Every winter, we children would build a snowman in our backyard. One  36   by packing a snowball, and then rolling it in the fresh snow. Like  37  up a balloon, the ball magically grows larger. We would  38  to see who could make theirs the largest, although an occasional snowball  39  would break out to divert（轉(zhuǎn)移……的注意力）us from the competition.  

    The  40  snowball from the winner was used as our base（底座，基底）. After this competition, it was  41  teamwork. My twin brother Evan and I would balance the second largest on the base. It was a perfect torso（軀干）. My older brother Stephen would pack snow between the  42  , while my sister got water to strengthen the newly packed snow. The process was repeated using another  43  for the head.

    Two branches were then stuck into the  44  for arms. Stones formed a smile, a row of buttons, and a pair of eyes. A carrot was used for the  45  . Finally, we threw a bucket of water   46  our snowman, giving him an icy coating that shone in the light. A scarf and a pair of gloves introduced a（n）  47  touch to our cold friend. We would stand back and admire our collective efforts.

    This snowman making process was a  48  throughout my childhood. One winter, however, we  49  . We were growing up, and growing apart. And I hated it.

    So last year, I wandered out into the snow  50  . I built the base. and made a torso and a head. I stuck in the  51  , the stones, and the carrot. I threw a bucket of water over my creation. I gladly gave my gloves to it. It took a lot longer alone, than it  52  as a team.  

    By making that snowman on my own, I have voiced my worries about the growing 53 between us. The  54  is approaching again. Perhaps you’ll find a snowman in our backyard this year. Hopefully, it will have been made by more  55  than one.

  36. A. starts                  B. creates                  C. continues       D. settles

  37. A. making         B. blowing          C. taking            D. looking

  38. A. race             B. run                C. stop               D. hide

  39. A. struggle        B. joke               C. dance                      D. fight

  40. A. smallest        B. largest            C. oldest             D. youngest

  41. A. little             B. all                  C. partly             D. hardly

  42. A. places          B. rooms            C. spaces              D. areas

  43. A. snowman       B. base               C. torso                D. snowball

  44. A. front            B. sides              C. back                D. bottom

  45. A. nose             B. mouth            C. tongue              D. breast

  46. A. above           B. towards          C. off                   D. over  

  47. A. artificial        B. human            C. real                  D. animal

  48. A. celebration     B. tradition          C. reception          D. destination

  49. A. stopped        B. progressed       C continued          D. retired

  50. A. angrily          B. amazingly         C. awfully             D. alone

  51. A. branches        B. buttons           C. coat                 D. bucket

  52. A. did               B. lasted             C. worked            D. happened

  53. A. tiredness        B. distance          C. anger                      D. disappointment

  54. A. winter          B. spring            C. summer            D. autumn

  55. A. minds           B. legs                C. feet                  D. hands

36-40 ABADB    41-45 BCDBA

46-50 DBBAD    51-55 AABAD

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