I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us tha

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I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought，“What would I say when the other kids asked what I"d ？” Just when I started to that there would not be a Christmas that year，three women at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn"t .Somebody had thought of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my . Christmas there special and memorable, I _ remembered the woman’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of for as many children as I could possibly.
So I a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿)at the Christmas party. For every child，we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys，clothes，and school supplies， with a child"s name. We wanted all of them to know they were .Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts，I them that they couldn"t open their presents every child had come forward. Finally the they had been waiting for came as I called out，“One，two，three. Open your presents！” As the children opened their packages，their faces beamed and their bright smiles up the room. The in the room was obvious，and wasn"t just about toys. It was a feeling —the feeling I knew that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn"t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.

小题1:

A．sending

B．receiving

C．making

D．exchanging

小题2:

A．Found

B．prepared

C．got

D．expected

小题3:

A．doubt

B．hope

C．suggest

D．accept

小题4:

A．broke in

B．settled down

C．turned up

D．showed off

小题5:

A．relief

B．loss

C．achievement

D．justice

小题6:

A．blamed

B．loved

C．forgotten

D．affected

小题7:

A．highly

B．little

C．poorly

D．enough

小题8:

A．present

B．first

C．recent

D．previous

小题9:

A．hardly

B．instantly

C．regularly

D．occasionally

小题10:

A．strength

B．independence

C．importance

D．safety

小题11:

A．kept up with

B．caught up with

C．came up with

D．put up with

小题12:

A．none

B．few

C．some

D．each

小题13:

A．fine

B．special

C．helpful

D．normal

小题14:

A．reminded

B．guaranteed

C．convinced

D．promised

小题15:

A．after

B．until

C．when

D．since

小题16:

A．chance

B．gift

C．moment

D．reward

小题17:

A．lit

B．took

C．burned

D．cheered

小题18:

A．atmosphere

B．sympathy

C．calmness

D．joy

小题19:

A．it

B．such

C．something

D．everybody

小题20:

A．by

B．till

C．for

D．From

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:D

解析

试题分析：本文讲述了作者在有能力时为因经济原因不能拥有圣诞礼物的孩子送礼物，在孩子们的笑脸中感受了小时候收到别人送给贫困的她圣诞礼物时的快乐的故事。
小题1:考查动词。Sending送；receiving收到；making制作；exchanging交换。根据上文可知还是小孩子的作者，在圣诞节来临，应该是收到礼物。故选B。
小题2:考查动词。found发现；prepared准备；got得到；expected预期。根据上下文可知此处表达的意思是别人问作者收到了什么礼物。故选C。
小题3:考查动词。Doubt怀疑；hope希望；suggest建议；accept接受。根据上下文内容可推断此处表达的意思是：作者开始接受没有礼物的现实，选择accept，其他三个选项意思都不符合。故选D。
小题4:考查词组。broke in闯入；settled down安居；turned up出现；showed off炫耀。根据上下文可知此处是出现在作者家，给她们圣诞礼物。故选C。
小题5:考查名词。Relief解除；loss损耗；achievement成就；justice正义。根据下文“当我回到学校时，我不会再感到难堪了”，可以推断出此处是表示作者解脱了，松了一口气。故选A。
小题6:考查动词。Blamed谴责；loved爱；forgotten忘记；affected影响。结合上下文，可以得知，这件礼物对作者是多么重要，所以此处表达作者将不会忘记这件事情。故选D。
小题7:考查词组。Highly高度地；little极少；poorly可怜地；enough足够。联系上下文，首先排除B、C，think highly of sb的意思是“对……评价很高”。此处根据作者的前面的心态，选择enough，表示有人关心自己。故选D。
小题8:考查形容词。Present现在；first第一的；recent最近的；previous以前的。联系上下文，提到是new house，肯定选择first，西方人对于圣诞节很重视，是一家人团圆的日子，所以此时表达重要性，作者想让自己在新家过的第一个圣诞节有意义。故选B。
小题9:考查副词。Hardly几乎不；instantly立即地；regularly定期地；occasionally偶尔。联系上下文，可了解当时作者那种激动的心情，所以应该是很快就想到了那件让她难忘的事情。故选B。
小题10:考查名词。 Strength力量；independence独立性；importance重要；safety安全。根据第一段中描述那次圣诞节礼物给我的感慨，和作者此刻的心情，她认为送圣诞节礼物的给自己以及给得到的孩子们的重要性。故选C。
小题11:考查词组。kept up with 和...保持联系；caught up with给...迷住；came up with提出；put up with忍受。根据上一段的内容可以推断，是作者提出了一个让四十个人来我公司帮忙的计划。故选C。
小题12:考查不定代词。None没有人；few很少；some一些；each每个。根据作者的想法，应该是每个人都有自己的圣诞节礼物，所以选择每个人。故选D。
小题13:考查形容词。Fine好的；special特别的；helpful有帮助的；normal正常的。根据每个人都有属于自己的礼物，而且不是固定的，所以作者的意思是给孩子们启示：每个人都是独一无二的。故选B。
小题14:考查动词。Reminded提醒；guaranteed担保；convinced使确信；promised答应。根据下文的“One, two, three. Open your presents!”可知，此时在分发礼物时，作者提醒每个人开始不要打开礼物。故选A。
小题15:考查连词。After之后；until直...时候；when当；since自从。根据句意：直到每个人都拿到礼物。故选B。
小题16:考查名词。Chance机会；gift礼物；moment时刻；reward报酬。根据下文的意思，此处表达大家等待的拆礼物的时刻到来了，故选择moment。故选C。
小题17:考查动词。Lit照亮；took拿；burned燃烧；cheered欢呼。根据句意：他们灿烂的笑容照亮了整个房间，所以选择light的过去式lit。故选A。
小题18:考查动名词。Atmosphere气氛；sympathy同情；calmness冷静；joy欢乐。联系上下文，分析四个选项的意思，此处是表达欢乐。故选D。
小题19:考查代词。It它；such这样；something某事；everybody每个人。根据句意：欢乐不仅仅是因为玩具。所以选择it，指代欢乐。故选A。
小题20:考查介词。By通过；till知道；for为了；from从...。根据句意：我从很久以前的那次圣诞节上获得的感觉再次感受到了。故选择from。故选D。

