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I’d like to tell you a story my grandmother told me when I was six or seven years old. We had to go to her home for Thanksgiving dinner and the  _______ was rather a long one. I had filled the time with making a _______of all the things that I wanted for Christmas that year.

Later I showed the list to my grandmother. After she read it, she said, “That  _______is a long list!” Then she told me this story:

“Once there was a little girl who came to live in an orphanage(孤儿院). As Christmas time  _______ , all of the other children began _______the little girl about the beautiful Christmas tree that would appear in the huge downstairs _______  on Christmas morning. Each child would be given their one and only Christmas gift, a small, single _______ .”

“The headmaster of the orphanage was very  _______ , so when he caught the little girl climbing down the stairs to look at the Christmas tree in the hall, he sharply _______  that the little girl would not _______ her Christmas orange because she had been to _______  as to disobey the rules. The little girl ran back to her room_______ and crying. The next morning as the other children were going down to breakfast, the little girl stayed in her bed. She couldn’t stand the _______ of seeing the others receive their gift when there would be _______ for her. Later, as the children came back, the little girl was  _______5 to be handed a napkin(面巾纸). As she carefully _______  it, there to her disbelief was an orange all peeled and sectioned. “It was then that she imagined _______ each child had taken one section from their orange and given it to her so that she, too, would have a Christmas orange.”

How I _______  this story! I would ask my grandmother to tell it to me over and over as I _______. How I wish the world, as a whole world display that same kind of _______  for others, not just at Christmas, but throughout the year.

1.A. story       B. drive        C. moment        D. holiday

2.A. choice      B. order        C. list          D. joke

3.A. hardly        B. usually       C. specially     D. really

4.A. moved        B. approached    C. linked      D. took

5.A. telling       B. informing     C. warning     D. sending

6.A. hall        B. kitchen      C. bedroom     D. reading-room

7.A. apple       B. star         C. orange       D. flower

8.A. serious       B. caring       C. humorous      D. strict

9.A. required      B. announced     C. asked         D. insisted

10.A. deliver      B. make         C. receive       D. reach

11.A. curious      B. outgoing      C. frightened    D. disappointed

12.A. delighted    B. blank-minded C. seared       D. broken-hearted

13.A. possession  B. attraction    C. thought      D. effect

14.A. few          B. none          C. everything    D. something

15.A. surprised   B. happy         C. willing      D. pleased

16.A. touched      B. felt         C. smelt         D. opened

17.A. whether      B. when          C. how           D. what

18.A. wrote       B. loved         C. told         D. understood

19.A. grew up    B. dropped in   C. turned up     D. hung out

20.A. help         B. thankfulness  C. happiness    D. concern

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了圣诞节来临，孤儿院的孩子们是每人得到一个橘子作为圣诞礼物。一个新来的的小女孩因为受罚得不到橘子，其他的小朋友省下橘瓣送给她。作者希望大家能随时随地的关爱他人，而不是仅仅在圣诞节。

1.B考查名词辨析。A. story 故事；B. drive驾驶；C. moment 时刻；D. holiday假期。根据下一句：我把那年想要的所有的圣诞礼物都列在了一个清单上，可以推断路途长，因此要开车行驶很长时间。所以选B项。

2.2】C考查名词辨析。Make a list of列清单；A. choice 选择；B. order 命令；C. list目录 ，名单；D. joke笑话。故选C项。

3.3】D考查副词辨析。A. hardly 几乎不；B. usually 通常；C. specially特别的；D. really的确。句意：这个礼物单真是很长。故选D项。

4.4】B考查副词辨析。A. moved 移动；B. approached来临；C. linked 联系；D. took带走。句意：随着圣诞节的临近。选B项。

5.5】A考查动词辨析。A. telling告诉；B. informing告知；C. warning 警告；D. sending派。Tell sb. about sth; inform sb. of sth。句意：孤儿院的其他孩子告诉小女孩圣诞节圣诞树的事情。所以选A项。

6.6】A考查上下文联系。根据后半句the little girl climbing down the stairs to look at the Christmas tree in the hall小女孩爬到楼下去看大厅里的圣诞树,可知选A项。

7.7】C考查上下文联系。根据the little girl would not 30 her Christmas orange小女孩不能得到圣诞橘子，可知选C项。

8.8】D考查形容词辨析。A. serious严肃的；B. caring关心的；C. humorous 幽默的；D. strict严格的。句意：当孤儿院院长抓住爬到楼下看圣诞树的小女孩的时候，非常生气。根据下句院长不给小女孩发圣诞橘子，可以推断院长生气了。故选D项。

9.9】B考查动词辨析。A. required要求；B. announced宣布；C. asked 问；D. insisted坚持。句意：院长严厉地宣布小女孩得不到橘子。故选B项。

10.0】C考查动词辨析。A. deliver分发；B. make生产；C. receive收到；D. reach到达。故选C项。

11.1】A考查形容词辨析。A. curious 好奇的；B. outgoing外向的；C. frightened害怕的；D. disappointed失望的。句意：因为小女孩好奇心太强以至于违反纪律。选A项。

12.2】D考查形容词辨析。A. delighted 高兴的；B. blank-minded头脑一阵空白的；C. seared枯萎的；D. broken-hearted伤心的。句意：小女孩伤心地哭着炮灰房间。故选D项。

13.3】C考查名词辨析。A. possession占有；B. attraction吸引；C. thought想法；D. effect影响。句意：小女孩不能忍受这一想法。选C项。

14.4】B考查名词辨析。A. few 少许； B. none 没有一个；C. everything每件事；D. something有些事。句意：看到其他的小朋友收到礼物，可是没有一个橘子是给她的。故选B项。

15.5】A考查形容词辨析。A. surprised 惊讶；B. happy高兴；C. willing乐意；D. pleased高兴的。句意：当有人递给她面巾纸的时候，她非常惊讶。选A项。

16.6】B考查动词辨析。A. touched触摸；B. felt 感觉；C. smelt 闻；D. opened打开。句意：她小心翼翼地摸着面巾纸，令她难以置信的是，里面包着剥了皮的橘瓣。故选B项。

17.7】C考查连词辨析。A. whether是否；B. when当的时候；C. how如何，怎样；D. what什么。句意：就在那时，她想象到小朋友们是怎样省下自己的一瓣橘子送给她，好让她也有自己的圣诞礼物。故选C项。

18.8】B考查上下文联系。根据下句I would ask my grandmother to tell it to me over and over我让奶奶讲了一遍又一遍，可知我喜欢这个故事。故选B项。

19.9】A考查动词短语辨析。A. grew up 成长；B. dropped in 拜访；C. turned up露面；D. hung out闲逛。句意：在成长过程中。故选A项。

20.20】D考查名词辨析。A. help 帮助；B. thankfulness 感激；C. happiness幸福；D. concern关心。句意：我多么希望世界上所有人不仅仅在圣诞节，而是任何时候都能关心他人。故选D项。

考点：故事类短文阅读及语言应用。