One day newly wedded Nancy lost her ring while helping to plant potatoes. Friends were called and the field was searched long but in vain. Later, when the potatoes were harvested, Everyone looked out for the ring but it remained lost. Another year came round and all the farmers working in the field kept their eyes open. The following year was the same. And year after year, whoever had business in the field always had Nancy’s ring in his mind.
Then the farm changed hands but it went no farther than to cousins. So the memory of the lost ring remained alive until thirty-eight years had passed. Then came a spring day when a man was ploughing the field behind a pair of horses. Even after thirty-eight years he still looked out for the ring, and knew just which part of the field Nancy had lost it in. At this time, when he came there, he found it .He picked it up, put it carefully into his pocket, left his horse, and ran all the way down to the village and placed it into Nancy’s hand.
【小題1】The underlined word “in vain”  in the 1st   paragraph  most probably means “_______”.

A．suggested . B．returned no result C．insisted D．decided
【小題2】How did Nancy come to lose her ring?
A．She lost it while helping to harvest tomatoes in the field
B．She lost it while watering the plants in the field.
C．She lost it while working in the field.
D．She lost it while helping to plant potatoes in the field.
【小題3】What did the ploughman do after finding the ring?
A．He picked it up and put it in his pocket.
B．He ran back to tell everybody in the village.
C．He placed it in a secret spot.
D．He returned it to the owner.
【小題4】What can you infer from the story?
A．The ring was invaluable.
B．People on the farm were honest and helpful.
C．The ring’s mysterious disappearance was the work of supernatural power.
D．Nancy no longer expected that her ring would be found again.


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：本文講述了新婚的南希在種土豆時把戒指掉到地里，每個人都幫她找，但沒找到。若干年后，這塊土地幾經(jīng)轉(zhuǎn)手，但人們記住了南希掉戒指的地方。38 年后，有個人在那塊土地上找到了她的戒指，并馬上送還給她。
【小題1】推理題：根據(jù)第一段中“Friends were called and the field was searched long but in vain.”朋友們都被叫來在地里尋找，但是沒有找到，由此可知“in vain”是無效的。故選B。
【小題2】細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第一段種“One day newly wedded Nancy lost her ring while helping to plant potatoes”可知是在幫忙種土豆時丟的。故選D。
【小題3】細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第二段最后一句“ran all the way down to the village and placed it into Nancy’s hand.”跑回村子把戒指放到南希的手上。故選D。
【小題4】主旨題：閱讀全文可知南溪丟戒指時，所有人都幫助她找。38年后人們找到南希的戒指，立刻還給她，可知這里的人們淳樸誠實，樂于助人。故選B。
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