Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses 36 Anna's were washed away. Anna's house was high enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were __37 there with no roof and no walls and all covered with __38 , her house was 39 quite all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children , 40 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 41 in the flood and she 42 her home with them until it was 43 for them to rebuild their houses.
Anna's friends were 44 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give 45 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 46 .
"Well," Anna 47 her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I 48 lived found herself very poor, because her husband 49 in the war and she had a lot of children, 50 I have now. The day before Christams, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for 51 this year, so I’m going to 52 only one present for all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back 53 a girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’ she said to her children. The children were 54 to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. 55 was that Christmas present.
1.A．down below B．just around C．next to D．above
2.A．rising B．appearing C．falling D．standing
3.A．water B．trees C．dust D．mud
4.A．just B．already C．yet D．still
5.A．so B．but C．for D．since
6.A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．something
7.A．made B．found C．shared D．built
8.A．possible B．necessary C．important D．valuable
9.A．worried B．disappointed C．puzzled D．impressed
10.A．them B．herself C．them all D．her
11.A．support B．supply C．grow D．keep
12.A．explained to B．asked for C．talked with D．spoke as
13.A．actually B．then C．before D．later
14.A．had killed B．might be killed C．had been killed D．killed
15.A．for B．as C．like D．that
16.A．you B．us C．Christmas D．your birthday
17.A．get B．send C．buy D．make
18.A．for B．from C．like D．with
19.A．sad B．happy C．worried D．sorry
20.A．It B．She C．Such D．I
_______ in the leg, the soldier was sent to hospital.
A．Seriously injured B．To be injured C．Injuring badly D．Having injured
Is this factory ___________?
A. the one your father works in B. where your father works in
C. which your father works D. your father works in
____ the problem was ______ he could deal with, he called the police for help.
A. To realize; what B. Having realizing; more than
C. Realized; more than D. Having been realized; what
— Obama won the election. It’s amazing!
— Yes. But the result was within ______ we had expected, ______ brought great joy to many young people and the black.
A. that; which B. that; that C. what; what D. what; which
As time went by, the plan they stuck ____ fairly practical.
A. to proved B. to proving C. proved D. to be proved
