Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My tenth Christmas was one I was not looking forward to. Money was tight. Mom said we were old enough not to count on       . Just being together would be enough.

We weren’t the only family in our small community who would have a       Christmas. But the knowledge that others were going through the same thing didn’t       much.

One night we had a small pity party for each other.

“How can I even wear that same old dress one more time?” I       .

“I know,” said my sister. “I think I might as well give up asking for a      .”

The next day, Mom told us that she had been saving up and shopping around so that we could give the Walters family a Christmas basket.

“If anyone needs some       , it’s the Walters.” Mom reminded us.

The Walters! They were the strangest people we knew. How could Mom be so       with them when our own family didn’t have enough?

Mom was determined. She packed flour and sugar, a small turkey, some fruits in a basket and asked us to       it to the Walters.

I really didn’t like to have anything to do with them. Not wanting to be       , we left the basket on the doorstep and hid behind a nearby bush.

Seeing the Walters gather up their basket, I asked in whisper, “Did they look happy?”

“Well, yeah, happy, but mostly they looked like they were thinking, Maybe we do belong.”

Christmas morning arrived. To my great      , I received a fabulous-looking dress. I couldn’t believe it’s for me. I was about to speak       we noticed Dad ride up atop a new horse. My sister screamed and ran out. She couldn’t       to meet her “gift”.

“Mom, how did you do all this?” I asked. “We were       for a no-present Christmas.”

“Oh, not necessarily       but just helping each other. Mrs. Olsen at the dress shop let me bring your gift home. Dad offered to hang up Mrs. Marshall’s tree lights. Mr. Jones had a horse and he was       to know we had someone to love it.”

“I thought since you were giving away food to the Walters, we would never have enough. They really don’t have anything to give in       .”

“We are like a big family. Never      who can or who can’t give. The most important is that we should listen to our hearts. Perhaps the right gifts will end up with the right families.”

Mom always knew       . Thinking about the expression on the Walters’s faces when they discovered the Christmas basket, I realized their “      ” feeling was more precious than any of the gifts.

That was the Christmas that I learned about the magic of       .

1.A. games     B. parties        C. gifts          D. trips

2.A. simple      B. regular      C. grand          D. peaceful

3.A. judge       B. help           C. cover          D. pay

4.A. begged      B. insisted       C. laughed       D. complained

5.A. tree       B. light          C. dress         D. horse

6.A. trust      B. cheer         C. praise        D. courage

7.A. patient     B. strict         C. generous      D. popular

8.A. deliver     B. award         C. show          D. lend

9.A. excused     B. caught         C. realized      D. recognized

10.A. relief    B. alarm         C. fear          D. surprise

11.A. since     B. when           C. after          D. before

12.A. expect    B. intend         C. wait           D. decide

13.A. ready     B. eager         C. known          D. responsible

14.A. checking   B. trading        C. hesitating     D. quarreling

15.A. proud      B. afraid         C. happy          D. worried

16.A. return     B. store          C. vain          D. effect

17.A. tease      B. forget         C. mind          D. ignore

18.A. truth      B. duty           C. dreams      D. choices

19.A. inspiring B. relaxing       C. satisfying     D. belonging

20.A. believing B. giving        C. forgiving     D. communicating

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲述的是感受给予的魅力。

1.C考查名词辨析A. games游戏；B. parties聚会；C. gifts礼物；D. trips旅行；句意：妈妈说我们岁数大了别指望着礼物了，在一起就足够了，根据语境可知圣诞节应该是礼物，故选C项。

2.2】A考查形容词辨析A. simple简单的；B. regular有规律的；C. grand宏伟的；D. peaceful 和平的；句意：我们不是唯一简单过圣诞的家庭，根据. Mom said we were old enough not to count on 36 可知选A项。

3.3】B考查动词辨析A. judge判断；B. help帮助；C. cover 覆盖；D. pay支付；句意：但其它人所经历的同样的事情的认知并没有太大的帮助，根据语境可知选B项。

