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【题目】 One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).

On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honour! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.

Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” he hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”

“Thank God.” I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

【1】What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?

A. He got a baby brother.

B. He got a Christmas gift.

C. He became four years old.

D. He received a doll.

【2】What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Impossible. B. Boring.

C. Difficult. D. Fearful.

【3】Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

A. Excitement. B. Happiness.

C. Sadness. D. Disappointment.

【4】 What is the passage mainly about?

A. A sad Christmas day.

B. Life with a lovely baby.

C. A special Christmas gift.

D. Memories of a happy family.

Answer 1

【答案】【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】【1】根据短文第二段开头可知，作者的母亲在1958年9月11日生了一个男孩，也就是作者得到了一个小弟弟。因此，正确答案为A选项。

【2】根据短文第三段，画线词前面提到“hopeless”，“pitiful”，“dying”。由此可猜测D项的词义与画线词的词义一致。因此选D。

【3】根据短文，在圣诞节即将来临之际，作者的弟弟仍然在住院而且情况不容乐观，为此，作者的父亲感到悲伤。因此选C。

【4】作者以一个特别的圣诞礼物为线索来展开故事情节，因此，最佳选项应该是“A special Christmas gift.”