一、短文填空
阅读短文,在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
Something caught my eye when I was walking down the street. Two silver coins were shining in a melting snow bank, so I dug (挖) through the snow looking $^{(1)}$
for
more. Of course, I just ended up with really cold hands. I put the two coins into my pocket and went home, $^{(2)}$
colder
(cold) but richer. I began to think about how to spend the
money.
Two days later, Mary and her little sister Suzy were searching the snow banks. My first thought $^{(3)}$
was
(be), “Finders keepers.” I didn’t want to give $^{(4)}$
them
(they) back even though Suzy was already crying. “I $^{(5)}$
dropped
(drop) them right here,” she said in tears (眼泪). Her hands were cold and red $^{(6)}$
from/after
digging in the snow. “Maybe they went down the street with the melting snow. Let’s dig over here.” Mary’s voice sounded confident.
My $^{(7)}$
second
(two) thought was, “They’ll never know.” And I walked past them. “Phil, have you seen two silver coins?” asked Mary. Suzy looked up from digging. Her eyes were $^{(8)}$
hopeful
(hope).
My third thought was, “$^{(9)}$
Tell
(tell) a lie.” “In fact,” I hesitated (犹豫), “I dug two coins out of that snow bank just a few days ago. I wondered who might have lost them.” Suzy hugged (拥抱) me with $^{(10)}$
a
big smile, “Oh, thank you, thank you.”