Mrs Matthews lived in a small town 1        there was a jeweler's shop. It also took in watch 2      ,although it had to send them off to London for the work to be done,as there was not enough business to keep an expert watch repairer occupied.

  When Mrs Matthews's old father died,she inherited (繼承) his gold watch,which had belonged to his father and grandfather before her.  It was big and heavy and worth a lot of 3      ,but it was broken,so Mrs Matthews took it to be 4      

  The man in the jeweler's shop was very interested to see such an 5        watch,and when he had examined its insides,he said he could certainly have it repaired for her. " It'll 6       a long time once that's been done," he said. He wrote out a ticket and gave it to Mrs Matthews,saying, " Please bring this when you come to pick up the watch. But it might take a bit of time,because it isn't a 7      watch."

  The 8       was that she completely forgot about the watch that she had taken in for repairs,and about the ticket for it,which she had put away in a drawer to keep it 9      Then,while she was looking through some old drawers one day,she found the 10        for the watch repair.

  She thought back,suddenly she remembered , " My father's 11       watch!Didn't I pick it up? When did I take it in?" She looked at the ticket.

  "How old is this ticket?" she said to herself. It was five years old.

  Mrs Matthews had heard that shops could sell things that people had left with them if they didn't pick them up and pay for them before a 12      time.  " But the watch might still be 13       ," she thought. "I'll go and see if I can get it back. It might have been sold,but I hope not."

  She took the ticket to the jeweler's and the shopkeeper looked at it and then went to look for the watch without saying a word.

  "That's good," Mrs Matthews thought. "He didn't seem to mind about the 14       " 

  The man came back after a few minutes and said, "It won't be 15        until Friday."

(   ) 1. A. what   B. when   C. where   D. how

(   ) 2. A. repairs   B. shows   C. displays   D. owners

(   ) 3. A. time   B. money   C. food   D. treasure

(   ) 4. A. taken   B. shown   C. repaired   D. sent

(   ) 5. A. strange   B. new   C. usual   D. unusual

(   ) 6. A. spend   B. pay   C. last   D. have

(   ) 7. A. old   B. strange   C. modern   D. wonderful

(   ) 8. A. result   B. thing   C. matter   D. trouble

(   ) 9. A. clean   B. new   C. careful   D. safe

(   ) 10. A. menu   B. check   C. tip   D. ticket

(   ) 11. A. modern   B. new   C. gold   D. old

(   ) 12. A. certain   B. some   C. good   D. any

(   ) 13. A. there   B. here   C. home   D. abroad

(   ) 14. A. day   B. date   C. year   D. month

(   ) 15. A. unready   B. ready   C. finishing   D. completing

1. C where在此引導一個定語從句，先行詞為town。

2. A 據(jù)下文Mrs Matthews's watch was broken及took it be repaired可知。

3. B be worth a lot of money"值很多的錢"。

4. C 上文說It was broken ,當然得repair。

5. D 由上文belonged to her father and grandfather及be worth a lot of money可知，這塊手表不尋常。

6. C last a long time"持續(xù)很長的時間"。

7. C 據(jù)上下文可知，由于它不是一只modern手表，所以需要花些時間來修。

8. A 結(jié)果是她完全忘記了此事。

9. D 她把票存放在抽屜里以免遺失。keep sth safe"確保某物安全"。

10. D 當她收拾舊抽屜時,偶然地發(fā)現(xiàn)了修表的取貨票。

11. C 第2段第1句已提到是金表。

12. A before a certain time"在所規(guī)定的時間之前"。

13. A "那塊表也許還在那兒吧"。

14. B 他似乎很不介意票上的日期。

15. B be ready指"準備好"，這里指手表巳修好。

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