4.4】D考查动词辨析A. begged 乞求；B. insisted坚持；C. laughed笑；D. complained抱怨；句意：我怎么能多次穿同样的旧衣服。我抱怨到，根据语境可知选D项。

5.5】D考查名词辨析A. tree树；B. ligh t 光；C. dress衣服；D. horse马；句意：我知道，姐姐说，我认为最好放弃要匹新马，根据I was about to speak we noticed Dad ride up atop a new horse故选D项。

6.6】B考查名词辨析A. trust信任；B. cheer 欢呼；C. praise表扬；D. courage勇气；句意：如果你需要鼓励，就是瓦尔特一家，根据语境可知选B项。

7.7】C考查形容词辨析A. patient耐心的；B. strict 严格的；C. generous慷慨的；D. popular 受欢迎的；句意：我们家也不富裕妈妈怎么会对他们对此慷慨，根据语境可知选C项。

8.8】A考查动词辨析A. deliver 递送；B. award奖赏；C. show展示；D. lend借；句意：她打包了面粉，糖，一只小火鸡，一篮子水果，并要求我们送到瓦尔特家。Deliver sth to sb 把某物送给某人，故选A项。

9.9】D考查动词辨析A. excused申辩；B. caught 抓住；C. realized意识到；D. recognized 识别；句意：不想被认出来，我们把篮子放在门口，藏在附近的草丛时，根据语境可知选D项。

10.0】D考查名词辨析A. relief安慰；B. alarm警报；C. fear恐惧；D. surprise吃惊；句意：圣诞节来临，使我们感到吃惊的是，我收到非常漂亮的裙子。根据I couldn’t believe it’s for me.可知选D项。

11.1】B考查连词辨析A. since自从；B. when 当。。时候；C. after之后；D. before 之前；句意：我正打算说这时我们注意到爸爸骑着一匹新马，be about to do when..正要做某事这时。。，故选B项。

12.2】C考查动词辨析A. expect 期望；B. intend打算；C. wait等待；D. decide决定；句意：她等不及要看看她的礼物。Couldn’t wait to do 迫不及待做某事，故选C项。

13.3】A考查形容词辨析A. ready准备；B. eager 急切的；C. known 出名的；D. responsible 负责的；句意：我们本为准备过一个没有礼物的圣诞节，be ready for 为。。做准备，故选A项。

14.4】B考查动词辨析A. checking检查；B. trading做生意；C. hesitating犹豫；D. quarreling争吵；句意：不是交易而是互相帮助，根据Mrs. Olsen at the dress shop let me bring your gift home. Dad offered to hang up Mrs. Marshall’s tree lights.可知是互相帮助，故选B项。

15.5】C考查形容词辨析A. proud骄傲的；B. afraid害怕的；C. happy高兴的；D. worried担心的；句意：琼斯先生有一匹马，他高兴知道我们有人喜欢它，根据语境可知选C项。

16.6】A考查动词辨析A. return 返回；B. store储存； C. vain 白费； D. effect结果；句意：他们没有什么可以回报的，in return 归还 可知选A项。

17.7】C考查动词辨析A. tease 取笑；B. forget忘记；C. mind介意；D. ignore忽视；句意：从来不要求谁能或谁不能给与，根据语境故选C项。

18.8】A考查名词辨析A. truth真相；B. duty 责任；C. dreams梦想；D. choices 选择；句意：妈妈一直知道真相，根据语境可知选A项。

19.9】D考查形容词辨析A. inspiring令人鼓舞的； B. relaxing放松的；C. satisfying 令人满意的；D. belonging 所有物；句意：想想瓦尔特一家收到礼物的表情，我意识他们所拥有的这种东西比任何东西都珍贵，故选D项。

20.20】B考查动词辨析A. believing相信；B. giving 给；C. forgiving原谅；D. communicating交流；句意：这就是关于圣诞节，我所明白给与的秘密，故选B项。

考点 ：人生百味类阅读。