Ⅰ.完形填空(30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A call came into Jimmy Gilleece's bar. A newlymarried woman, who had spent the afternoon at his bar，couldn't find her wallet. She didn't __1__ her ID, credit cards，or $150 in cash—but her wedding ring was inside.
Gilleece,42，didn't like the idea that a(n) __2__ could have occurred at his place. So he __3__ finding the wallet. He spent hours on videos from surveillance (监控) cameras，watching the woman's every __4__ in the bar until she went to sit on a bench outside. Within minutes, a young man __5__ the bench, put something in his pocket, and walked off. Gilleece __6__ a clip (视频片段) on the bar's Facebook page to find out who the young man was.
Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17yearold Rivers Prather, who said he'd done it __7__ he hadn't eaten for two days. He said he saw the ring but thought it was fake (假的), so he took the money and __8__ the wallet off the public docks (码头) into the ocean.
Gilleece told the teen to __9__ him at the docks. There they talked a lot and Gilleece __10__ that he was from a poor family. Seeing the teenager's __11__ build, Gilleece thought he was more of a kid than a __12__.
However, the police were already on the __13__， and because of the missing ring, Prather could be put into prison. So, to help him, Gilleece hired two local divers to __14__ the waters where the wallet had been thrown.
The next day a crowd had __15__ to watch. An hour passed, with no __16__ of the ring. Then, __17__， a diver came up. In his hand was the wallet and inside was the ring. __18__ erupted from the crowd. When Gilleece called the wallet's owner, she burst into tears and immediately dropped the __19__ against Prather.
It wasn't over for Gilleece. He gave the kid a job at his bar. All this will __20__ the young man's life.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。一位女顾客在Gilleece的酒吧里丢了钱包，Gilleece找到了小偷，不但没有把他交给警察，反而帮助了他。
1．A.talk about B．hear about
C．think about D．care about
解析：根据“A newlymarried woman”和“but her wedding ring was inside”可推断女顾客不在乎钱包里的其他东西，但是钱包里有她的结婚戒指。
答案：D
2．A.accident B．robbery
C．theft D．quarrel
解析：根据上文“couldn't find her wallet”可知，女顾客的钱包丢了，这可能是一起盗窃事件。
答案：C
3．A.set about B．hesitated over
C．gave up D．went on
解析：根据上文“Gilleece, 42, didn't like the idea that a(n) __2__ could have occurred at his place.”可知，他不能容忍在自己的店里发生这样的事情，所以他开始找钱包。
答案：A
4．A.mistake B．expression
C．gesture D．step
解析：根据上文“surveillance cameras”可知，此处指Gilleece在监控录像中仔细观察她在酒吧的每一步。
答案：D
5．A.ignored B．approached
C．passed D．repaired
解析：根据下文的“put something in his pocket, and walked off”可知，他走近长凳，把某个东西放到口袋里后便离开了。
答案：B
6．A.found B．published
C．posted D．purchased
解析：Gilleece把监控录像的一个小片段放到了酒吧的Facebook网页上寻找这名年轻男子。
答案：C
7．A.because B．although
C．if D．unless
解析：根据下文的“he hadn't eaten for two days”可知，他偷钱包是因为他两天没吃饭了。
答案：A
8．A.kept B．threw
C．brought D．left
解析：根据下文的“off the public docks into the ocean”以及“__14__ the waters where the wallet had been thrown”可知，他以为戒指是假的，所以拿了钱包里的现金后就把钱包从码头扔进了海里。
答案：B
9．A.guide B．catch
C．meet D．scold
解析：根据下文“There they talked a lot”可知，他们约了见面。
答案：C
10．A.learned B．imagined
C．hoped D．agreed
解析：从聊天中Gilleece了解到他家很穷。
答案：A
11．A.strong B．average
C．heavy D．thin
解析：根据上文“he was from a poor family”和下文“he was more of a kid”可推断，他体形很瘦弱。看到他这个样子，Gilleece觉得他是个孩子而不是罪犯。
答案：D
12．A.fool B．criminal
C．student D．player
解析：参考上题解析。
答案：B
13．A.rise B．spot
C．case D．phone
解析：此处指警察已经介入此案，故选C项。
答案：C
14．A.explore B．clean
C．handle D．search
解析：为了帮助这个孩子，Gilleece雇了两个当地的潜水员搜寻这片水域，试图找到戒指。
答案：D
15．A.meant B．promised
C．gathered D．happened
解析：人们也聚集在这里看打捞钱包。
答案：C
16．A.sign B．prediction
C．symbol D．design
解析：一个小时过去了，还不见戒指的踪影。
答案：A
17．A.immediately B．naturally
C．fortunately D．suddenly
解析：突然有个潜水员冒出了水面。他手里拿着钱包，而戒指就在钱包里。
答案：D
18．A.Whistles B．Cheers
C．Whispers D．Sighs
解析：戒指找到了，人群中爆发出欢呼声。
答案：B
19．A.charge B．praise
C．attack D．commitment
解析：被盗的戒指找到了，钱包的主人撤销了起诉，故选A项。
答案：A
20．A.ruin B．change
C．risk D．control
解析：Gilleece还给这个孩子提供了一份在酒吧的工作。他所做的这一切将改变这个孩子的人生。
答案：B
