When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have three-day holidays posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers. It was Christmas eve when I arrived home, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, and ornaments (裝飾物) shining against the green of a pine. “Where did it come from?” I asked.
“I asked the Gates boy to cut it,” my mother said. “I wouldn’t have had one just for myself, such a rush！He just brought it in this afternoon…” The pine reached to the proper height, almost to the ceiling, and the tree top crystal star was in its place. A few green branches reached about a little awkwardly at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas. “It’s not like the one you used to find,” my mother went on. “Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the Gates boy didn’t know where to look for a good one. But I couldn’t be fussy (挑剔的)．”
“Don’t worry,” I told her. “It’s perfect.” It wasn’t, of course, but at the moment I realized something for the first time: all Christmas trees are perfect．
小題1:From the passage, we can infer that ______．
A．the writer spent his first Christmas during the war
B．soldiers did not all go home for Christmas during the war
C．a(chǎn)ll the soldiers had three-day holidays
D．the writer could not go home for Christmas
小題2:When the writer got home, ______．
A．it was December 23th
B．it was snowing heavily
C．he found a Christmas tree in the living room
D．the Gates boy was cutting a Christmas tree for his mother
小題3:From this passage，we can conclude that ______．
A．the writer used to cut very beautiful Christmas trees
B．his mother didn’t like perfect trees
C．his mother didn’t want to have a tree
D．the writer wouldn’t have a tree cut by someone else
小題4:“All Christmas trees are perfect”，because they can remind you of ______．
A．the wartime B．the green of a pine
C．the pleasant smell D．the sweet home
小題5:The best title for this passage would be “______”．
A．How to Choose a Christmas Tree
B．How Soldiers Spent Christmas
C．The Perfect Christmas Tree
D．The Christmas Without a Tree

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:C

小題1:推測題。根據(jù)文章開頭not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have three-day holidays posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers.可知，一般情況下士兵不是所有人都可以回家過年的。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)I could see beyond her， into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood．There were lights，all colors，and ornaments(裝飾物)shining against the green of a pine．可知是一棵松樹。
小題3:推斷題。根據(jù)第二段開頭I asked the Gates boy to cut it以及整個(gè)段落寫了樹需要修剪，而且在這一段最后提到了以前作者修樹的情況，所以選擇A。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知，雖然說樹不盡完美，但是對于一個(gè)在外當(dāng)兵的人來說想到樹就會勾起一段回憶，想到溫馨的家，所以選擇D項(xiàng)。
小題5:主旨題。根據(jù)文章開頭講作者有幸回家過年，最后又提到樹其實(shí)不完美，但是對于一個(gè)身在外當(dāng)兵人來說就是完美的，所以選擇C較為合適。
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