Question

  I will never forget the year when I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be 1        Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought ,“What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d 2      ?” Just when I started to 3        that there would not be a Christmas gift that year,three women 4        at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 5       that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t 6       Somebody had thought 7        of me to bring me a gift.

  Years later,when I stood in the kitchen of my new house,thinking how I wanted to make my 8        Christmas there special and memorable,I 9        remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 10        for as many children as I could possibly reach.

  So I 11 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 colourful packages filled with toys,clothes,and school supplies,12       with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were 13      . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts,I 14        them that they couldn’t open their presents 15        every child had come forward. Finally the 16        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 17        up the room. The 18        in the room was obvious,and 19        wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling—the feeling I knew 20        that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.

(   ) 1. A. sending   B. receiving

       C. making   D. exchanging

(   ) 2. A. found   B. prepared

       C. got   D. expected

(   ) 3. A. doubt   B. hope

       C. suggest   D. accept

(   ) 4. A. broke in   B. settled down

      C. turned up   D. showed off

(   ) 5. A. relief   B. loss

       C. achievement   D. justice

(   ) 6. A. blamed   B. loved

      C. forgotten   D. affected

(   ) 7. A. highly   B. little

       C. poorly   D. enough

(   ) 8. A. present   B. first

      C. recent   D. previous

(   ) 9. A. hardly   B. instantly

       C. regularly   D. occasionally

(   ) 10. A. strength   B. independence

   C. importance   D. safety

(   ) 11. A. kept up with   B. caught up with

       C. came up with   D. put up with

(   ) 12. A. none   B. few

       C. some   D. each

(   ) 13. A. fine   B. special

       C. helpful   D. normal

(   ) 14. A. reminded   B. guaranteed

       C. convinced   D. promised

(   ) 15. A. after   B. until

       C. when   D. since

(   ) 16. A. chance   B. gift

       C. moment   D. reward

(   ) 17. A. lit   B. took

       C. burned   D. cheered

(   ) 18. A. atmosphere   B. sympathy

       C. calmness   D. joy

(   ) 19. A. it   B. such

       C. something   D. everybody

(   ) 20. A. by   B. till

       C. for   D. from

Answer 1

1. B由上文可知，當時"我"還是小孩子，故在圣誕節(jié)來臨之際應該是收到禮物，所以選擇receive

2. C

3. D聯(lián)系上下文，推斷此處表達的意思是："我"開始接受沒有禮物的現(xiàn)實，選擇accept ,其他三個選項意思都不符合。

4. C

5. A根據(jù)下文"…I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school."(當"我"回到學校時，"我"不會再感到難堪了。) 并結(jié)合四個選項的意思，可以推斷出此處是表示"我"解脫了，松了一口氣，故選擇A。

6. C結(jié)合上下文可以得知，"我"沒有被忘記，故選擇C。

7. D聯(lián)系上下文，首先排除B、C. think highly of sb的意思是"對某人評價很高"。此處根據(jù)作者前面的心態(tài)，選擇enough,表示有人關心自己。

8. B

9. B 

10. C根據(jù)第一段中描述那次圣誕節(jié)收到禮物給作者的感慨和此刻的心情可知，她認識到送圣誕節(jié)禮物給孩子們的重要性。 

11. C從上一段可以推斷，"我"提出 (come up with) 了一個計劃。 

12. D根據(jù)作者的想法，應該是每個人都有自己的圣誕節(jié)禮物，所以選擇D項。 

13. B每個人都有屬于自己的禮物，而且不是固定的，所以作者給孩子們的啟示是：每個人都是特別的。 

14. A從下文的"'One,two,three. Open your presents!"，可知，在分發(fā)禮物時，"我"提醒每個人先不要打開禮物。 

15. B直到每個人都拿到禮物。 

16. C根據(jù)下文的意思可知，此處表示拆禮物的時刻到來了，故選擇moment。 

17. A根據(jù)文章的上下文可知，他們燦爛的笑容照亮了整個房間，所以選擇light的過去式lit。 18. D聯(lián)系上下文，且分析四個選項的意思可知，此處是表示"歡樂"。故選擇 D.

19. A聯(lián)系上下文可知，歡樂不僅僅是因為玩具。所以選擇it ,指代歡樂。 

20. D聯(lián)系上下文可知，此處表示"我"再次感受到了從很久以前的那次圣誕節(jié)上獲得的感覺。故選擇from。