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It was before Christmas. The spirit of the season had not yet caught up with me. Quickly, I filled my shopping cart with some things and went to the long checkout lines. I picked the one, but it looked as if it would be a 20-minute wait.

In front of me were small children—a boy of five and a younger girl. The girl a beautiful pair of shiny, golden shoes and them as though they were a treasure.

The clerk showed them the . “That will be $6.09,” she said. The boy some bills on the stand while he his pockets. He finally came up with $3.12. “I guess we will come back some time, maybe tomorrow.” With that the little girl began to cry. “But Jesus would have loved these ,” she cried. “Well, we’ll go home and work some more. Don’t cry. We’ll come .”, he told her.

Quickly I handed $3 to the . These children had waited in line for a long time and, all, it was Christmas. Suddenly a pair of arms came around me and a small said,” Thank you, lady.” The girl said. “My Sunday teacher said that the streets in the heaven were made of shiny ，just like these shoes. Our mommy is sick and she is going to . Daddy said that she might go before Christmas, to be with Jesus. I think my mom will be beautiful in those streets to these shoes.”

My eyes filled with span>tears. Silently I thanked God for using these children to me of the true spirit of giving.

【1】A. shortest B. longest C. biggest D. smallest

【2】A. at most B.at least C. more than D. less than

【3】A. few B. five C. two D. some

【4】A. took B. carried C. brought D. caught

【5】A. watched B. looked C. thought D. treated

【6】A. price B. card C. money D. expense

【7】A. picked B. left C. laid D. let

【8】A. found B. searched C. searched for D. looked for

【9】A. another B. more C. other D. others

【10】A. statement B. saying C. words D. announcement

【11】A. goods B. gifts C. presents D. shoes

【12】A. back B. home C. here D. over

【13】A. children B. girl C. clerk D. boy

【14】A. at B. after C. in D. of

【15】A. boy B. girl C. voice D. sound

【16】A. silver B. gold C. stones D. bricks

【17】A. hospital B. sky C. heaven D. clinic

【18】A. walking B. standing C. running D. staying

【19】A. serve B. match C. suit D. fit

【20】A. inform B. warn C. cure D. remind

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【9】C

【10】C

【11】D

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】C

【16】C

【17】C

【18】A

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】本文讲述了一个感人至深的故事。作者在商店为圣诞节买东西，遇到两个小孩排在他前面，这两个小孩是为了给他们不久于人世的妈妈买金色的鞋子的，因为小女孩听老师说天堂的路都是由金光闪闪的石头铺成的，所以他们认为妈妈如果能穿上这样的鞋子一定会让耶稣高兴的，但是他们的钱不够，这是作者帮这两个小孩付了不够的钱，这也让作者真正领悟到给予的意义。

【1】A由前面的“checkout line”和后面的“a 20-minute wait”可知，作者买完东西到收款台付钱当然是找队伍最短的。故选A。

【2】B 由but可知，虽然作者找了最短的一队去排队，但看起来还得等至少20分钟。at least至少；at most至多；more than多于；less than少于。

【3】C由后面的补充说明a boy of five and a younger girl可知，在作者前面的是两个小孩，故选C。

【4】B本句句意：女孩拿着一双闪闪的金色鞋子……故选B。

【5】D treat对待……。这里指女孩对待这双鞋子好像珍宝一样。

【6】A由后面That will be $6.09可知，收银员告诉了他们价格，故选A。

【7】C这里指男孩把一些纸币放在柜台上，故用laid，leave作为及物动词是“离开；遗忘”的意思。

【8】B这里指小男孩搜索他的钱包。

【9】C男孩发现钱不够，因此说：“我猜我们要改天再来，可能是明天吧。”another time=some other time。

【10】C这里表达的意思：男孩刚说完那句话，女孩就开始哭了。故选C。statement 陈述，声明；saying 谚语；words话语；announcement通知。

【11】D本文讲的是兄妹俩给即将病逝的妈妈买鞋子，让妈妈穿着它去见耶稣。故这里只能选D。

【12】A因为兄妹俩的钱不够，所以需要再工作一段时间才能挣够钱回来买鞋。这里指“回来”，故用come back。

【13】C由下文可知，作者替兄妹俩人付了3美元，故这里所表达的意思是“我很快递了3美元给收银员”，故选C。

【14】B after all毕竟，符合句意。at all根本，全然；in all总共；of all在所有的当中。

【15】C 这里指女孩的声音，故用voice, sound指自然界万事万物的声音。后面已有The girl said，故B项不符合语境。

【16】C 街道是由石头铺成的，故选C。

【17】C 由下文可知，妈妈生病即将去世，故这里指“去天堂”，选C。

【18】A 妈妈在金光闪闪的街道上走，故选A。

【19】B 金光闪闪的街道与金光闪闪的鞋子很相配，故选B，match意为“相配”。

【20】D 作者感谢上帝用这两个孩子来提醒自己真正给予的精神。remind sb. of sth.告知某人某事；inform sb. of sth.告知某人某事；warn sb. of sth.警告某人某事；cure sb. of sth.治愈某人的病。