Unit 2 The United Kingdom Reading课时作业

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　　(2019·南昌模拟)The mysterious golden box was tied with ribbon and sat upon a shelf in the dining room. During my childhood, I would often__1__where it had come from and why it was never __2__. Sometimes, I would climb upon a chair to get a __3__look, but would never__4__it for fear I would __5__something special. Many years passed as the box continued to sit with its __6__contents, undisturbed.

　　The tragic__7__of my father happened one spring day.After my father's funeral, my mother carefully__8__the ribbon and opened the treasured box with __9__in her eyes and a life­time memory in her heart. On a yellow piece of paper were written these words: "My love, I will go__10__， but I will hold dear my love for you, so I leave you this box filled with kisses. Please wait till I return."

　　Then my mother told me this story: My parents__11__in college when their best friends set them up on a blind date. As my parents' friendship __12__， also did their love. They planned to get __13__after graduation, but my father had to __14__to war. Before leaving, he prepared that golden box and tied it with the ribbon as a symbol of his everlasting __15__for my mother. He asked that she should open the box only __16__she knew he would not be coming home. When my father finally __17__ from the war, they married.__18__， Mom kept that box unopened as a__19__of their love and devotion during that __20__time in their lives until the day when Dad passed away.

　　【解题导语】　本文主要通过家里一个神秘的金色盒子讲述了作者父母之间坚贞的爱情。

　　1．A.suspect　　　 B．hesitate

　　C．wonder D．explain

　　C　解析：根据语境中的两个特殊疑问词， 并结合上文"The mysterious golden box" 可推知， 作者对这个金色盒子充满了好奇， 故选C。wonder"想知道"。

　　2．A.tied B．opened

　　C．fixed D．wrapped

　　B　解析：根据下文"undisturbed"可推知， 金色盒子从来没有被打开过(opened), 因此显得非常神秘。

　　3．A.new B．contented

　　C．quick D．close

D　解析：因为好奇心驱使， 作者爬上椅子想近距离一探究竟。故选D项。