完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从34-- 53各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _34_ 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 35 ?” Just when I started to 36 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 37 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 38 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed(尴尬) when I returned to school. I wasn’t 39 . Somebody had thought 40 of 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 41 Christmas there special and memorable, I 42 remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 43 for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I 44 a 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 supplies, 45 with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were 46 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 47 them that they couldn’t open their presents 48 every child had come forward. Finally the 49 they 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 50 up the room. The 51 in the room was obvious, and 52 wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew 53 that 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. turned in
5. A. relief B. loss C. achievement D. sadness
6. A. remembered B. loved C. forgotten D. affected
7. A. highly B. little C. poorly D. enough
8. A. present B. first C. recent D. former
9. A. hardly B. immediately C. regularly D. sometimes
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. useful
14. A. reminded B. insisted C. proved 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. pity C. calmness D. joy
19. A. it B. such C. something D. everybody
20. A. by B. till C. for D. from
Don’t you think that______________ is no use promising without doing?
A. this B. that C. it D. what
The children were warned of not being too _______ about things you are not supposed to know.
A.strange B.amusing C.curious D.satisfied
Americans eat____ vegetables per person today as they did in 1990.
A. more than twice B. as twice as many
C. twice as many as D. more than twice as many
Students ______ remain in their seats until all the exam papers have been collected.
A. must B. shall C. may D. can
The atmosphere of the earth ______ us from the strong sun light.
A. prevents B. keeps C. stops D. protects