Question

The Best Holiday

 I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter. Emily   41   to buy a mountain bike. She’d been saving her pocket money all year,   42   doing small jobs to earn extra money.

 By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49. I said, “You   43   have your pick from my bicycle   44  .” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950’s models, not the kind a kid today would   45   choose.

As Christmas   46   near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she   __47   a Salvation Army volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy?” she asked. “Sorry, I’m out of   48  .”

  Throughout December, Emily continued to   49   hard. Then one day, she made a   __50   announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $ 58 to a volunteer who was really very   51  .

  52   by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute   53   of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children.    54   I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow (发光). Should I   contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t   55   the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later   56   the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very __57  , sir. Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re   58   away one chance to win a girls’ mountain bike.”

Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the   59  ? I like to think it was God’s way of   60   a little girl for a sacrifice beyond her years－while giving her dad a lesson in the process.

1. A. promised	B. amazed	C. determined	D. organized
2.  A. as well as	B. in addition	C. because of	D. except for
3.  A. need	B. should	C. must	D. can
4.A. collection	B. contribution	C. shop	D. club
5.A. seldom	B. likely	C. slightly	D. merely
6.A. drew	B. became	C. went	D. pulled
7.A. observed	B. sensed	C. watched	D. noticed
8.A. charge	B. change	C. control	D. order
9.A. study	B. try	C. listen	D. work
10.A. disappointing disappointing	B. surprising	C. formal	D. public
11.A. agreeable	B. hopeful	C. thankful	D. pitiful
12.A. Moved	B. Shocked	C. Persuaded	D. Demanded
13.A. one	B. some	C. two	D. any
14.A. While	B. When	C. Because	D. Though
15.A. express	B. describe	C. explain	D. shake
16.A. returned	B. delivered	C. chose	D. shared
17.A. sweet	B. healthy	C. happy	D. fair
18.A. putting	B. giving	C. storing	D. signing
19.A. present	B. harvest	C. winner	D. chance
20.A. greeting	B. praising	C. sheltering	D. rewarding

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】略