Question

Ann，a mother of 3 children, is a warm-hearted social worker and she has done a lot to help people  36  . The family’s dinner conversation often turns to local poor families, and she  37   tries her best to seek help for them. This year, Ann   38  that Santa Claus would make a special   39  to a young unemployed mother named Ashley, who was   40  two sons by herself.

One Sunday morning, the family were joyfully having breakfast   41  the phone rang, saying that the aid she had requested for Ashley had  42  . No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing. On hearing the news, Ann noticed the   43   disappear from her children's faces. Kinzie, the youngest one,  44  down from her chair and ran out of the kitchen room. In a matter of   45  , she returned carrying her piggy bank and began to   46  the coins over and over again, $3.30 in total. “Mom,” she shook her head  47  , “I know it's not much. But maybe this will buy a   48  for the children.” Then suddenly everyone was reaching into their pockets and   49  their purses. Immediately the money –- coins and bills   50  on the table. On Christmas Eve, Ann as well as Kinzie drove to Ashley’s house. After Ann wished the   51  woman a merry Christmas, she began to unload the gifts from the car,  52   them to Ashley one by one and told her the whole story.

Ashley was moved to tears   53  the words: Kinzie opened not only her piggy bank but also her  54  , and my children as well as I myself would be able to do something   55  for someone else in need.

1.A. in time	B. in need	C. in trouble	D. in sight
2. A. therefore	B. even	C. always	D. already
3.A. expected	B. believed	C. dreamed	D. promised
4. A. present	B. arrangement	C. appointment	D. visit
5. A. raising	B. producing	C. adopting	D. attending
6. A. until	B. while	C. since	D. when
7. A. failed	B. arrived	C. passed	D. stopped
8.A. anger	B. expression	C. cheer	D. worry
9. A. sat	B. slipped	C. fell	D. got
10.A. days	B. time	C. seconds	D. hours
11. A. pour	B. pick	C. stare	D. count
12. A. sadly	B. happily	C. excitedly	D. repeatedly
13.A. clothes	B. toy	C. present	D. cake
14.A. emptying	B. feeling	C. opening	D. finding
15. A. filled up	B. grew up	C. blew up	D. piled up
16. A. astonished	B. pleased	C. amused	D. embarrassed
17. A. showing	B. handing	C. unfolding	D. shouldering
18. A. over	B. by	C. with	D. for
19.A. mind	B. smile	C. sympathy	D. heart
20. A. important	B. similar	C. valuable	D. different

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.B

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