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It was Australia Day.We had spent the afternoon 1 with friends.When we arrived home，the message bank on my mobile phone was flashing.It was our 2 ，Annabel，who had just been left at a boarding school over 500 kilometers away.Annabel’s 3 ：“Hi，Mum and Dad，I’ve 4 ！” After just four days at school her main means of 5 安装) the Find My Phone app. had gone missing at an Australia Day celebration.We realised the chance of finding the phone were 6 for we hadn’t installed( my phone voice greeted us
The next morning，my mobile beeped(发出哔哔声) loudly.When I replayed the 7 ，a kind voice announced that she had something that 8 my daughter and hoped I could call her back.
Annabel had 9 my number on the inside of her phone’s case—a 10 thinking！“I’ll take it to work 11 ，” she kindly offered after I 12 that my daughter was at boarding school and I lived a sixhour drive away. you see if anyone can pick it up
After contacting the people I 13 who lived nearby，I was out of luck—no one was able to 14 the phone.
Later I decided to ask our angel(天使) to post the 15 ，this angel，who had already spent a busy day at work，was making a twohour round trip on a Saturday night，especially to 17 a phone to a complete stranger. to my daughter.But to my 16
I gave her 18 and she delivered the phone into the hands of my daughter.The only word of an explanation was：“I’ve got four 19 of my own.I know how a mother 20 .”
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语篇解读 本文是记叙文。文章讲述了作者的女儿丢失手机后，一位好心人不辞辛苦送还手机的故事。
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1．A.working B．training
C．traveling D．celebrating
答案 D
解析 结合上文中的“Australia Day”和下文中的“an Australia Day celebration”可知，澳大利亚国庆日那天下午，“我们”和朋友一起庆祝(celebrate)节日。
2．A.daughter B．friend
C．neighbor D．teacher
答案 A
解析 根据下文中的“Hi，Mum and Dad”以及第二段中的“my daughter”可知，Annabel是“我们”的女儿(daughter)。
3．A.tired B．excited
C．relaxed D．concerned
答案 D
解析 根据下文中的“We realised the chance of finding the phone were...for we hadn’t installed(安装) the Find My Phone app.”可知，女儿用忧心的(concerned)声音告诉我们她的手机丢了(lose)。
4．A.fixed B．lost
C．damaged D．received
答案 B
解析 见上题解析。
5．A.escape B．transport
C．expression D．communication
答案 D
解析 根据下文中的“finding the phone”可知，女儿丢失的是她最主要的通讯(communication)工具。
6．A.slim B．fair
C．unique D．important
答案 A
解析 根据下文中的“we hadn’t installed(安装) the Find My Phone app”可知，“我们”意识到找到手机的可能性不大(slim)。
7．A.game B．video
C．message D．conversation
答案 C
解析 结合上文中的“my mobile beeped(发出哔哔声) loudly”和下文中的“a kind voice announced...”可知，“我”重放了一遍收到的信息(message)。
8．A.moved B．changed
C．belonged to D．appealed to
答案 C
解析 根据下文中的“Annabel had...my number on the inside of her phone’s case”可知，发信息的人捡到了属于(belong to)“我”女儿的手机。
9．A.called B．written
C．checked D．obtained
答案 B
解析 女儿把“我”的电话号码写(write)在手机壳上了——真是个好(good)主意。
10．A.good B．critical
C．honest D．quick
答案 A
解析 见上题解析。
11．A.until B．since
C．while D．unless
答案 C
解析 “I’ll take it to work”发生在“you see if anyone can pick it up”期间，故此处填while。
12．A.suggested B．explained
C．predicted D．promised
答案 B
解析 “my daughter was at boarding school and I lived a sixhour drive away”是“我”向捡到手机的那位好心人解释(explain)的内容。
13．A.knew B．respected
C．invited D．appreciated
答案 A
解析 此处表示“我”联系那些自己认识(know)的住在附近的人去帮忙取回手机。
14．A.pay for B．give up
C．pick up D．look for
答案 C
解析 根据上文中的“you see if anyone can pick it up”和“I was out of luck”可知，没人能去取(pick up)手机。
15．A.gift B．phone
C．letter D．suitcase
答案 B
解析 根据上文中的“I was out of luck—no one was able to...the phone”可知，“我”打算让捡到手机的这位好心人把手机(phone)寄给女儿。
16．A.satisfaction B．relief
C．disappointment D．surprise
答案 D
解析 根据下文中的“this angel，who had already spent a busy day at work，was making a twohour round trip on a Saturday night，especially to...a phone to a complete stranger”可知，“我”对此感到惊讶(surprise)。
17．A.introduce B．mail
C．return D．devote
答案 C
解析 根据下文中的“she delivered the phone into the hands of my daughter”可知，好心人把手机归还(return)给了“我”的女儿。
18．A.support B．directions
C．permission D．rewards
答案 B
解析 结合上文中的“a complete stranger”和下文中的“she delivered the phone into the hands of my daughter”可知，“我”把女儿所在学校的方位(direction)告诉给她。
19．A.children B．students
C．visitors D．passengers
答案 A
解析 这位好心人唯一的解释是：“我自己有四个孩子(children)，所以我知道(这种情况下)作为母亲会有多担心(worry)。”
20．A.wishes B．angers
C．regrets D．worries
答案 D
解析 见上题解析。
