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2014高考英语巅峰训练之阅读理解13 阅读理解 (三) I truly feel that my mother led me here，to Morzaine，and to my future as a happy wife and businesswoman. When Mum __1__ in October 2007, I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me __2__. I was distraught(忧心如焚的). Some days later, I was __3__ that a guy who was working with us that day, “could probably have made a fortune __4__ the necklace he found.”__5__， he returned it. Hearing how Id __6__ Mum for six months before her death, he said，“Christmas is going to be __7__—why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks？” I came to Morzaine, a small, friendly village in the Alps and __8__ fell in love with it. What was __9__ to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip turned into a new life. I kept travelling between London and here and felt __10__ than I had in months. In December 2008, I was __11__ as a hotel manager and moved here full time. A month later, I met Paul, who was travelling here. We fell in love. In the beginning, I didnt want to discuss __12__， because the sadness of losing Mum __13__ felt great. Paul understood that and never __14__ me but, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mums house, to build our own __15__. We want to give our guests a __16__ feel, so each room is themed(以……为主题) around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mum—a tiny chair which __17__ be in her bedroom is set in one room. We are having a wonderful life and Mum __18__ naturally part of it, __19__ theres no way we would be here if it wasnt for the __20__ she gave me. I know shes here in spirit, keeping an eye on us. 妈妈去世了，她给我留下的珍珠项链不见了。幸运的是，这根项链的失主与发现者最终喜结良缘。 1．A.died B．came C．returned D．visited 答案：A。在下文中提到了“before her death”可以找到信息，即妈妈去世了。 2．A.burned B．disappeared C．broke D．dropped 答案：B。在下文中有“the necklace he found”一句话，可以断定这根项链曾是不见了，或丢了。而选项D表示：掉在地上，而不表示丢失之意。 3．A.shown B．comforted C．persuaded D．told 答案：D。I was told表示有人告诉