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My husband Jack hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of ___16___, but the commercial aspects of it. Knowing he felt this ______17___, I decided one year to___18___the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something _____19__just for Jack. The idea came in an unusual way.

　　 Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was______20______at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match____21_____a team sponsored by a church.

　　 These youngsters from the church, dressed in shoes so_______22_____that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together,____23______our son’s team were in their beautiful new wrestling shoes.

　　 As the match began, I was_____24_____to see that the other team was wrestling without a helmet designed to____25_____a wrestler’s head. They clearly could not_____26_____ them. Well, our son’s team ended up defeating them and took every weight class. But as the other team ______27_____up from the mat, they walked around with a sense of pride that couldn’t admit______28______.

　　 Jack, seated beside me, shook his head_____29_____, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential, but______30_____like this could take the heart right out of them.” Jack loved_____31_____and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball. That’s when the ____32______for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and _____33______some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them to the church.

　　 On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Jack what I had done and that this was his_______34_____from me. His smile was the_______35______ thing about Christmas that year.

1.                A．the gift         B．an envelope     C．the wrestling   D．Christmas

2.                A．way           B．joy            C．music    D．fear

3.                A．buy            B．wear           C．avoid D．give

4.                A．beautiful        B．expensive       C．new D．special

5.                A．wrestling       B．weightlifting     C．shooting  D．boxing

6.                A．at             B．against         C．for  D．on

7.                A．big            B．small           C．worn D．cheap

8.                A．because        B．if              C．while D．so

9.                A．frightened      B．disappointed     C．pleased   D．surprised

10.               A．cover          B．surround       C．hide  D．protect

11.               A．carry          B．afford          C．design D．expect

12.               A．dressed        B．got            C．turned    D．cheered

13.               A．defeat         B．evidence       C．charge    D．mistake

14.               A．gently          B．sadly           C．nervously  D．gladly

15.               A．running        B．winning        C．losing D．shaking

16.               A．workmates      B．parents         C．friends    D．kids

17.               A．invitation       B．care           C．idea  D．money

18.               A．return         B．sold           C．bought    D．left

19.               A．gift            B．warning        C．praise D．love

20.               A．brightest       B．funniest        C．ugliest D．darkest

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述我为儿子准备的一份与众不同的圣诞礼物，通过这个故事告诉我们对任何人都有要同情之心。

1.D 上下文串联。根据前句的hated Christmas说明他不是真正恨Christmas。

2.A 名词辨析。A方式B快乐C音乐D恐惧；我知道他是这样想的，所以…

3.C 动词辨析。A购买B穿C避免D给；有一年我决定避免买这些常规的东西。

4.D 上下文串联。根据上文的the usual shirts说明我要给他买一些特别的东西。

5.A 上下文串联。根据23空后的wrestling说明A正确。

6.B 介词辨析。Against…表示“反对…；对抗…”；指两支球队的对抗。

7.C 形容词辨析。A大B小C破旧D便宜；他们穿着如此破旧的鞋子比赛。

8.C 连词辨析。他们穿的鞋子很差，而我儿子的队伍却穿着很好的运动鞋。

9.D 形容词辨析。A害怕B失望C高兴D惊讶；我很惊讶地发现他们没有带头盔。

10.C 动词辨析。A覆盖B包围C躲藏D保护；头盔是让孩子们把头躲在里面起保护作用。

11.B 动词辨析。A携带B买得起C设计D期待；很清楚他们买不起头盔。

12.B 短语辨析。Get up起来；起立；他们从垫子上站了起来。

13.A 名词辨析。A击败B证据C收费D错误；指他们的样子好像是没有被击败一样。

14.B 副词辨析。A温柔地B悲哀地C紧张地D高兴地；我的儿子很难过地在我旁边摇头。

15.C 动词辨析。A奔跑B赢C失败D摇摆；指像这样的失败的事情会让他们很难受。

16.D 名词辨析。A同事B父母C朋友D孩子；Jack很喜欢孩子，也很了解他们。

17.C 名词辨析。A邀请B关心C观点D钱；就在这时给他的礼物的想法出现在脑海里了。

18.C 动词辨析。A返回B卖C买D离开；我到商店里买了一些头盔。

19.A 名词辨析。A礼物B警告C表扬D爱；我告诉他那就是我给他的礼物。

20.A 形容词辨析。A最明亮的B最滑稽的C最丑陋的D最黑暗的；他的微笑是最明亮的微笑。

考点：考查故事类完型填空