Question

How old was I? I can’t remember. Maybe I was only 10. It was the first    16    without my father because he was away for something. He left me to fill that sad place in my mother’s heart. It was the Christmas when I stopped being a    17    and tried to play Father Christmas myself. I really wanted to make it happy and bright again. It was the Christmas of the    18   .

Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, a nice    19    shop in our town’s little shopping mall. It was dark green. And it was a    20   , heavy, wool dress coat. Mom pulled it out from the rack(架) and held it up. “Long enough,” she said in a low voice and    21   .

“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the mirror. She looked good on any clothes,       22    this coat suited her much better. She looked at the    23   , then hung the coat back on the rack, standing there once more to    24    

    Eighty-seven dollars. But I decided to buy it for her. As we moved on    25   the mall, I found some excuse to return and asked one of the Tobias ladies to    26    the coat.

I helped clean every yard(庭院) in our neighbourhood—some yards twice, and soon I got the coat. The store ladies helped me put it in their biggest    27    with bright blue paper and thick silver ribbon(丝带). I don’t remember    28    I got it home, but I can still feel the wonderful    29    and pride that filled me. I would imagine the big space which the box would take up under our tree. Here it was—joy, peace and    30   —all in the box, waiting for Mom’s surprise.

1.A. Easter         B. Christmas        C. Halloween    D. Thanksgiving

2.A. child          B. son          C. student      D. teacher

3.A. tree           B. bag          C. coat         D. ribbon

4.A. children’s    B. women’s     C. girl’s      D. men’s

5.A. big            B. wide         C. thin         D. long

6.A. tried it on    B. put it on    C. kept it on   D. turned it on

7.A. though         B. or           C. for          D. and

8.A. price          B. design       C. color        D. material

9.A. taste          B. feel         C. sound        D. smell

10.A. through       B. over         C. past         D. across

11.A. sell          B. send         C. keep         D. wash

12.A. tank          B. basket       C. bag          D. box

13.A. how           B. why          C. whether      D. when

14.A. development   B. excitement   C. improvement D. advertisement

15.A. courage       B. confidence   C. love         D. honesty

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】

1.根据后文内容提到的Christmas，可知本题选B

2.根据后文内容说自己充当父亲的角色，故选A

3.根据下文呢的内容Mom first saw the coat at Tobias可知答案为C

4.根据上文提到的衣服可知道是给母亲的， 故选B

5.根据后文内容Mom pulled it out from the rack(架) and held it up. “Long enough,可知答案为D

6.try it on，表示试穿，符合上下文语境，故选A

7.根据上下文的联系可知答案为D

8.根据上下文的内容可知答案为A。

9.根据后文内容the smooth brush of wool.，可知答案为B，表示感觉…。

10.在…内部穿过，用through，故选A

11.根据下文的意思可知作者是要商店的店员将衣服留在那儿，故选C

12.根据上文的内容可知答案为D，即将衣服装在盒子里。

13.根据下文的联系可知答案为A

14.根据上下文的意思可知答案为B为兴奋的意思。

15.根据上文的内容可知答案为C。