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

 When I was at university,I studied very hard.But a lot of my friends did very little work.Some did just enough to pass exams.Others didn’t do quite enough.Fred Baines was one of them.He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library.

  Once at the end of the term,we had to take an important test in chemistry.The test had a hundred questions. In my room the night before the test,Fred was watching TV.Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test.But on that night he looked perfectly calm.Then he told me of his plan.“It’s very simple.There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test.I’ll take a coin into the examination room.I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months,so I’ll just toss the coin.That way,I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.”

  The next day,Fred came happily into the exam room.As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers.Then he left,half an hour before the rest of us.

  The next day,he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor.“Oh,good,”he said,“Have you got the result of the test?”The professor looked at him and smiled,“Ah,it’s you,Baines.Just a minute.”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin.He threw it into the air,caught it in his hand and looked at it.

  “I’m terribly sorry,Baines,”he said,“You failed!”

1.This story mainly wants to tell us ________.

A.chemistry is really hard to learn

B.there were too many questions for students to prepare for

C.good exam results needs hard study

D.tossing a coin can not always decide the result

2.Fred Baines was one of those who ________.

A.did just enough to pass the exam

B.didn’t work hard enough for their studies

C.had too much other work for the Students’ Union

D.were quite good at passing exams

3.Fred came happily into the exam room because ________.

A.he had got ready for the exam

B.he knew the answers already

C.the other students would be behind him

D.he had his way to finish the exam

4.The chemistry exam in fact ________.

A.was not very hard

B.took the other students an hour to finish

C.had more than one hundred questions

D.needed to be done by tossing a coin

5.The professor tossed the coin to tell Baines that ________.

A.he was satisfied with his way for the exam

B.he wanted to make friends with him

C.his way for the exam would never work

D.the exam result depended on the coin

 

 

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