Question

My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had 36   it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the 37 . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every 38  with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to 39  if there was any sign of it on our end.

The 40  always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be 41   . We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids, 42  and so on. Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much 43  for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.

By Christmas Eve we finally had to 44   the fact that the package was 45  lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my 46   and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the 47  package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I 48  the door, a man was standing there. “I 49    this is yours.” he said, holding a package. Just then I 50  that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “51 I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this 52  stranger for taking so much trouble to 53 this gift to us on Christmas Day, and 54 thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.

The real gift that holiday season was the new 55  to my sister who lives far away from us. Now there’s one gift I never want to give back!

1.                A．booked         B．decorated       C． listed    D．mailed

2.                A．appointment     B．deadline        C．holiday   D．party

3.                A．year           B．morning        C．week D．month

4.                A．pick out        B．take out        C．figure out D．find out

5.                A．complaint       B．conversation     C． discussion    D．quarrel

6.                A．chatting        B．arguing         C． kidding  D．scolding

7.                A．gifts           B．secrets         C．husband  D．clothing

8.                A．food           B．time           C．achievement   D．money

9.                A．consider        B．ignore          C． accept   D．study

10.               A．entirely        B．simply          C．mostly D．suddenly

11.               A．restaurant      B．office          C．house D．class

12.               A．terrible        B．outstanding     C．big   D．missing

13.               A．opened        B．locked         C．left   D．watched

14.               A．understand     B．forget          C．know D．believe

15.               A．expected       B．dreamed       C．realized   D．remembered

16.               A．because        B．but            C．or    D．so

17.               A．generous       B．honest         C．polite D．kind

18.               A．show          B．present        C．return D．offer

19.               A．silently         B．carefully        C．gently D．actually

20.               A．connection      B．guide          C．recognition D．closeness

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了在圣诞节之前姐姐给我邮寄了圣诞礼物，但是对方却送错了地址。我和姐姐在电话里交流了很多关于以前一起生活的甜美的往事，感觉到了和姐姐之间的深情。在圣诞节这一天，有一个善良的陌生人把包裹送了过来，让我感受到了另外一种温暖。

1.D 动词辨析。A预定B装修C列举D邮寄；根据上文可知她住的地方离我很远，只能通过邮寄的方式给我送圣诞节礼物。故D正确。

2.C 上下文串联。根据上下文的Christmas可知是过圣诞节，她提前给我寄礼物希望在圣诞节之前能够收到这份礼物。

3.B 上下文串联。根据下一句every evening可知这里使用every morning，她每天早晨都要核对邮寄的信息，晚上再打电话问我是否收到包裹。

4.D 短语辨析。A挑选B取出C查明D发现；每天晚上她都打电话给我问我是否发现了包裹。

5.B 上下文串联。根据下一行的We talked我们在电话里聊以前的美好时光，故B对话正确。

6.A 动词辨析。A聊天B争论C开玩笑D责骂；一开始的时候，我们还在谈论包裹，20分钟以后我们的对话就转到了家人的等方面的内容。

7.C 上下文串联。根据such as parents, our kids可知谈论的家人，父母，孩子以及丈夫等。

8.B 上下文串联。根前两行内容可知我们两个在电话里谈论了很久的时间，之前从来没有这样。

9.C 动词辨析。A考虑B忽视C接受D学习；到圣诞节这天，我们不得不接受包裹丢了这现实，因为直到那一天，也没有收到包裹。

10..B 副词辨析。A完全地B仅仅，实在（表示强调）C大部分D突然；本句使用simply表示强调，指包裹真地丢了。

11.C 上下文串联。在这一天她给我们家的所有人都打了电话，问候了圣诞节节日快乐。

12.D 形容词辨析.A 可怕的B杰出的C巨大的D失踪的；我忘记了那个失踪的包裹的事情。

13.A 上下文串联。有人敲门了，我自然是去开门。动词open打开。

14.D 动词辨析A理解B忘记C知道D认为；我打开门，对方说：我认为这是你的。

15.C 动词辨析。A期待B梦想C意识到D记得；我这个时候才意识到这个包裹被送错地址了。

16.B 连词辨析。他解释：我刚刚度假回来，但是我希望你能在圣诞节这一天，打开这个包裹。

17.D 上下文串联。对方在度假以后把这个送错地址的包裹送给了我，说明他是一个善良的人。

18.C 动词辨析。A展示B呈现C归还D提供；我向这个善良的陌生人表示了感谢，因为他不顾麻烦地在圣诞节这天把这个包裹归还给了我们。

19.A 副词辨析。A安静地B细心地C温柔地D实际上；我在心里安静地感谢上帝。

20.D 名词辨析。A联系B指导C承认D亲密；在这个节日里我收到的礼物是生活在远方的姐姐对我亲近的感情。

考点：考察故事类短文阅读