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Most of us have lost our wallet at some stage in our lives. But few would imagine having it returned after 66 years. Edward Parker dropped his wallet in 1950 into an inaccessible spot behind a bookshelf, while working as an electrician, repairing World War Two bomb damage in the palace. The wallet stayed there until this year when a builder, doing some restoration work, finally found it.
The wallet is a time capsule. Its leather and webbing has long ago started to disintegrate. But it contains numerous pictures of family, invoices, receipts, old union cards, results of a chest X-ray (sent to him in 1948, the same year as the NHS was founded), a national service card dated 9 December 1944 and a medical insurance card. His business cards—E Parker, Electrical Contractor—seem almost original. Reflecting the typical methods of contact of the time, they have an address but no telephone number.
A month ago I was speaking to a press officer Lambeth Palace and he mentioned that the wallet had just been handed in. We thought it might be nice to try and work out whose it was and give it back to the family. Edward Parker is a pretty common name, but his medical card contained two places of residence—Poets Road and Springdale Road in north London. From this, Islington Council were able to find details of a marriage between Edward Parker and Constance Butler in 1947.
That information was enough to work out that he was still alive and in a care home in Essex, so I went to visit him. Now 89, Edward has dementia (癡呆), but he was clearly happy to get the wallet and in particular, the photographs back. He pointed out pictures of his mother and father, his brother, his cousins and his wife Constance, who was with him when I visited. He hadn't seen a picture of his father since he lost the wallet, Constance, 90, said.
（1）It can be inferred that Edward Parker ___________.
A.always lost his wallet
B.once took part in World War II
C.once worked as a builder
D.once worked as electrical technician
（2）What's the main idea of the second paragraph?
A.The producer of the wallet.
B.The raw material of the wallet.
C.The concrete contents of the wallet.
D.The high-quality shape of the wallet.
（3）What does the underlined word “disintegrate” in the second paragraph mean?
A.Maintain.
B.Damage.
C.Disappear.
D.Destroy.
（4）What plays a key role in returning the wallet?
A.Medical card.
B.Business card.
C.Old union card.
D.National service card.
【答案】
（1）D
（2）C
（3）B
（4）A
【解析】Edward Parker于1950年丟失的錢包在66年后終于物歸原主。
（1）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Edward Parker dropped his wallet in 1950 into an inaccessible spot behind a bookshelf, while working as an electrician,可知他曾經(jīng)是一個電氣技師，所以答案是D。
（2）主旨大意題。文章第二段主要是介紹這個錢包里的東西，并且對一部分東西進行了詳細具體的介紹，所以答案是C。
（3）詞義猜測題。disintegrate所在句子的意思是：錢包的皮革和織帶由于時間長已經(jīng)開始（）。皮革時間長了之后肯定會發(fā)生斷裂甚至腐爛，這是生活常識，故括號里的意思肯定是表示破壞，損壞一類的詞，所以答案是B。
（4）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段but his medical card contained two places of residence—Poets Road and Springdale Road in north London. From this, Islington Council were able to find details of a marriage between Edward Parker and Constance Butler in 1947.可知正是通過他的醫(yī)�？ɡ锏男畔�，最終找到了錢包的主人，所以醫(yī)�？ㄆ鹬匾淖饔�，故選A。
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D
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C
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A
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