紧张。故前面由几个and连接的句子都是造成生活紧张的原因，故可知车需要花钱修理。故选D。
4.B sick生病的；due预期的，到期的；desperate绝望的；dull呆滞的。第一段提到家庭成员，双方父母加上一个女儿，可知此处的第二个孩子应该尚未出生，而是将要产生，故选B。在此处表示预产期即将到达。
5.D gather收集，集聚；beg乞求；clean清洁，打扫；park停车。parking lot 为固定搭配，意为―停车场‖。句意：最近Lyse和女儿经过停车场的时候…。故选D。
6.A contain包含，容纳；involve包含，涉及；charge收费，投诉；pay支付。句意：Lyse从地上捡起个信封，里面有4000美元现金。此处要注意contain和involve的区别，前者强调有形的物体，后者则表示抽象的东西或人。故选A。
7.C a handful of一把，少数；a deal of大量的，相当多的，后面接不可数名词；a number of大量的，后接可数名词复数；a flood of一大批的，如洪水般的(强调涌现出来) 。后面为explanations，且此处没有强调这些理由涌现出来的意味，只是强调数量之多，故选C。
32
8.B expense开支，花费；luck运气，幸运；hope希望；prize奖赏。句意：这是一种好运气吗？面对捡到的这些钱Lyse在想是否是运气的眷顾。故选B。
9.A belong属于；react反应，重演；point指出；respond回应，答复。sth belongs to sb.某物属于某人。句意：她只知道这个装有现金的信封是别人的。故选A.
10.D urge催促；affect影响；laugh；嘲笑；大笑；watch注视着。由后文可知，Lyse捡钱的时候，女儿在旁边看着；且后文讲述了她为了给女儿树立好榜样，把钱物归原主，可知女儿不会催促她捡钱，A错误；B,D不符合逻辑；故选D。
11.B 本题考查状语从句，排除C,D.句意―当我捡钱的时候，女儿就站在旁边。‖可知，应选when.
12.C ripe成熟的；loyal忠诚的；honest诚实的；humorous幽默的。捡到他人的财物，不管自己多么需要，也要物归原主，这是诚信问题。故选C。
13.D pass by路过；give away途径；赠送；泄露；show off卖弄；炫耀；pile up堆积，积聚。句意：不管账单是否堆积如山，车子急需修理，孩子即将出生。故选D。 14.A turn sth over 将??移交。句意：她把捡来的钱移交给警察。
15.C check检查，使；make做；keep保留；promote提升。句意：她被告知就算她把钱留着也不算犯法。故选C。
16.B send送，发送；lost丢失；dislike不喜欢，厌恶；generate产生。句意：警察把钱归还给丢失钱的人，一位老妇人。故选B。
17.A relief宽慰，安心；anxiety焦虑；tension紧张；respect尊重。空白处要与joy成并列关系，故选A.句意：可以想象她是多么的高兴和宽慰。
18.C comfort使舒适；congratulate祝贺，恭喜；thank感谢；offend冒犯，得罪。句意：她来到我家来感谢我，几乎要哭了。失主对归还东西的人自然是存着感激之情，故选C。 19.D option选择；present礼物；envelope信封；amount数量，数额。作为回报，失主在信封里装了一点钱。故选D。
20.A important重要的；serious严肃的；sufficient充足的；efficient有效的。句意：信封里面装的是什么并不重要，重要的是有机会教导女儿要诚信。故选A。
D【2015·宁夏回族自治区银川一中高三第一次模拟】
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large 1 .
All of their friends and 2 came to see the lovely ceremony and to 3 in the
33
festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time. The bride was impressive
4 her white wedding gown and the groom was very attractive in his black suit. Everyone could 5 that the love they had for each other was 6 . A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a/an 7 , \read in a magazine about how we can 8 our marriage,\the things that we find a bit 9 with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can 10 them and make our lives happier together.\The husband agreed. So 11 of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them. They thought about this question for 12
of the day and wrote down what they 13 . The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would 14 their lists.
\ 15 on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband's eyes.
\The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She 16 placed her list on the table and 17 her hands over the top of it.
\
Quietly the husband 18 , \perfect the way 19 you are. I don't want you to change anything for me. The wife, 20 by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful before us?
1. A. festival B. feast C. celebration D. holiday 2. A. family B. colleaguesC. relativesD. neighbours 3. A. overcome B. undertakeC. intakeD. partake 4. A. dressed inB. pull onC. put onD. wore 5. A. sayB. tellC. knowD. learn 6. A. realB. actualC. trueD. pure
7. A. proposalB. ideaC. requestD. command 8. A. expandB. strengthenC. broadenD. deepen 9. A. annoyedB. disturbedC. disturbingD. annoying 10. A. focusB. fixC. concentrate D. react 11. A. bothB. allC. eachD. neither
12. A. the remained B. the restC. the left D. the following 13. A. came upB. came outC. came forD. came up with
34
14. A. go overB. make upC. look overD. turn to 15. A. mattersB. topicsC. itemsD. details 16. A. cleanlyB. clearlyC. proudlyD. neatly 17. A. unfoldedB. foldedC. openedD. stretched 18. A. statedB. declaredC. announcedD. suggested 19. A. whatB. whereC. whoD. that
20. A. encouragedB. criticizedC. touchedD. loved 【解析】
【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。新娘和新郎结婚不久，新娘提议为了让他们的婚姻更加完美，他们要列出对方的不足之处来进行改正。当新娘把她认为新郎让人恼火的地方说完之后，新郎却表示他认为新娘是完美的，他喜欢她的一切。
1. C festival节日；feast盛宴；celebration庆祝；holiday假期，节日。从情理可知婚礼是一场重大的庆典仪式，而且下文celebrations也是提示词，故选C。
2. A family家庭；colleagues同事；relatives亲戚；neighbours邻居；根据情理可知参加婚礼的应该有朋友，家人等，故选A。
3. D overcome克服；undertake从事；intake吸收；partake参与，分享。根据搭配可知人们来参加婚礼，见证他们的幸福时刻，故选D。
4. A dressed in穿着；pull on匆忙穿上；put on穿上；wore穿着。dressed in “穿着”，表示状态，而wear虽然可以表示状态，但是形式不正确，其他表示动作，故判断选A。 5. B say说；tell告诉，辨别；know知道；learn学习。tell“看出，确切地判断”，从语境可知人们能够看出新郎、新娘的幸福，其他不符合语境。
6.C real真的；actual实际上；true真正的；pure纯粹的，纯洁的。true强调不是编造的，不是假装的，而real侧重是真的，不是仿制的，此处指他们的爱是发自内心的，故选C。 7. A proposal 建议；idea想法； request要求；command命令；根据新娘说的话，可知她是做出了一个提议，选A。
8. B expand拓展；strengthen加强；broaden加宽；deepen加深；从下文可知新娘的提议是为了巩固他们之间的爱情，故选B。
9.D annoyed 感到恼火的；disturbed扰乱的；disturbing令人不安的； annoying令人恼火的；根据下文内容that annoyed them可知新娘要他们列出让对方恼火的事情，以便来改进，故选D。
10. B focus专注；fix修理，固定；concentrate专注；react反应；从后句内容可知新娘建议找出对方的缺点来进行改正，故选B。
11. C both两者都； all三个以上都； each两个中的每一个； neither两个都不；根据后句中的a separate room可以判断他们两个分别去了不同的房间，故选C。
12. B the remained剩余的；the rest剩余的； the left剩下的； the following接下来的；从
35