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Frequent business traveler Joyce Gioia forgot more than $ 20 000 worth of je

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问题     Frequent business traveler Joyce Gioia forgot more than $ 20 000 worth of jewelry in her hotel room in Italy last year. Luckily for Gioia, the jewelry was in a room safe, and staff at the hotel【C1】______the items to her home in Austin.
    Travelers annually【C2】______millions of personally important items such as wallets, keys and eyeglasses behind in hotels, airports, airplanes and rental cars. Fortunately for the forgetful, many【C3】______, like Gioia’s jewelry, are returned.
    Many,【C4】______, aren’t, and they are given away or sold if their owners don’t retrieve them or cannot be found. Gioia and other travelers【C5】______themselves for their forgetfulness, but psychologists say it’s quite【C6】______among travelers. "When traveling, people tend to have lots【C7】______their minds, and there are often many unexpected【C8】______," says David Meyer, a University of Michigan psychology professor. "The【C9】______of too much to keep track of, limited【C10】______for doing so and being in relatively【C11】______circumstances outside familiar work and home locations【C12】______forgetting about the small stuff being【C13】______along the way. "
    Katie McDonald, spokeswoman of Southwest Airlines says they can take【C14】______of up to 10 000 items a month left behind at airports and in planes. Books, clothing and reading glasses are the most common items. The most【C15】______items include a $ 10 000 diamond engagement ring, an NFL Super Bowl ring and professional video equipment,【C16】______of which were returned to their owners.【C17】______some items left behind don’t contain an owner’s contact【C18】______and aren’t reported lost, she says. Also, many electronic devices are【C19】______, making it difficult to determine【C20】______owns them. [br] 【C9】
选项 A、joint
B、compound
C、combination
D、composition
答案 C
解析 名词辨析题。本句介绍了导致遗忘的另一个原因：记录的事情太多，混合在一起，因注意力有限，很难面面俱到。纵观四个选项，只有combination“结合，联合”最符合文意。joint“接缝；关节”；compound“复合物；化合物”；composition“组成，构成”。
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