举一反三

Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town I wanted a rest before catching the train, so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long table to keep a place and went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in the next seat. It was one of those wild-looking boys, with dark glasses and old clothes, and his hair was colored bright red at the front. What did surprise me was that he’d started to eat my chocolate.
I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to make more trouble. I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt angrier. I thought, well, I shall have the last piece. “And I got it.”
The boy gave me a strange look, and then stood up. As he left he shouted out, “There is something wrong with the woman,” Everybody looked at me, but it was worse then I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face turned red when I knew I’d made a mistake. I wasn’t my chocolate that I had eaten. There was mine, just under my newspaper.
小题1:In which order did the writer do the following things?
a. Went into a coffee shop. b. Got a cup of coffee,
c. Started to eat some chocolate. d. Did some shopping.
e. Found a seat in the shop. f. Bought some chocolate.

A．a, e, f, b, c, d

B．a, d, f, b, e, c

C．d, f, a, e, b, c

D．d, a, f, c, b, e

小题2:The writer went into the station coffee shop to______.

A．buy a newspaper	B．meet a boy with dark glasses
C．put her heavy bag	D．take a short rest

小题3:When the writer came back to the table, she was surprised because______.

A．her chocolate had been eaten up

B．the boy was eating her chocolate

C．there was a boy sitting next to her

D．what the boy did seemed quite rude

小题4:How do you think the writer felt at last?

A．She felt disappointed	B．She felt ashamed
C．She became angrier.	D．She thought it very funny.

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My daughter performed（表演） on behalf（代表） of her class in the annual（每年的） school concert today. She played so       that I could not help cheering her. The very        reminded me of her experiences of piano practicing.
When she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday present. With great       , she began learning it. However, when she was no longer       , she became sick of （厌烦）it.       , it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily routine（常规）of       .
When her first teacher left, my friend        me to an American teacher whose way of teaching was completely American. After practicing, she would give my daughter some        comments（评论）, and then point out what should be       . Every time she came,        beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some       . She said, “To learn the piano, you should learn not only the        of playing, but more importantly, to        the music and love it.”
After some time, my daughter became fond of her lessons. Sometimes she        would like to      a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level.
Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was        that you didn’t give up my piano lessons. Learning it is like climbing a mountain. You’ll feel        when you are on the way. When you look        from where you are, you will realize that you have been making       . But if you       , you’ll never take one more step.” That was the very thing I wanted to teach her.

小题1:

A．regularly

B．smoothly

C．carefully

D．happily

小题2:

A．music

B．arrangement

C．scene

D．praise

小题3:

A．unwillingness

B．pressure

C．regret

D．excitement

小题4:

A．young

B．free

C．anxious

D．curious

小题5:

A．After all

B．Above all

C．In all

D．First of all

小题6:

A．practice

B．cost

C．education

D．show

小题7:

A．led

B．sent

C．introduced

D．directed

小题8:

A．usual

B．good

C．interesting

D．humorous

小题9:

A．explained

B．changed

C．stopped

D．improved

小题10:

A．as with

B．except for

C．instead of

D．thanks to

小题11:

A．jokes

B．music

C．games

D．sports

小题12:

A．skills

B．levels

C．training

D．secrets

小题13:

A．feel

B．follow

C．create

D．read

小题14:

A．once

B．even

C．still

D．then

小题15:

A．make up

B．get back

C．show off

D．give away

小题16:

A．nervous

B．excited

C．afraid

D．lucky

小题17:

A．tired

B．easy

C．afraid

D．excited

小题18:

A．ahead

B．down

C．up

D．over

小题19:

