Question

Christmas was coming and my ten-year-old Alice told her father and me that she wanted a new bike.  Her bike was too   1  , and it needed repairing as well.

As Christmas   2 ,  her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, we thought, for she didn't say it again. We were busy  3  some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than   4 .

Now we didn't know   5  to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing  6  presents, parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight. So there was   7  time to take to buy the "right hike" for our little girl. Thinking we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we felt sorry and   8 .

Suddenly my husband had an idea. "What about making a little bike with clay (黏土) and writing a note that she could trade in (交换) the model bike for a real one?" So he spent the next five hours carefully __9__ with clay to make a small bike.

  10  Christmas morning, we were so excited for Alice to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the   11  loudly. She looked at me and said, "So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real  12 _?" Smiling, I said, "Yes!" Alice had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I would  13  trade in this beautiful bike Daddy made me. I __14 _ keep it than get a real bike. This is the best Christmas present   15  I have ever got in my life!"

1.                A．new           B．old            C．beautiful  D．modern

2.                A．came nearer     B．was over        C．went by  D．passed

3.                A．buy            B．bought         C．to buy    D．buying

4.                A．something else   B．anything else     C．else something D．else anything

5.                A．what           B．how           C．why D．where

6.                A．children        B．children's       C．boy  D．girls

7.                A．enough         B．no             C．much D．still a little

8.                A．happy          B．excited         C．sad  D．angry

9.                A．works          B．worked         C．working  D．to work

10.               A．In             B．On            C．At    D．For

11.               A．book          B．story           C．note  D．newspaper

12.               A．one           B．ones           C．some D．any

13.               A．usually         B．certainly        C．never D．of course

14.               A．am going to     B．would like to     C．had better D．would rather

15.               A．who           B．those          C．what  D．that

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中描述了一对忙碌的父母因为忽视了以前表达过的愿望，没有准备好圣诞礼物，而临时想出了一个好主意来解决这个问题。结果因此让女儿深受感动，取得了意想不到的效果。

1.联系上下文，可知此处指的是她的自行车旧了，故选B，旧的。

2.联系下文，可知此处指的是随着圣诞节临近，故选A，走近，临近。

3.考察短语be busy doing忙着做某事，故选D，我们忙着买一些……。

4.不定代词辨析。something一些东西，一般用于肯定句及表示请求建议等含义的疑问句中；anything也是表示一些东西，任何东西，一般用于否定及疑问句中。Else做修饰词一般放在被修饰词的后面。结合语境可知此处指的是她真的想要一辆自行车，而不是别的任何东西。故选B。

5.联系后一句描述，可知我们不知道该做什么。故选A，什么。

6.联系下文描述，可知此处指的是忙着准备孩子们的礼物，故选B，孩子们的。

7.联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是我们没有时间，故选B，没有。

8.联系前文描述，可知此处指的是我们很伤心，故选C，伤心的。

9.spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主语必须是人，可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱；故选C。

10.介词辨析。在表示时间时,in表示在一个时间范围;at表示在具体时刻;on表示在具体某一天.for后面接一段时间。联系下文Christmas morning,可知此处指的是在具体的某一天，故选B。

11.联系前文描述，可知此处指的是她大声地阅读这个便条，故选C，便条。

12.词义辨析。A. 泛指任何同名不同物的一个；B. 多个；C. 一些；D. 任何一个。结合语境可知此处指的是任何一辆自行车，故选A。

13.联系下文描述，可知此处指的是，我永远不会用这个父亲做的漂亮的自行车交易。故选C，永远不。

14.动词辨析。A. 打算，将要；B.愿意，想要；C. 最好；D. 宁愿。结合语境可知此处指的是，我宁愿要它而不是一辆真的自行车。故选D。

15.考察定语从句。先行词the best Christmas present 为下文定语从句的逻辑宾语，指物，故引导词用that，选D。

考点：关于一件圣诞礼物的记述文