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

【2】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】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女孩，故选C。

【4】本剧句意：女孩拿着一双闪闪的金色鞋子……故选B。

【5】treat对待……。

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

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

【8】搜查某地找某物用search，这里指男孩在口袋里找钱。search for和look for后面都是直接跟要寻找的动词。

【9】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】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；announcement通知。

【11】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】这里指“回来”，故用come back。

【13】 由下文知作者替兄妹俩付了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】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】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项不符合句意。

【16】街道是由石头铺成的，故选C。

【17】由下文可知妈妈生病即将去世，故这里指“去天堂”，选C。

【18】妈妈在金光闪闪的街道上走，故选A。

【19】金光闪闪的街道与金光闪闪的鞋子很相配，故选B，suit和fit都是“适合”的意思。

【20】作者感谢上帝用这两个孩子来使自己想起了真正给予的精神。remind sb.of sth.是某人想起某事；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。