Question

One sunny Monday, I decided to go for a walk on the path near my house with my husband. On my _____ was a very special ring：I’d just picked it up from jeweller’s the day before because I had it designed to hold a diamond my grandmother gave me for my 23rd birthday. I looked down at my ring as I began my _____, feeling as sunny as the day.

Imagine my sadness when I looked again at the end of the path and found the diamond was _______. Anxiously(焦急地), I started back along the path, looking for the _______ stone. In my heart, I knew how hopeless my search was. The path was long and covered with leaves. As I searched the ______, crying and upset, I met an old gentleman. “What's the matter, love?” he asked _______. “Lost something?” I explained about the missing diamond and showed him the hole ______ my ring. He whistled. “That’s going to be hard to find. Tell you what, love, I walk along this path every day. I'll keep my _______ open for it.” I thanked him, _______nothing, but told him my husband often walked our dogs along the path ________he might find something.A few days later, my husband met the old man on the path. “Guess what?” he said, “I found your diamond!” ______ he’d found the tiny stone and was willing to hand the diamond back to my husband, saying casually（未經(jīng)考慮地）, “It was lucky that I found it. I only have 50 percent eyesight in one eye.” When my husband offered him money for his help, he refused it. He could have easily ______ the diamond, or sold it, as it’s worth several thousand dollars, ______, thanks to this man, I’ll spend the rest of my days trying to do something like that for ________ person. And what I have to do is to look at my ring and ______ myself that there are kind and generous souls there.

1.A. pocket B. foot C. head D. finger

2.A. work B. path C. walk D. talk

3.A. losing B. left C. gone D. missed

4.A. big B. tiny C. colorless D. shiny

5.A. street B. ground C. room D. yard

6.A. kindly B. sadly C. happily D. friendly

7.A. in B. on C. above D. among

8.A. house B. mouth C. eyes D. hands

9.A. getting B. expecting C. explaining D. telling

10.A. because B. when C. if D. since

11.A. Hopefully B. Naturally C. Unluckily D. Unbelievably

12.A. stored B. kept C. covered D. placed

13.A. however B. and C. or D. so

14.A. the other B. others C. another D. other

15.A. ask B. remind C. warn D. promise

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