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I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _1_ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d 2?” Just when I started to 3that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 4at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll, I felt such a sense of 5that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t 6. Somebody had thought 7of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 8Christmas there special and memorable, I 9remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 10for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I 11a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school suppliers, 12with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were 13. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 14them that they couldn’t open their presents 15every child had come forward. Finally the 16they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 17up the room. The 18in the room was obvious, and 19wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew 20that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
1.A. sending B. receiving C. making D. exchanging
2.A. found B. prepared C. got D. expected
3.A. doubt B. hope C. suggest D. accept
4.A. broke in .B. settled down C. turned up D. showed off
5.A. relief B. loss C. achievement D. disappointment
6.A. blamed B. loved C. forgotten D. affected
7.A. highly B. little C. poorly D. enough
8.A. present B. first C. recent D. previous
9.A. hardly B. immediately C. regularly D. occasionally
10.A. strength B. independence C. importance D. safety
11.A. kept up with B. caught up with C. came up with D. put up with
12.A. none B. few C. some D. each
13.A. fine B. special C. helpful D. normal
14.A. reminded B. suggested C. convinced D. promised
15.A. after B. until C. when D. since
16.A. chance B. gift C. moment D. reward
17.A. lit B. took C. burned D. cheered
18.A. atmosphere B. sympathy (同情) C. calmness D. joy
19.A. it B. such C. something D. everybody
20.A. by B. till C. for D. from
Peter was so excited _______he received an invitation from his friend to visit Chongqing.
A. where B. that C. why D. when
—Is there any possibility you could pick me up at the airport ?
—No problem
A. when B. that C. whether D. what
_________ be sent to work there?
A. Who do you suggest B. Who do you suggest that should
C. Do you suggest who should D. Do you suggest whom should
—Hey, you haven’t been acting like yourself. Everything OK?
— .
A. I’m fine, thanks B Sure, it is C. That’s good D It’s OK
The boy said ______ couldn’t he work out the problem but his teacher didn’t know how to do it.
A. though B. never
C. hardly D. not only
