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.
【小題1】The underlined word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".

A．fashionable B．a(chǎn)vailable C．practical D．renewable
【小題2】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
【小題3】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.
【小題4】What would be the best title for the passage?
A．My New Ring
B．Lost and Replaced
C．Lost and Found
D．An Expensive Ring


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：這篇是記敘文，講述作者渴望得到一枚有字母的戒指，但不小心丟失額，在多年后，奇跡般的找回的故事。
【小題1】猜詞題：從后面的句子it seemed every girl except me had one.，除了我好像每個女孩都有這樣的戒指，應(yīng)該是“時尚的”，或者根據(jù)大家都知道的out（過時），可以猜測出來，選A
【小題2】計算題：從第一段On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it.可知作者在13歲的時候，媽媽給了她戒指做禮物，從第三段two years later, we sold the house and moved away.可知兩年后，作者家賣了房子，搬走了，從第五段的內(nèi)容The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets.可知在13年后作者又得到了這枚丟失的戒指。這是作者應(yīng)該是28歲找回戒指的，選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的第一句話Years passed, and a couple of moves later,，可知作者搬了幾次家。句中的a couple of和A項的several意思相近。選A。
【小題4】主旨題：根據(jù)整篇文章的主旨可知：文章主要講述了作者的戒指失而復(fù)得的故事，所以C項 Lost and Found是最好的標(biāo)題。
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A．Clerc managed his time well, succeeding in his career.
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