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I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but I ______ to make ends meet (收支平衡), and if not a lot, ______ we had enough. Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was ______. I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t ______ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big ______ for the kids was the fun of Christmas ______. They planned weeks ahead of time, asking ______ what they wanted for Christmas. ______, I had saved $ 120 for gifts to be shared by all five of us.

The big day ______. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and ______ them to look for ______ of about four dollars each. Then everyone went away excitedly. We had two hours to shop and ______ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, ______ my youngest daughter, Ginger, who was unusually ______. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was very doubtful but I didn’t say anything ______ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door. This is what she told me:

“I was looking ______ thinking of what to buy when I ______ to read the little cards on the “Giving Trees”. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ______ for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and ______ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so ______ as I did that day.

1.A. failed    B. managed    C. meant    D. wished

2.A. at least    B. at most    C. at first    D. at last

3.A. busy    B. serious    C. strict    D. kind

4.A. reason    B. room    C. time    D. money

5.A. question    B. problem    C. pleasure    D. treasure

6.A. shopping    B. travelling    C. parties    D. greetings

7.A. every other    B. each other    C. one by one    D. the other

8.A. Strangely    B. Luckily    C. Hardly    D. Sadly

9.A. went    B. left    C. reached    D. arrived

10.A. persuaded    B. commanded    C. advised    D. forced

11.A. toys    B. clothes    C. presents    D. bargains

12.A. returned    B. met    C. sat    D. moved

13.A. except    B. besides    C. including    D. concerning

14.A. excited    B. disappointed    C. sad    D. quiet

15.A. since    B. after    C. until    D. while

16.A. out    B. over    C. forward    D. around

17.A. forgot    B. remembered    C. happened    D. offered

18.A. wanted    B. did    C. got    D. gave

19.A. searched    B. found    C. brought    D. bought

20.A. calm    B. rich    C. well    D. angry

 

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. C 11. C 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. B 【解析】 本文主要讲了“我”一个人独自抚养四个孩子,在圣诞节那天用省下来的钱让孩子们去买礼物,最后除了小女儿所有的孩子都买到了自己想要的,后来我知道最小的女儿用她的钱给一位贫困的小女孩买了娃娃,自己只买了一点糖果,我为自己有这么善良的孩子感到高兴。 1.考查动词辨析。failed失败; managed设法做到;meant意味着,打算;wished希望,但愿。前文说我是一个单亲母亲,收入不高,钱总是很紧张。但我却能设法收支平衡。因此根据语境可知B项符合题意,故选B项。 2.考查短语辨析。at least至少;at most 至多;at first开始;at last最后。根据语境可知,我们的钱不多,但至少够用了,故选A项。 3.考查形容词辨析。busy忙碌; serious严肃的,严重的;strict严格的;kind温和的。本句的意思是:“孩子们不知道我家很穷,只是认为是我要求严格。”故选C。 4.考查名词辨析。reason理由,原因;room 房间;time时间;money钱。从第一段可知作者的经济很紧张,所以没有钱买许多礼物。故选D。 5.考查名词辨析。question问题,疑问;problem难题; pleasure愉快,乐事;treasure珍宝。根据语境和常识,圣诞节到了,孩子们最兴奋的是去购物。故选C。 6.考查名词辨析。shopping购物;travelling旅行;parties聚会;greetings问候。根据下文,他们去购物了,可以推测出,去购物让孩子们很兴奋,故选A 7.考查词组辨析。every other每隔一个;each other彼此,互相;one by one一个接一个;the other有两个中的“另一个”的意思,表示(两个中的)另一个, 或其余的人或物,通常后面会加one,确指另一个。根据语境可知,他们几周前就开始提前准备,互相询问想要什么礼物。故选B。 8.考查副词辨析。Strangely奇怪地;Luckily幸运的;Hardly几乎不;Sadly悲伤地。上文可知作者的经济很紧张,所以能节省120美元来买礼物已是很幸运了,故选B。 9.考查动词辨析。went去;left离开;reached到达;arrived到达。本句是说圣诞节这个伟大的日子终于到了。reach和arrive都有“到达”,但reach为及物动词,后面跟名词作宾语,而arrived为不及物动词。本句的主语是the big day,要用不及物的,所以用arrived到达。故选D项。 10.考查动词辨析。persuaded说服;commanded命令;advised建议; forced强迫。句意:圣诞节到了。我给每个孩子一张二十美元的钞票,建议他们每人找一份约四美元的礼物。根据语境和常识,可知家长对孩子们提的建议,故选C项。 11.考查名词辨析。toys玩具;clothes衣服;presents 礼物;bargains账单。根据语境可知是买礼物,故选C。 12.考查动词辨析。returned返回,回来;met 遇见,碰面;sat坐下;moved移动,搬家。本句是说“然后每个人都兴奋地离开了。我们花了两个小时购物,买完后在“圣诞老人工作室”集中(碰面)。因此选B。 13.考查介词辨析。 except除…之外,(不包括); besides除…之外,还; including包括;concerning有关的。根据下文可知,小女儿用自己买礼物的钱给一个陌生的小女孩买了娃娃,所以说除了她之外,其他的人每个人都沉浸在圣诞节的欢乐气氛中。因此选A。 14.考查形容词辨析。excited安静的;disappointed失望的;sad悲伤难过的;quiet安静的。根据上文说其他的人都沉浸在圣诞节的欢乐气氛中,除了小女儿,可知,她异常的安静,故选D。 15.考查固定搭配。since自从…; after在……之后;到…为止;not……until……“直到„„才„„” ;while当……的时候。本句是指“我很生气,但是到家之前什么也没说”。可知,本题考查的是“直到…才…”,因此要用until,故选C。 16.考查固定搭配。look out“注意,小心”look over“检查,从上面看”look forward“期待,期盼”look around“四处看,四处转”,根据语境可知,小女孩说“我正在四处转转,思考买什么”。故选D。 17.考查固定搭配。forgot忘记;remembered记得;happened发生;offered提供。根据语境可知,这里是指小女正在四处转转,思考买什么, 这个时候碰巧看见了Giving Trees,就停下来去读上边的卡片。happen to do…,为固定搭配,意为“碰巧做某事”,因此选C项。 18.考查动词辨析。wanted想要;did做;got 得到;gave玩。由下文女儿把洋娃娃买给那个四岁的小女孩可推测本句的意思是:那个4岁的小女孩圣诞节想要的就是一个洋娃娃。故选A。 19.考查动词辨析。searched搜索 ;found发现;brought 带来;bought买。根据上下文可知,我女儿把卡片拿下来,并把洋娃娃买给那个四岁的小女孩,因此D项符合题意,选D。 20.考查形容词辨析。calm冷静的;rich富有的;well健康的;angry生气的。与第一段的money was always tight 相呼应。作者认为虽然拮据,但从没有像那天那样感觉自己很富有(因为有这么一个善良的小女儿)。故选B。
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