完形填空,阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

Christmas Love

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 1 .

Christmas came again. My son, Nicholas, was in primary school that year. It was a very 2 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 3 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 4 unable to be present that evening were welcome to come then.

So, on the 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 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 9 . But she had no idea why they were laughing at her, so she stood tall, 10 holding her “W”. The laughter continued until the last letter was raised, and we all saw it together. A sudden 11 came over the audience and eyes began to widen. At that moment, we understood why we were there and why we 12 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


阅读短文,根据短文内容完成文后的句子

Charles Darwin was a scientist who changed our understanding of the natural world.  He is known as the Father of Modern Biology.  Darwin  spent all his life studying nature and making notes about all the species(物种)he found.

   Darwin was born in 1809 in England. Like many geniuses he didn't do well at school and got poor marks.  He was a good athlete though and loved exploring nature and collecting sea shells. He also kept doing chemistry experiments and so his classmates gave him the nickname "Gas"

  His father was a doctor and expected Charles to become one too.  Charles started studying medicine at Edinburgh University, but soon gave up his studies there.  He went on to study religion at Cambridge University instead. There he started collecting insects like beetles and paid too little attention to his studies.

  In 1831,at the age of 22 ,  Darwin went on a five-year expedition to South America , Australia and South Africa by ship.  He was often seasick, but the things he saw on this long journey changed his life.  He collected many fossils as well as animal and plant specimens.  He

spent the rest of his life studying what he had seen and he wrote many books.

   In 1839, Darwin married his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, with whom he had ten children!  He was a loving father and enjoyed family life, which was always more important to him than his research. In spite of having many health problems throughout his life, Darwin lived until he his 73

   Darwin's most famous book On the Origin of Species came out in 1859 and sold out in a day.It said that all living things were related, which meant that human beings were just another kind of animal. These ideas were not popular at first, but now most people agree with them and admire Darwin as a brilliant scientist.

 1.Darwin was a       and had great interests in exploring nature though he was_____work.

2. At Edinburgh University, Darwin soon gave up his study because he___________ .

 3. Darwin came up with after the long journey, and what he saw on the way_______.

 4 .According to the article, Darwin loved his family very much and he had_______.

 5. At first, Darwin's new ideas about human beings_______________.

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