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请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella．He has had it 1 and as he is very 2 it, it still looks as good as new．?
“That umbrella must have 3 you a great deal of money, Uncle．” I said to him one day．
“No, ” he replied, “ 4 ”
“Was it a present? ” I asked again．
“No, ” said he．
“Then how did you get it? ” I asked．
“Well, ” he answered, “it is a strange true story．About ten years ago, I was walking along a quiet London street one evening 5 it suddenly rained．I had no raincoat and no umbrella．No buses ran through that street and there were no 6 in sight．As I was on my way to a party, I didn't want to get 7 ．So I stood at a doorway and waited for the rain to stop．By and by it grew quite 8 ．There wasn't a person around, and 9 it rained and rained． 10 a young man came to the place where I was standing, 11 a large umbrella over his head． 12 I hoped he would 13 me to walk to the next corner with him in order that I could get a taxi, I stepped 14 the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said：“ 15 , where are you going with that umbrella? ”
16 by my sudden appearance, the young man 17 the umbrella, which, I'm afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and 18 into the darkness．I picked up the umbrella and continued my walk．I knew it would be 19 in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I've kept it 20 ．”
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