1 . The Munfords were moving into a house they bought. They wanted to see if all the furniture was in good condition before they used it. James Munford was_________ the built-in drawers in the closet last month, when he found two cases holding 46 gold Liberty $5 coins and 18 Morgan silver dollars that were made in the 1800s. They looked really old, like they were really worth a lot of _________.
James and his wife, Clarrisa, who are both retired thought the coins are _________a family heirloom (传家宝), so they went ahead and made sure the owner _________them back. James texted pictures of the _________to the home’s former owner and made plans to _________them.
“We really didn’t know anything about the _________of the coins. We really didn’t _________, to be honest with you. We knew they were not ours,” said Clarrisa Munford, who runs a restaurant business.
The home’s _________owner, who asked not to be __________, estimated (估算) that the coins were worth about $25,000. He said he’d put the containers in the back of his sock drawer a few months ago for safe keeping and didn’t see it in his__________ to get packed up and moved out of the house. The rest of his coin collection was in his safe. He didn’t realize the coins were __________until the Munfords contacted him. He added that he would never have known if they had __________to sell the coins and keep the money for themselves.
The Munfords are still unpacking and their furniture just arrived last week, so they haven’t had a __________to see if there are any other __________.
1. A.trying | B.repairing | C.removing | D.checking |
2. A.trouble | B.money | C.effort | D.time |
3. A.specially | B.actually | C.probably | D.exactly |
4. 5. A.closets | B.drawers | C.cases | D.coins |
6. A.return | B.collect | C.sell | D.examine |
7. A.number | B.origin | C.value | D.use |
8. A.believe | B.care | C.understand | D.agree |
9. A.generous | B.real | C.kind | D.former |
10. A.named | B.paid | C.rewarded | D.praised |
11. A.attempt | B.hope | C.hurry | D.demand |
12. A.missing | B.old | C.dangerous | D.secure |
13. A.struggled | B.decided | C.helped | D.promised |
14. A.place | B.means | C.chance | D.desire |
15. A.choices | B.problems | C.suggestions | D.surprises |