Question

Until last year, the saddest thing of my life was that my wife Alice and I couldn’ t have any children. So we always     all the children in our street to our house for Christmas breakfast.

Last year, Alice died. I was very     and decided not to invite the children for Christmas breakfast. But Kathy and Peter, my next door neighbors,  asked me to     them for dinner on Christmas Eve.

As soon as I arrived, Kathy asked me, “Do you have any milk at your house?”

“Yes,” I replied. “    you need some, I’ll go and get it right away.”

“Oh, that’s all right. Come and sit down. Just give Peter your    and let him do it.”

After a happy dinner with them, I went home. When I opened my door, I found my house had been decorated by Peter! It was  just as      as each Christmas before. At that moment, I wished that I could still       the Christmas breakfast, but I had made no preparations.

Early the next morning, a little boy with a bag of candies       my bell. Before I could ask him what was       , he was joining by two of his friends. Within fifteen minutes, my house was full of       , and I had all the food I needed. I had a happy breakfast with the children again.

1.A. took           B. invited        C. sent          D. led

2.A. happy          B. lazy          C. sad           D. poor

3.A. help           B. join          C. pay           D. meet

4.A. Unless         B. As           C. Since          D. If

5.A. money         B. milk          C. keys          D. things

6.A. beautiful        B. dirty         C. colorless       D. empty

7.A. buy            B. enjoy         C. sell           D. serve

8.A. rang           B. answered      C. required       D. painted

9.A. boiling         B. ending        C. singing        D. happening

10.A. gifts          B. children       C. flowers        D. candies

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了作者经常在圣诞节邀请孩子们去他的家里吃早饭。但是作者因为妻子去世非常的伤心，所以作者不打算在招待孩子们。但是作者没有想到的是，邻居帮助他布置了房间，早晨孩子们带来了所有他需要的东西，这使得作者和孩子们享受了一个愉快的圣诞节早餐。

1.B考查动词及语境理解。A. took 带走；B. invited 邀请；C. sent 发送；D. led领导。根据上文作者夫妇没有孩子，可知他们总是邀请街上的孩子去他家吃圣诞早餐。故选B。

2.C考查形容词及语境理解。A. happy 高兴的；B. lazy 懒惰的；C. sad 悲伤的；D. poor贫穷的，可怜的。去年，爱丽丝去世了，我非常的悲伤，决定不再邀请孩子们吃圣诞早餐。根据上文妻子去世可知作者悲伤，故选C。

3.B考查动词及语境理解。A. help 帮助；B. join加入；C. pay 付款；D. meet见面。但是作者的邻居凯斯和彼得邀请作者在圣诞前夕加入他们之中吃晚饭。结合句意故选B。

4.D考查连词及语境理解。A. Unless 除非，如果不；B. As 因为；C. Since 自从；D. If如果。如果你需要的话，我马上给你去拿。该句是主将从先，结合句意，故选D。

5.C考查名词及语境理解。A. money钱； B. milk 牛奶； C. keys 钥匙； D. things东西。根据后文，作者的家被彼得装饰，可知给的是钥匙，故选C。

6.A考查形容词及语境理解。A. beautiful 美丽的；B. dirty 脏的；C. colorless 无色的；D. empty空的。房间就像以前每个圣诞节那么美丽。结合句意，故选A.

7.D考查动词及语境理解。A. buy 买；B. enjoy 喜欢；C. sell 卖；D. serve服务，端上，招待。在那一刻我希望我仍然能供应圣诞早餐，但是我没有做准备。上下文及句意，故选D。

8.A考查动词及语境理解。A. rang 铃响，按铃；B. answered回答；C. required 需要；D. painted油漆，绘画。第二天一早一个小男孩带着一包糖果按响了我的门铃。结合句意，故选A。

9.D考查动词及语境理解。A. boiling 煮；B. ending 结束；C. singing 歌唱；D. happening发生。在我还没有来得及问发生了什么事情，就又有两个朋友加入进来。根据上下文及情景，故选D。

10.A. gifts 礼物；B. children孩子；C. flowers 花；D. candies糖果。十五分钟之内我的房间里就充满了孩子，我有了我所有需要的食物。根据下午可知孩子们给他带来了各种东西，所以房间了挤满了孩子。故选B。

【考点定位】：考查人生百味类短文阅读。