2019中考英语：worth more than anything could buy

捡钱不还虽可享用一时，但良心会一辈子不安;拾金不昧虽有点一时不忍，但那种感觉将会orth more than anything uld buy。

I orked for a short ti as a cashier(出纳员) at a restaurant a fe months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables hen it as very busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black allet on the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out ho as the oner, but I as very busy at the ti. And I imagined that if there as sothing valuable(有价值的) in the allet, the oner ould be back. Sure enough, an hour later a man ca up to the unter and asked if anyone had found a allet. I asked him to describe the lost allet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the allet. He expressed his thanks hen I handed it to him. He asked if I had opened it, and hen I told him “no”. At once he opened it and shoed that it had nearly $ 800 in cash(现金). He took out a tenty-dollar bill and handed it to and I as amazed at this. “A reard(酬劳) for your honesty,” he said and then turned and alked aay.

Thinking about it later, I began ondering hether I ould have been honest if I had knon hat as in the allet! I thought that if I had no ay to find the oner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it. But it also ca into my mind that I actually saved soone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the allet. The good feeling it gave as orth more than anything uld buy.

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1. Which of the folloing is true?

A. The oner of the allet found a tenty-dollar bill gone.

B. The riter asn’t surprised hen the man gave her a reard.

C. Nothing in the allet as missing.

D. The man as very, very excited hen he got his allet back.

2. The riter returned the allet to the oner because _______.

A. she thought Christmas as ing

B. the oner ca back too soon

C. she didn’t kno there as so much money in it

D. as an honest person, she didn’t care much about money

3. Which of the folloing is NOT true?

A. The riter aepted a reard of $ 20.

B. The riter regretted(后悔) that she had returned the allet.

C. The riter didn’t return the allet until the oner ca back.

D. The riter fell very happy after she returned the allet.

【答案及解析】

1. 选C。由于作者并未打开钱包，更没有从中取出什么，所以说Nothing in the allet as missing。

2. 选B。根据文章一段中的Thinking about it later, I began ondering hether I ould have been honest if I had knon hat as in the allet! I thought that if I had no ay to find the oner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it可排除选项C和D。比较选项A和B，再结合文章大意，选B为佳(from .zkenglish.)