Question

It was a terribly cold Christmas Eve with heavy snow outside. I stayed in bed, feeling upset because there wasn’t enough money to buy me the that I’d wanted that year.

Mum came back with some snow in her hair. “Come on, Matt!” she said. “Dress ! It’s freezing cold out tonight.”

, I went out in the cold with Mum and climbed up the sled beside her. She pulled it around the house and then stopped in front of the woodshed(柴房). She went in and with an armload of wood.

“I rode by Jensen’s today,” said Mum, “Little Jakey was out digging around in the snow. They’re out of wood, Matt.”

Jensen lived about two miles down the road. Her husband died 3 months ago, three children, Jakey being only 8 years old.

We loaded the sled high with . Then we went to the store and my mother took down some meat, a sack of flour and a smaller sack of shoes.

We rode the two miles to Jensen’s in . All the way I wondered why Mum bought them some shoes and candy as we didn’t have much money. Jensen had closer neighbors than us. It shouldn’t have been our .

We got to Jensen’s house and unloaded the wood as quietly as possible. Then we took the meat, flour and shoes to the door.

We . Jensen opened the door and let us in. “We brought you a few things, Jensen,” Mum said, the sack of flour and the meat on the table. Then Mum handed her the sack of shoes. Jensen bit her lower lip to keep it from trembling, tears welling out and down her cheeks.

“We also a load of wood, Jensen,” Mum added. She turned to me and said: “Matt, go and bring some in.”

I wasn’t the same person when I went back out to get the wood. Just then the scarf didn’t seem . The look on Jensen’s face and the smiles of her three children was the best Christmas gift of my life.

1.A. scarf B. overcoat C. shoes D. handbag

2.A. fashionably B. casually C. comfortably D. warmly

3.A. Unsteadily B. Unhurriedly C. Unwillingly D. Uncomplainingly

4.A. stepped away B. came out C. broke down D. fell over

5.A. adopting B. taking C. overlooking D. leaving

6.A. wood B. meat C. flour D. grass

7.A. surprise B. danger C. silence D. harmony

8.A. custom B. concern C. comment D. courage

9.A. signed B. chased C. knocked D. hesitated

10.A. taking away B. getting back C. giving out D. putting down

11.A. prepared B. bought C. borrowed D. required

12.A. expensive B. important C. ordinary D. available

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇小短文講述了在圣誕節(jié)里，我本十分想要一條圍巾作為圣誕禮物，可是由于沒有錢買。而母親帶我去看望和幫助Jensen這個(gè)不幸的一家后我看到他們臉上的喜悅，頓時(shí)我覺得這就是自己最好的圣誕禮物。

1. . The look on Jensen’s face and the smiles of her three children was the best Christmas gift of my life.”僅僅在那個(gè)時(shí)候，這圍巾似乎都不……。Jensen臉上的表情和她三個(gè)孩子的笑容是我生命中最好的圣誕禮物�？芍�，我起初最想要的圣誕禮物是圍巾。故選A。

2.D溫暖地。前文介紹的故事場(chǎng)景是圣誕節(jié)的下雪天，后一句“It’s freezing cold out tonight.” 外面天氣寒冷，母親讓“我”穿上得暖和點(diǎn)。故選D。

3.C。

4.

5. three children.”她的丈夫在3個(gè)月前去世了，留下了3個(gè)孩子。根據(jù)句意，故選D。

6.A。

7.C。

8.B。

9.C。

10.D。

11.A。

12.B重要的；C普通的、平常的；D可獲得的。在經(jīng)歷了這些事之后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我想要的圣誕禮物的圍巾不是那么重要了。故選B。

考點(diǎn)：考查記敘文閱讀。