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Have you ever lost something that was precious（珍贵的）to you, and thought you'd never see it again? That's what happened to Mary Grams.
Mary had worn her wedding ring for more than half a century when she lost it. She was working in her 1 on the farm one day, pulling out a plant. And maybe it was at that moment 2 the ring came off her finger. When she found it was missing, she searched everywhere for it for days 3 finally giving up.
Mary realized maybe she wasn't going to find the ring again. So she decided not to tell anyone about what had happened, 4 her husband. Instead, she thought she could get a much cheaper one from a jewellery（珠宝）shop. Luckily, she 5 to buy another one that looked just like it. In fact, it was so similar that 6 in her family knew her real ring was missing.
But the story has a 7 ending. Mary got her wedding ring back—13 years after it was lost! One day Mary's daughter-in-law Colleen was working in the same garden where Mary had been all those years ago. She was 8 vegetables there when she found the ring. But this time it was a bit 9—because there was a carrot growing right 10 the middle of it!
As soon as Colleen saw the ring, she knew who the 11 was. The farm had been in the family for over 100 years. And only two women had lived there all that time. So when Colleen found the story of the lost ring, 12 became clear that there was only one person it could possibly have belonged to（属于）, and the ring was returned to Mary.
When Mary got the ring, she was full of 13. She decided to wear it again. So she 14 cut the carrot in half, washed it and put it back on her finger—and it still 15 perfectly!
()1. A. garden B. office C. park D. block
()2. A. why B. how C. that D. where
()3. A. after B. before C. when D. since
()4. A. except B. like C. including D. as
()5. A. managed B. failed C. agreed D. afforded
()6. A. anybody B. somebody C. nobody D. everybody
()7. A. sad B. serious C. natural D. happy
()8. A. using up B. digging up C. turning up D. giving up
()9. A. different B. beautiful C. difficult D. ugly
()10. A. through B. over C. across D. on
()11. A. user B. survivor C. producer D. owner
()12. A. they B. he C. it D. we
()13. A. sadness B. energy C. joy D. envy
()14. A. hardly B. carefully C. bravely D. especially
()15. A. formed B. fitted C. checked D. matched

1-5 ACBCA 6-10 CDBAA 11-15 DCCBB

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Mary丢失的结婚戒指在13年后意外被找回的暖心故事，结合语境和知识点逐题解析如下：
1. 根据后文农场劳作、儿媳多年后在同一片区域挖菜的对应提示，可知Mary当时是在农场的菜园里劳作，选A。
2. 本句是强调句型"It was...that..."，用于强调时间状语at that moment，是固定句式，选C。
3. 句意为：她连续好几天到处搜寻戒指，最后才放弃。即最终放弃之前她找了好几天，选B。
4. 根据后文全家没人知道真戒指丢失的情节，可知她决定不把丢戒指的事告诉任何人，包括她的丈夫，including表“包括”，符合语境，选C。
5. 句首Luckily提示她成功买到了一枚和原戒指看起来几乎一模一样的新戒指，manage to do sth.表示“设法成功做成某事”，选A。
6. 因为新戒指和原戒指相似度极高，所以家里没有人知道真戒指已经丢了，选C。
7. 后文提到Mary时隔13年拿回了自己的结婚戒指，说明这个故事有一个圆满开心的结局，选D。
8. 场景是在菜园里，儿媳当时正在挖菜，dig up表示“挖掘”，符合劳作场景，选B。
9. 这次找到戒指的情况和当年丢失时不一样，因为戒指中间还长出了胡萝卜，different表“不同的”，符合语境，选A。
10. 胡萝卜是从戒指的环状内部穿过去长出来的，through表示从物体内部穿过，选A。
11. Colleen一看到这枚戒指就知道它的主人是谁，owner表示“所有者、主人”，选D。
12. 这是固定句型it becomes clear that...，it作形式主语指代后面的从句内容，选C。
13. 拿回失而复得的珍贵婚戒，Mary满心喜悦，joy表示“喜悦”，符合情绪逻辑，选C。
14. 她想要保留戒指，所以小心翼翼地把嵌在戒指里的胡萝卜对半切开，carefully表示“小心地”，符合动作逻辑，选B。
15. 清洗之后把戒指戴回手指上，它的大小依然完全合适，fit表示“（尺寸）合适”，选B。