题目内容
As a young child, I can always remember rushing down the steps on Christmas morning and looking around the tree for the biggest box. I always believed that within the biggest box lied the most ___41___ and best gift. But as time passes, I soon realized every gift was ___42___, and meaningful. In fact, those presents I ___43___ most are the gifts that came directly from the ___44___. Christmas definitely is not about the gift itself, but rather the thought ___45___ the gift.
This Christmas I have already been blessed to ___46___ the most beautiful and amazing gift in the world, my girlfriend Angela. But I know the true meaning of Christmas is found in the word "___47___." So, I spent many days searching the crowded stores, but nothing seemed to ___48___. Finally. I decided to ___49___ the local mall one last time. Maybe I had ___50___ a store or new goods had just hit the shelves. ___51___, as I quietly passed from one store to the next, nothing ___52___ my eye. A little ___53___, I slowly made my way to the mall exit. But before I could reach the doors, I suddenly found that "perfect" gift.
No, this gift was not found in a fancy department store. It will not be wrapped in ___54___ paper with ribbons and bows. In fact, this gift can't be ___55___. So, where did I find this "perfect" gift and more ___56___ what is it? I found it in the eyes of an elderly ___57___ holding hands, I heard it in the playful words between a grandfather and grandson, and I saw it in the ___58___ of a proud new mother.
Yes, the gift is ___59___! So Angela, this Christmas I give to you My Love and I trust that you will always ___60___ it with you!
Merry Christmas Angela and I LOVE YOU!
41. A. useful B. expensive C. common D. familiar
42. A. special B. cheap C. large D. normal
43. A. remember B. receive C. consider D. benefit
44. A. shop B. friends C. heart D. relatives
45. A. across B. about C. over D. behind
46. A. receive B. expect C. accept D. want
47. A. taking B. giving C. buying D. showing
48. A. get along B. stand out C. keep up D. turn out
49. A. try B. require C. call D. connect
50. A. selected B. missed C. entered D. forgotten
51. A. However B. Therefore C. Instead D. Thus
52. A. attracted B. met C. filled D. blocked
53. A. cheated B. moved C. disappointed D. determined
54. A. dirty B. old C. pretty D. soft
55. A. taken back B. brought up C. called in D. sent out
56. A. finally B. importantly C. mainly D. extremely
57. A. couple B. father C. mother D. stranger
58. A. messages B. actions C. experiences D. Letters
59. A. time B. love C. health D. hope
60. A. hide B. fight C. keep D. share
BAACD ABBAB AACCA BABBC
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters(学问). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said again, “is for Elizabeth.” I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was too emotional. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive（原谅）me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written in, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside－a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
【小题1】The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.
| A．after Mother died. | B．before she became a writer. |
| C．when she was a child. | D．when Mother gave it to her. |
| A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter. |
| B．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done. |
| C．Mother cared much about her daughter in words. |
| D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words. |
| A．deep understanding between the old and the young. |
| B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter. |
| C．free talks between mother and daughter. |
| D．part of the sea going far in land. |
| A．She had never received the letter. |
| B．For years, she often talked about the letter. |
| C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. |
| D．She read the letter again and again till she died. |
| A．My Letter to Mother. | B．Mother and Children. |
| C．My Mother’s Desk. | D．Talks between Mother and Me. |