Question

    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a   1over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always   2. Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was   3. I’ve always been glad about that.

    It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t   4for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   5for the kids was the fun of Christmas   6.

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking   7what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for   8to share by all five of us.

The big   9arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and   10them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would   11back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits,   12my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually   13. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies　— fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything   14we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,  15to be angry again. This is what she told me.

    “I was looking   16thinking of what to buy, and I   17to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she   18for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and   19the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

    I never felt so   20as I did that day.

1.A. roof               B. hat              C. sky          D. star

2.A. little             B. less             C. enough       D. more

3.A. busy               B. serious          C. strict           D. kind

4.A. effort             B. room             C. time         D. money

5.A. improvement           B. problem               C. surprise     D. excitement

6.A. shopping           B. travelling           C. parties          D. greetings

7.A. the other          B. each other          C. one by one        D. every other one

8.A. toys                  B. clothes              C. presents     D. bills

9.A. day                B. chance              C. cheque            D. tree

10.A. forced               B. reminded        C. invited        D. begged

11.A. draw              B. stay             C. move         D. meet

12.A. including         B. besides          C. except           D. regarding

13.A. quiet             B. excited          C. happy            D. ashamed

14.A. since             B. after                C. while            D. until

15.A. waiting              B. ready             C. hoping           D. afraid

16.A. out                  B. over              C. forward      D. around

17.A. forgot                B. stopped          C. failed           D. hated

18.A. wanted               B. did                  C. got               D. played

19.A. made              B. searched         C. bought           D. fetched

20.A. angry             B. rich             C. patient          D. bitter

Answer

1.A 根据下文的food, clothes, 可知应该是 roof .

2.C. 根据前文的if not a lot, 那就够了。

3.C 根据句意可知 孩子不知道家里穷，只是认为母亲对他们要求很严格。

4.D 由第一段可知，没有钱买许多礼物。

5.D 

6.A 由句意可知对于孩子而言，圣诞节最大的快乐当然是购物了。

7.B. 句意：四个孩子彼此相问他们圣诞节想要的东西。

8.C. 句意：120元是我们五个人共同买礼物的钱。

9.A 圣诞节那天来临了。

10.B.由句意可知，是提醒孩子买什么。

 A项 强迫   C项 邀请    D.项 乞求

11.D 由句意可知是回来集合。

12.C 每个孩子都情绪高涨，只有小女儿例外。

13.A 由上句可知。

14.D. not + …… until 句型。“ 直到…… 才 ”

15.B 由句意可知。

16.D 短语搭配 look around 环顾四周，look over 是检查，检阅C项缺 to Look forward to 是盼望，look out 是向外看，当心。

17.B 根据句意可知，是停下来，读许愿树上的小卡片。

18.A 由句意可知，是她想要的圣诞节礼物。

19.C 根据句意可知，取下卡片给小女孩买个娃娃。

20.B 与第一段的money was always tight 相呼应。

     圣诞节那天，作者得知她的小女儿用自己买礼物的钱给一个陌生的小女孩买了娃娃这件事后，母亲的内心感受------从未有过的富有。