help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.

　　Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I'd been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.

　　After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, "You haven't changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same." I couldn't remember where I'd met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon.

　　24. The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because ______.

　　A. she was going home for her holidays

　　B. she missed the only train back home

　　C. the town was far away from Sydney

　　D. her work delayed her trip to Sydney

　　25. Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?

　　A. He watched the girl for three hours.

　　B. He gave the girl a ride back home.

　　C. He bought sandwiches for the girl.

　　D. He helped the girl find a ride.

　　26. The reason why the author offered a lift to the elderly man was that ______.

　　A. she had known him for decades

　　B. she realized he was Gordon

　　C. she wanted to repay the favour she once got

　　D. she was going to the nearby town

　　27. What does the author want to tell the readers through the story?

　　A. Giving sometimes produces nice results.

　　B. People should offer free rides to others.

　　C. Good manners bring about happiness.

　　D. Those who give rides will be rapid.

　　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. And it still fits me.

　　28. The underlined word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".

　　A. practical B. available C. fashionable D. renewable

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

　　A. 13 years old B. 15 years old C. 26 years old D. 28 years old

　　30. 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 lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.

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

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

　　A. My New Ring B. Lost and Replaced

　　C. Lost and Found D. An Expensive Ring

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