Question

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

It was a terribly cold Christmas Eve with heavy snow outside. I stayed in bed, feeling upset because there wasn’t enough money to buy me the      that I’d wanted that year.

Mum came back with some snow in her hair. “Come on, Matt!” she said. “Dress      ! It’s freezing cold out tonight.”

     , I went out in the cold with Mum and climbed up the sled beside her. She pulled it around the house and then stopped in front of the woodshed(柴房). She went in and       with an armload of wood.

“I rode by Jensen’s today,” said Mum, “Little Jakey was out digging around in the snow. They’re out of wood, Matt.”

Jensen lived about two miles down the road. Her husband died 3 months ago,   three children, Jakey being only 8 years old.

We loaded the sled high with       . Then we went to the store and my mother took down some meat, a sack of flour and a smaller sack of shoes.

We rode the two miles to Jensen’s in       . All the way I wondered why Mum bought them some shoes and candy as we didn’t have much money. Jensen had closer neighbors than us. It shouldn’t have been our       .

We got to Jensen’s house and unloaded the wood as quietly as possible. Then we took the meat, flour and shoes to the door.

We      . Jensen opened the door and let us in. “We brought you a few things, Jensen,” Mum said,     the sack of flour and the meat on the table. Then Mum handed her the sack of shoes. Jensen bit her lower lip to keep it from trembling, tears welling out and down her cheeks.

“We also      a load of wood, Jensen,” Mum added. She turned to me and said: “Matt, go and bring some in.”

I wasn’t the same person when I went back out to get the wood. Just then the scarf didn’t seem     . The look on Jensen’s face and the smiles of her three children was the best Christmas gift of my life.

1.A. scarf        B. overcoat   C. shoes       D. handbag

2.A. fashionably B. casually    C. comfortably D. warmly

3.A. Unsteadily   B. Unhurriedly C. Unwillingly D. Uncomplainingly

4.A. stepped away B. came out    C. broke down D. fell over

5.A. adopting     B. taking      C. overlooking D. leaving

6.A. wood        B. meat        C. flour       D. grass

7.A. surprise     B. danger      C. silence     D. harmony

8.A. custom       B. concern     C. comment     D. courage

9.A. signed      B. chased     C. knocked    D. hesitated

10.A. taking away B. getting back C. giving out D. putting down

11.A. prepared    B. bought      C. borrowed   D. required

12.A. expensive  B. important   C. ordinary    D. available

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇小短文讲述了在圣诞节里，我本十分想要一条围巾作为圣诞礼物，可是由于没有钱买。而母亲带我去看望和帮助Jensen这个不幸的一家后我看到他们脸上的喜悦，顿时我觉得这就是自己最好的圣诞礼物。

1. . The look on Jensen’s face and the smiles of her three children was the best Christmas gift of my life.”仅仅在那个时候，这围巾似乎都不……。Jensen脸上的表情和她三个孩子的笑容是我生命中最好的圣诞礼物。可知，我起初最想要的圣诞礼物是围巾。故选A。

2.D温暖地。前文介绍的故事场景是圣诞节的下雪天，后一句“It’s freezing cold out tonight.” 外面天气寒冷，母亲让“我”穿上得暖和点。故选D。

3.C。

4.

5. three children.”她的丈夫在3个月前去世了，留下了3个孩子。根据句意，故选D。

6.A。

7.C。

8.B。

9.C。

10.D。

11.A。

12.B重要的；C普通的、平常的；D可获得的。在经历了这些事之后，我发现我想要的圣诞礼物的围巾不是那么重要了。故选B。

考点：考查记叙文阅读。