单选题
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的[A]、[B]、[C]、[D]四个选项中选出最佳答案。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】我把钱包送警察局。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】—位年轻小姐被邀来吃晚饭。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】我和我叔叔、婶婶、年轻小姐,一共四人。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】at table是固定搭配,表示在吃饭时。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】我觉得小姐很面熟。be familiar to sb.表示“对……很熟悉”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】但不记得在那里见过。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】happen to mention/say表示偶尔提到。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】从文章大意来看,该小姐掉的正是我拾到的钱包。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从后半句的“in her childhood”得知该照片应是老照片,
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】A have sth.done,请人做某事。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】我这才突然意识到在照片见过她。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】though 表示“尽管”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】照片是她小时候照的,尽管她现在更老些。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】当我告诉她有关钱包的事情,她非常吃惊。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】我向她解释我是从钱包的照片中认出她的。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】recognize表示“认出,识别出”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】insist on doing sth.表示坚持做某事,是固定用法。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】for the purse,for表白的。“叔叔坚持立即去警察局去拿钱包”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】hand over表示“递过来”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】这是一个非常惊人的巧合,我不但拾到钱包而且找到了主人。`