Question

When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be ___1___ Christmas gifts for lack of money．I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d ___2___?” Then，three women ___3___ at our house with gifts for all of us．For me they bought a doll．I would no longer have to be ___4___ when I returned to school．

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my ___5___ Christmas special and memorable there, I ___6___ remembered the women’s visit．I decided that I wanted to create the same feeling of ___7___ for as many children as I could possibly ____8__．

So I ___9__ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help．We gathered about 125 orphans （孤兒） at the Christmas party．For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name．We wanted all of them to know they were ___10__．Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I ___11__ them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward．Finally the __12___ they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three．Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles ___13__ up the room．The __14___ in the room was obvious, and it wasn’t just about toys．It was a feeling---the feeling I knew from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit．I wasn’t forgotten．Somebody still remembered me．I know I___15___．

1.                A．sending        B．receiving        C．making   D．exchanging

 

2.                A．found          B．prepared       C．got  D．expected

 

3.                A．broke in        B．settled down     C．showed up    D．turned off

 

4.                A．puzzled         B．embarrassed     C．worried  D．relieved

 

5.                A．present        B．first            C．recent   D．previous

 

6.                A．hardly          B．suddenly        C．regularly  D．occasionally

 

7.                A．strength        B．sadness         C．importance    D．safety

 

8.                A．know          B．reach          C．remember D．mention

 

9.                A．kept up with     B．caught up with   C．came up with  D．put up with

 

10.               A．fine           B．special         C．helpful    D．normal

 

11.               A．reminded       B．waited         C．convinced D．promised

 

12.               A．chance         B．gift            C．moment   D．reward

 

13.               A．lit             B．took           C．burned    D．cheered

 

14.               A．a(chǎn)tmosphere     B．sympathy       C．calmness  D．joy

 

15.               A．matter         B．wonder        C．doubt D．suppose

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章記敘了作者在一家孤兒院為孩子們發(fā)放圣誕禮物，和孩子們度過了一個愉快的有意義的圣誕節(jié)的故事。

1.sending送；receiving收到；making制作；exchanging交換，句意是因為缺錢我們將收不到圣誕禮物。故選B.

2.found發(fā)現(xiàn)；prepared準備；got得到；expected希望，句意是當別的孩子們問我得到什么禮物時，我該怎么說。故選C.

3.broke in打破；settled down定居；showed up到場；turned off關(guān)掉，句意是三個女人帶著禮物出現(xiàn)在我們家。故選C。

4.puzzled困惑；embarrassed尷尬；worried擔心；relieved收到，句意是回到學校時就不用再感到尷尬了。故選B.

5.因為是在新房子里的第一個圣誕節(jié)，所以是特殊的，值得紀念的圣誕節(jié)。故選B.

6.hardly幾乎不；suddenly突然；regularly有規(guī)律的；occasionally偶爾，句意是我突然想起那三個女人的拜訪。故選B。

7.strength力量；sadness難過；importance重要性；safety安全，句意是我想創(chuàng)造同樣的感覺，這很重要，因為很多孩子和我一樣記得。故選C。

8.know知道；reach達到；mention提到；remember記得，句意同上。選C 。

9.kept up with跟上；caught up with趕上；came up with想出；put up with忍受，句意是我想到一個計劃，且讓公司的40多個人幫忙。故選C。

10.fine好；special特殊的，重要的；helpful有幫助的；normal正常的，句意是我們想讓他們每個人都感到自己是重要的。

11.reminded 提醒；waited等待；convinced確信；promised許諾，句意是我提醒他們在所有人拿到禮物前不要打開禮物。故選A。

12.chance機會；gift禮物；moment時刻reward回報，句意是此刻他們等待...

13.light up照亮，句意是他們的笑容照亮了這個房間。

14.atmosphere氣氛；sympathy同情；calmness平靜；joy喜悅，句意是房間里的喜悅是明顯的，不僅僅是因為玩具。故選D.

15.matter重要；wonder疑惑；doubt懷疑；suppose支持，句意是我知道我是重要的。

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