A．mistakes

B．choices

C．progress

D．time

小题20:

A．move

B．continue

C．do

D．stop

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Over thirty thousand years ago，people from northern Asia （亚洲北部） went to America．Today， we call these people Indians（印第安人）．
　　The Indians went to America because the weather began to change．Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked！
　　Later Columbus found the New World in 1492．At first，only a few Europeans followed（跟随）．They travelled to America in boats． For the next three hundred years， about 500，000 people went there． Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915，over thirty－two million Europeans left their countries and went to the United States． The biggest groups were from Germany and Italy（意大利）．These Europeans spoke many different languages．Most of them took almost no money．They went to America so that they could find a better life．　
小题1:__________ went to America first．

A．People from northern Asia	B．People from Europe
C．People from Germany	D．Columbus

小题2:Why did the Indians go to America? Because __________．

A．northern Asia became very hot

B．northern Asia became very cold

C．they were interested in America

D．they liked travelling

小题3:The New World was ___________．

A．Italy	B．northern Asia
C．Germany	D．America

小题4:The first Europeans went to America _______________．

A．by ship

B．by bike

C．by boat

D．by train

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It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn’t think there would be any     , sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies      at my desk, a pale woman and four children.
“Are you all      ?” I asked. “Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when it came to      of their problems, things got a little strange. They all claimed to have headaches, but the headaches weren’t        by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still.
Something was wrong. Our hospital policy,       , was not to turn away any patient. I explained it might be a little while      a doctor saw her. She responded immediately, even a bit      “Take your time,” and then added, “It’s warm in here.”
Then, I checked their registration form out of curiosity. No address—they were     .The waiting room was warm. I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless     in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining of      on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get     on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a      emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency.
We were all      a free meal on Christmas Day, so we took back that meal and prepared a big dinner for our     .We needed presents. We      from different departments candies, fruits and other things      that could be presents. As seriously as we met the     needs of the patients, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas.
      , as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came      back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”

小题1:

A．customers

B．patients

C．workers

D．doctors

小题2:

A．showed up

B．took in

C．came out

D．looked on

小题3:

A．tired

B．hungry

C．sick

D．warm

小题4:

A．descriptions

B．comments

C．instructions

D．results

小题5:

A．accompanied

B．adjusted

C．acknowledged

D．affected

小题6:

A．therefore

B．otherwise

C．however

D．moreover

小题7:

A．after

B．since

C．before

D．when

小题8:

A．shyly

B．happily

C．calmly

D．politely

小题9:

A．lonely

B．greedy

C．clever

D．homeless

小题10:

A．family

B．holiday

C．woman

D．Christmas

小题11:

A．operating

B．interrupting

C．managing

D．working

小题12:

A．present

B．warm

C．relief

D．approval

小题13:

A．beneficial

B．friendly

C．medical

D．different

小题14:

A．rewarded

B．offered

C．allowed

D．ordered

小题15:

A．neighbors

B．relations

C．brothers

D．guests

小题16:

A．borrowed

B．received

C．collected

D．bought

小题17:

A．expensive

B．useful

C．convenient

D．available

小题18:

A．healthy

B．physical

C．tragic

D．mental

小题19:

A．Soon

B．Later

C．Next

D．Gradually

小题20:

A．to run

B．run

C．running

D．and ran

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I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents        the necessities of life        they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father        a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them       .” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t        them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I         from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily     . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully        discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t     whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the       of the company.
I went         to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I        most was the consulting(咨询) meetings I         with the family members of the men and women in my       , trying to help them deal with the long periods of       . These proved popular and word of them spread.       I was being asked to give encouraging        to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real       , and my life is still guided by the      lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to        it.

小题1:

A．provided

B．got

C．made

D．bought

小题2:

A．while

B．but

C．so

D．or

小题3:

A．about

B．with

C．for

D．of

小题4:

A．themselves

B．ourselves

C．yourself

D．myself

小题5:

A．pay

B．find

C．produce

D．afford

小题6:

A．came

B．returned

C．escaped

D．graduated

小题7:

A．drills

B．tasks

C．exercises

D．reports

小题8:

A．included

B．asked

C．required

D．met

小题9:

A．matter

B．mean

C．exist

D．work

小题10:

A．good

B．boss

C．rest

D．right

小题11:

A．out

B．on

C．away

D．off

小题12:

A．took

B．hated

C．enjoyed

D．did

小题13:

A．ended

B．began

C．continued

D．held

小题14:

A．charge

B．situation

C．position

D．choice

小题15:

A．lessons

B．meetings

C．training

D．separation

小题16:

A．Long before

B．Before long

C．As usual

D．Once again

小题17:

A．performances

B．descriptions

C．speeches

D．gifts

小题18:

A．vacation

B．place

C．job

D．travel

小题19:

A．important

B．bitter

C．normal

D．difficult

小题20:

A．gain

B．achieve

C．show

D．match

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