Question

Each December， I promised to make Christmas a relaxed and peaceful experience. I didn’t spend too much time on card writing， endless cooking and decorating. Yet still， I found myself tired， unable to enjoy the valuable family moments， and of course， to understand the true meaning of     .

Christmas came again. My son， Nicholas， was in primary school that year. It was a very     season for a six-year-old. For weeks， he’d been memorizing songs for his school’s “Winter Celebration.” All the parents were invited to be present at their show.

I didn’t have the heart to tell him I’d be working. Unwilling to     his shining moment， I spoke with his teacher. She told me there’d be a dress rehearsal(彩排) the morning of the presentation. All     unable to be present that evening were welcome to come then.

So， on the     of the dress rehearsal， I arrived ten minutes early. Around the room， I saw several other parents. Because the public school system had long stopped referring to the holiday as “Christmas”， I didn’t     anything other than fun. So， when my son’s class rose to sing “Christmas Love”， I was a little bit surprised by its title.

Nicholas was excited， as were all of his classmates. Those in the front row held up large letters， one by one， to     out the title of the song. As the class would sing “C is for Christmas，” a child would hold up the letter C. Then， “H is for Happy，” and on and on     all the children presented the complete message “Christmas Love”.

The show was going smoothly， until suddenly， a small， quiet， girl in the front row held the letter “M” upside down — totally not knowing her letter “M” appeared as a “W”. The audience(观众) laughed at this little girl’s     . But she had no idea why they were laughing at her， so she stood tall，     holding her “W”. The laughter continued until the last letter was raised， and we all saw it together. A sudden     came over the audience and eyes began to widen. At that moment， we understood why we were there and why we     the holiday.

For when the last letter was held high， the message read loud and clear： “CHRIST WAS LOVE”.

1. A. family     B. love    C. Christmas   D. school

2.A. fresh   B. exciting   C. successful      D. golden

3.A. miss   B. waste    C. forget   D. change

4.A. officers  B. children   C. teachers   D. parents

5.A. morning  B. noon    C. afternoon   D.evening

6.A. enjoy   B. expect        C. find    D. have

7.A. spell   B. pick    C. check    D. carry

8.A. since   B. before        C. until    D. when

9.A. letter   B. mistake   C. appearance  D. gesture

10.A. politely  B. honestly   C. quietly   D. proudly

11.A. cry   B. anger    C. silence   D. sadness

12.A. celebrated   B. remembered       C. invented   D. recorded

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者参加儿子的圣诞节目彩排时，观众一开始以为那个举着字母M的女孩儿把字母拿倒了。可是当所有的字母都呈现出来时人们沉默了。因为那不是圣诞之爱而是耶稣之爱。

1.C考查学生对语境的理解。根据第一段开头提到的每年的圣诞节，可知应选Christmas，翻译为：“当然，也不能理解圣诞节的真正意义。”

2.B 考查形容词及语境的理解。根据下文中儿子为学校的演出而花费数周的时间记忆歌词说明儿子对于这次的圣诞节感到十分的兴奋，故选B.

3.A考查动词辨析及语境的理解。根据句意：作者说不愿意因为工作错过他儿子辉煌的时刻。miss意为错过，故选A。

4.D考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我给他们老师交谈，她告诉我，将有一个彩排在表演的那天上午。所有那天晚上不能出席的家长都欢迎来参加。故选D parents。

5.A考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：因此，在彩排的上午，我早到了十分钟。根据上一段内容知道彩排的时间是在上午，故选A。

6.B根据上文中提到的公立学校已经很久没有所谓的圣诞节的假期了。因此，作者只想开心就行。故选B

7.A考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：那些前排的孩子举起大写的字母，一个挨一个地， 拼写出这首歌的标题，根据句意故选A。

8.C考查连词辨析及语境的理解。句意：从上文意思得知，孩子们持续不停地举起字母，直到所有的孩子把这句话完整地拼读出来。故选C

9.B考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：一个文静的小女孩原本应该举着印有字母的牌子，结果却显示字母W。所以观众嘲笑的是她的错误，故应该选B。

10.D考查副词辨析及语境的理解。句意：但是她不知道为什么他们笑她，仍然理直气壮地高举着这个弄错的字母牌，故选D。

11.C考查名词及语境的理解。句意：笑的人们继续笑，知道最后一个字母被举起，我们把所有的字母放在一起看，观众突然沉默了。Come over指突然产生（某种感觉），突然发生（某种情况），故选C。

12.A考察动词辨析及语境的理解。通过孩子的字母秀，作者及在场的每个人都理解了庆祝圣诞节的意义，故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。