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When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the "in" thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.

What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being "replaced". We'd been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the "new" stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we'd lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.

Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.

Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents' when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn't my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. "You'll recognize this one," she said, smiling.

Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside.

The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother.

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D. renewable

57. When she got the ring back, the writer was about _____.

D. 28 years old

58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The writer's family moved several times.

B. The writer never stopped looking for her ring.

C. The writer's ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.

D. The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.

59. What would be the best title for the passage?

参考译文

在我12岁的时候，我最想要的就是一枚图章戒指。图章是嵌在戒指上的，而且似乎除了我以外每个女孩都有。在我13岁生日那天，妈妈给了我一枚图章戒指，上面雕刻着我名字的首字母。（那时）我感觉我就在天堂。

这枚戒指的特殊之处在于它是唯一没被“取代”的东西。那年的大火席卷了我们所在的整个地区，大火烧毁了一切，而我们失去了一切，所以，我们准备了许多新东西来代替我们失去的东西。但我的戒指不是。我的戒指是新的。

然而，仅仅一个月之后，我就丢了它。睡觉前我摘下了戒指，但早上它失踪了。我很难过，于是就四处寻找。但它似乎已经消失了。最后，我放弃了，不再寻找了。两年后，我们卖掉了房子，离开了。

几年过去了，后来又有一对夫妇搬走了，当妈妈告诉我她有东西给我时，我就去拜访了他们。这不是我的生日，也不是复活节、圣诞节或其他任何送礼的场合。妈妈注意到我疑惑的表情。她面带微笑地说：“你会认识这个的。”

然后她递给我一个小的戒指盒。我从她手里接过盒子，打开它，在里面找到了我美丽的图章戒指。

13年前买了我家房子的那家人最近决定重新装饰一下房子，其中包括更换地毯。当他们把我以前的卧室的地毯掀起来时，发现了这枚戒指。戒指上面有类似我名字的首字母，这让他们意识到是谁拥有这枚戒指。他们请了珠宝商进行专业地清理之后寄给了我的母亲。

答案解析

56. A 考查词义猜测。结合第一段第二句可知，好像除了作者以外每个女孩都有图章戒指，由此可知在当时佩戴图章戒指很"流行"。fashionable"流行的，时兴的"；available"可得到的"；practical"适用的"；renewable"可更新的"。故选A项。

57. D 考查简单计算。第一段提到作者在13岁时得到图章戒指；第三段提到戒指丢失两年后房屋被卖掉；第六段提到新住户在买完房子13年后装修房屋时意外发现图章戒指。综合上述内容可知，此时作者应该是28岁(13 +2+13 =28) 。

58. A 考查细节理解。根据第三段可知，作者在15岁时搬了一次家，又依据第四段首句可知数年后，作者又搬了两次家，故A项正确；B项与第三段倒数第二句不符；依据倒数第二段可知，清洗戒指的是a jeweler而不是房屋买家，故C错误；D项与第三段第二句不符。

59. B 考查标题判断。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述图章戒指"失而复得"的故事，因此"Lost and Found"作为标题最合适。