[2026 辽宁大连期末] Mr King was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr King said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.
Mr King wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a very small room, was empty. He asked them if they would share a room. The three men said they would. Mr King said the room would be thirty dollars: ten for each one. Each man gave him the money and then went up to the room.
Mr King soon began to feel sorry. “Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as the price for that small room,” he thought. He called his assistant over and said, “Here are five dollars. Take them to the men in Room 418. I asked too much for their room.”
The assistant took the money. While he was on the way there, he started to think, “How can three men divide five dollars? I’ll give them each only one dollar and keep the two dollars for myself. The men will be happy to get something back, and Mr King will never know.” So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.
Each man had at first paid ten dollars. After the assistant returned them one dollar each, the three men paid 27. The assistant kept 2. So there was 29 in total.Where is the missing 1?
( )16. The three men were not happy because _________.
A. there was a large meeting
B. it was weekend
C. there was only one small room
D. they wouldn't have a place to stay in
( )17. With the help of the manager, the three men _________.
A. went to another hotel
B. each got a small room for the night
C. stayed together in a small room
D. got a small room Mr King kept for himself
( )18. The assistant _________.
A. helped the manager to divide the money
B. kept two dollars for himself
C. returned three to the three men and two to the manager
D. kept three dollars for himself
( )19. Where is the missing 1?
A. There was no missing dollar.
B. It was taken by the assistant, too.
C. It was taken by Mr King.
D. It was taken by the three men.

16. D 细节理解题。根据“Mr King said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.”可知,三位客人不高兴是因为他们没有地方住。故选 D 项。
17. C 细节理解题。根据“He asked them if they would share a room. The three men said they would.”可知,在经理的帮助下,三位客人合住了一个小房间。故选 C 项。
18. B 细节理解题。根据“I’ll give them each only one dollar and keep the two dollars for myself.”可知,助理自己留下了两美元。故选 B 项。
19. A 推理判断题。根据文章可知,消失的一美元实际上并不存在。三位客人实际支付了 27 美元,其中25 美元在经理手中,2 美元在助理手中。文章倒数第二段错误叠加了助理分给自己的两美元,因此,没有消失的一美元。故选 A 项。

情境4 Chloe 通过捡硬币的故事，探讨了对待金钱的正确态度，强调金钱应被善用而非被浪费。
任务四 阅读下面短文，在空白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。每空1个单词(10分)
[2026江苏宿迁期中]Do you love money?
Do you take care 20. your money?
Here, I will tell you a story about 21. (I). This story teaches me about money.
Once while I tried to open my car, a coin fell out of my pocket and rolled (滚动) under the car. It was just one small coin. I got into my car and started to find it. At that time, a 22. (wait) from the hotel came up. He 23. (try) to pick up the coin for me, 24. it wasn't easy. He lay down and 25. (go) under the car. At last, when he picked it up, he handed it to me, but he was all dirty. I thanked him and gave him one hundred 26. (dollar). He was very 27. (surprise). “It’s just one coin, sir, but you give me 100 dollars. Why?” I looked into his 28. (eye) and said, “No one minds losing a coin, but if you hadn’t picked it up for me, the coin would have disappeared from the world. So I give you 100 dollars. Spend it on something 29. (use). Money should be used in good ways, but not be wasted. You know how to take care of it. So do I.”

20. of 句意为:你照料你的钱吗? 固定搭配 take care of 表示“照顾;照料”。故填 of。
21. myself/me 句意为:在这里,我将告诉你一个关于我(自己)的故事。此处表示“关于我(自己)的故事”,且空处位于介词 about 后,应用反身代词或人称代词宾格。故填 myself/me。
22. waiter 根据下文的 He 可知,此处应用 wait 的名词形式 waiter 表示“男服务员”;结合 a,故填 waiter。
23. tried 句意为:他努力为我捡起那枚硬币,但这并不容易。根据 came 可知此处应用一般过去时,try 的过去式为 tried,故填 tried。
24. but 根据语境可知,设空前后两个分句之间为转折关系,应用连词 but 连接。故填 but。
25. went 根据 lay down 和 and 可知此处应用一般过去时,go 的过去式为 went,故填 went。
26. dollars 句意为:我感谢他并给了他一百美元。dollar 为可数名词,结合 one hundred 可知应用复数形式 dollars。故填 dollars。
27. surprised 句意为:他非常惊讶。系动词后应用形容词;此处修饰人,且表示“惊讶的”,故填 surprised。
28. eyes eye 意为“眼睛”,通常以复数形式 eyes 出现,表示“双眼”。故填 eyes。
29. useful 句意为:把它花在有用的东西上。此处修饰不定代词 something,应用形容词作后置定语;结合语境可知,此处表示“有用的”,故填 useful。