A purse containing a million dollars worth of jewelry was on its way back to its owner in Canada after being forgotten on a bench in a town near San Francisco , police said .

       Shahla Ghannadian had entrusted her 2 , 00-dollar Louis Vuitton handbag and its precious contents to her husband after they stopped at an ice cream parlor in the city of Sunday , according to authorities .

       He left it on a bench near a downtown parking lot , and the oversight was not noticed until the couple was back at their hotel , said Sausalito police sergeant Kurtis Skoog

       The couple had traveled from Toronto to San Francisco for a daughter’s wedding .

       The purse contained a Cartier watch , cash , and jewelry worn by the mother and the bride at the ceremony , said Skoog .

       The gems included emeralds , pearls and diamonds , one of them a 12-karat stone , according to police .

       Ghannadian and her husband had a bit of sightseeing before catching a flight back to Canada on Sunday night . Family members checked the bench , but the purse was gone .

       Local resident John Suhroff walked into the police department the next day with the bag , its contents intact , Skoog said .

       Suhroff handed the bag to a clerk , saying it held “ either costume of junk jewelry ” . “ We caped the owner . and they were excited , ” said Skoog .

       A family friend picked up the bag and was to take it to Ghannadian . The family indicated Ssuhroff was in line for a reward , but did not specify an amount , Skoog said .

56．From the passage , we now all the following facts EXCEPT _______

       A．A purse with jewelry in it was lost

B．The lost purse was left on a bench

C．The owner must have been to a place near San Francisco

D．The lost purse had been returned to the loser

57．When did the couple find their purse was missing ?      

       A．soon after they bought ice cram .

B．when they got on the pane flying back to Toronto

C．when they came back to the hotel after the wedding ceremony

D．when they were attending the wedding ceremony .

58．The finder Suhroff _____ .

       A．thought the content in the purse isn’t worth much

B．turned in the purse immediately he found it

C．kept back some of the jewelry for himself

D．asked for some reward

59．We may infer ______ from the passage .

       A．the couple will fly to take the purse back

B．the couple may reward the finder more of less

C．the finder has received a sum of money from the loser

D．the couple didn’t suggest rewarding the finder

       Every Sunday , when the first ray braks over Dawan Village in Wuwei City , Gansu Province , 14-year-kld Cai Hui 36  out of bed and hops on her 37   . She pedals furiously (猛烈地) to her friends’ homes in neighboring villages , and wakes them up one by one . Then all six of the 38   kids make the 15-kilometer 39   to the Tengger Desert , buckets and spades 40  . After a 40-minute tractor ride along the bumpy road , they reach the 800-sq-km 41  , and begin their work ― afforestation (造林)

        Of all the 42  fighting desertification in the region , this group is the youngest , an the only one that volunteers . Its 43  , two girls and 44  boys are aged between five and fourteen years . As the eldest member, Cai Hui leads the group . The team was 45  in April 2004 by a 46  school student who had long helped his grandfather 47  the desert by planting trees along its edges . When the boy and his family moved to another city , Cai Hui 48  ― his mantle (斗篷)

       49 their tender age , these children share a common desire : to 50  the sand sweeping into their homeland .

       They have planted more than 10 , 000 trees in the desert , and 19 percent of 51  have survived . That might not seem like much , 52  given the harsh conditions in the region , it is a pretty good 53  .

       The kids work hard in the desert every weekend , come 54  , hail (冰雹) or shine .And every they plant gives them the sense that they are one step 55  to their goal .

―I don’t suppose he could have done well in the exam last week , ______ he ?

― ________ , he almost failed to pass the exam .

A．had ; Yes                B．has ; No                  C．couldn’t ; Yes          D．did ; No

―How do you usually go to work ?

―If it is fine , I _____ on foot .

A．will go                   B．go                          C．have gone               D．won’t go

Although she had been ill for a long time , it still came as a shock when she _____ died .

       A．eventually               B．willingly                  C．unexpectedly           D．disappointedly

Most experts predict that all these changes will lead to a strong and powerful China , _______ that can surprise the whole world .

       A．what                      B．one                         C．the one                   D．which

―You know what ? Tom wants to be Harry Potter after he graduates from school

―Are you kidding ? He will never ______ a person like him

A．change                   B．turn                        C．make                      D．get

―Your brother enjoys playing football ?

―Sure . He is , ______ , an excellent sportsman .

A．strange as it seems                                     B．as it seems strange  

C．if it seems strange                                       D．how it seems strange

Mr. Hu has just arrived , but I didn’t know he ________ until this afternoon .

       A．has been coming     B．will come               C．comes                    D．was coming

―Did you enjoy yourself at the party ?

―Sorry to say , I didn’t . It was ______ a meeting than a party .

A．more of                  B．rather like                C．less of                    D．more or less