Question

阅读填空

阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella He has had it for years1.“Then how did you get it?” I asked He answered, “It is a strange true story about the umbrella”

“About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening when it suddenly rained2.Gradually, it grew quite dark And the people in the streets were fewer and fewer I was afraid to get wet, so I stood in a door-way and waited for the rain stop No buses ran through that street and there were no taxis 3. At last a young man came with an umbrella 4.I hoped he would allow me to walk to the next corner with him As I suddenly appeared before him, the young man was so shocked that he dropped the umbrella He ran away and disappeared into the darkness 5. I knew it would be hard in this big city to find the owner, so I’ve kept it ever since”

A. I had no raincoat and no umbrella

B. I picked up the umbrella and continued

C. What was worse, there even wasn’t a person around

D. I asked him where he was going

E. As he is very careful with it, it still looks as good as new

Answer 1