The lost wallet, a great love story 丟失錢包中的感人故事

胡金瑩

As I walked home on a freezing day， I stumbled on a wallet someone had lost in the street. I picked it up and looked inside to find some information about the owner. But the wallet contained only three dollars and a（n） 1. _____________that looked as if it had been there for years.

It was a beautiful letter， but there was no useful information except for the names Michael and Hannah. After great effort， I 2. _____________found a phone number. The woman who answered 3. _____________（admitted/explained） that Hannah herself was living in a nursing home. Even though it was already 10 pm， I drove over to the nursing home and found Hannah.

She was a sweet， silver-haired old lady. The second she saw the letter， she took a deep breath and said， “Young man， this letter? was the last contact I ever had with Michael.” After 4._____________ （hesitating/listening） for a moment， she said to me， “If you find him， tell him I still love him and I never marry...”

I thanked Hannah and took the elevator to the first floor. 5._____________ I stood by the door， the guard saw the wallet in my hand and said， “Well， the wallet is Mr Goldstein's wallet. He's always losing that wallet.” “Who's Mr Goldstein？” I asked as my hand began to 6._____________ （clap/shake）. “He's an old man living on the 8th floor.”

I thanked the guard and quickly went to find Michael Goldstein. After returning his wallet， I talked about Hannah and he suddenly grew pale. “Mr Goldstein，” I said， “come with me.” When seeing each other， they were so 7._____________ （excited/surprised） that they couldn't say a word.

About three weeks later I got a call from the nursing home， inviting me to attend a（n） 8._____________ between Michael

and Hannah. It was a perfect ending for a love affair that had lasted nearly 60 years.

閱讀檢測

Fill in each blank with only one word or select the right items given in the bracket according to the context.

語言學(xué)習(xí)

寫作推薦

（1）美段背誦

As I walked home on a freezing day， I stumbled on a wallet someone had lost in the street. I picked it up and looked inside to find some information about the owner. But the wallet contained only three dollars and a letter that looked as if it had been there for years. 在寒冷的一天，我在回家途中被一個丟失在路上的錢包絆了一下。我把它撿了起來，看了看里面有沒有關(guān)于失主的信息。但我發(fā)現(xiàn)錢包中僅有三美元和一封看似很多年的信。

（2）doing作后置定語。doing作后置定語，放在所修飾名詞之后，和名詞之間存在邏輯上的主謂關(guān)系。

About three weeks later I got a call from the nursing home， inviting me to attend a wedding between Michael and Hannah. 三周后，我接到了養(yǎng)老院的電話，邀請我去參加邁克爾和漢娜的婚禮。

The man standing in front of the library is our new English teacher. 站在圖書館前的那個人是我們的新英語老師。

As we all know， China is a developing country belonging to the third world. 眾所周知，中國是一個屬于第三世界的國家。

My friend Li Hua is an excellent student， having a good command of English. 我的朋友李華是一個精通英語的非常優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生。

【句式仿寫】那個擁有數(shù)百萬美元的富人因身體不好而依然感到不快樂。

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