As a single parent of four children, money was always tight .It was Christmas time, and although  there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party . But the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas (36).
They planned weeks ahead of time , asking (37) what they wanted for Christmas. luckily, I have saved $120 for (38) to share by all five of us .
The big (39) arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and (40) them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop. Then we would (41) back at the “Santa’s Workshop.”
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits (42) my younger daughter, Tina, who was unusual (43). She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything (44) we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,(45) to be angry again. This is what he told me:
“ I was looking (46) thinking of what to buy , and I (47) to read the title cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old. And all she (48) for Christmas was a doll .So I took the card off the tree and (49) the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so (50) as I did that day.
【小题1】
A.shoppingB.travellingC.partiesD.greetings
【小题2】
A.the otherB.each otherC.one by oneD.every other one
【小题3】
A.toysB.clothesC.presentsD.bills
【小题4】
A.dayB.chanceC.timesD.tree
【小题5】
A.forcedB.remindedC.invitedD.begged
【小题6】
A.drawB.stayC.moveD.meet
【小题7】
A.includingB.besidesC.exceptD.regarding
【小题8】
A.quietB.excitedC.happyD.ashamed
【小题9】
A.sinceB.afterC.whileD.until
【小题10】
A.waitingB.readyC.hopingD.afraid
【小题11】
A.outB.overC.forwardD.around
【小题12】
A.forgotB.stoppedC.failedD.hated
【小题13】
A.wantedB.didC.gotD.played
【小题14】
A.madeB.searchedC.boughtD.found
【小题15】
A.angryB.richC.patientD.bitter
完形填空(每题1分,共10分)
Elena Desserich was a little girl. She loved to ___1___ and write. Elena dreamed of becoming an artist when she grew up—but sadly, she ___2___ had the chance to be an adult. When elena was 5 years old, the ___3___ said that she had brain cancer(癌症) and only had 135 days to ___4___.
Elena ___5___ the long days in hospital working on her painting, which were full of hearts and smiling families. ___6___ of her painting was shown in a gallery(画廊), right next to a Picasso’s painting. Soon she lost the use of her ___7___, and she began to “talk” with her family by writing notes.
When Elena died, her parents were very sad, ___8___ they knew the day would come. When they were tidying up her things, they began to find notes. All through her final days, Elena was writing love notes to her family and hiding(藏) ___9___ in secret places in the house.
Her parents started to collect them and all the ___10___ would say “I love you Mum, Dad and Grace.” They kept finding them—the amazing gift from Elena.
1. A. sing                   B. play                  C. paint                 D. read
2. A. never                  B. sometimes             C. always               D. usually
3. A. father                  B. teacher               C. mother               D. doctor
4. A. die                    B. live                  C. work                  D. paint
5. A. took                   B. paid                  C. spent                 D. cost
6. A. All                    B. One                  C. Both                 D. Neither
7. A. voice                  B. eyes                  C. ears                  D. nose
8. A. ever since               B. even                 C. even though            D. however
9. A. it                      B. her                  C. that                   D. them
10. A. notes                   B. paintings             C. books                 D. places

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses   21 large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why?    22  those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their   23 time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will   24 you. When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health. When you get   25 , your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. When you do something good to others, you will feel happy,  26 . All these are your happiness. If you notice   27 of them, you can see that happiness is always around you. Happiness is not the same   28 money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also be very happy ,because you have something else that can’t be bought with money .When you meet difficulties, you can say   29 you are very happy ,because you have more chance to challenge yourself .So you cannot always say you are poor and you have  30  luck. As the old saying goes : “Life is like a revolving door, when it closes, it also opens .”If you take every chance you meet ,you can be a happy and lucky person.
【小题1】A use             B has               C with          D and
【小题2】A After        B Before         C If              D because
【小题3】A free            B busy               C happy                D bad
【小题4】A give            B help               C take                D carry
【小题5】A things           B fruit               C success               D fail
【小题6】A too               B also                C either                D as well
【小题7】A little             B a lots              C a bit          D few
【小题8】A like      B in                C of                 D as
【小题9】A strongly           B loudly              C quietly        D sadly
【小题10】A good             B well                C worse        D bad

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