Question

  I will never forget the year when I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be 1        Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought ,“What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d 2      ?” Just when I started to 3        that there would not be a Christmas gift that year,three women 4        at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 5       that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t 6       Somebody had thought 7        of me to bring me a gift.

  Years later,when I stood in the kitchen of my new house,thinking how I wanted to make my 8        Christmas there special and memorable,I 9        remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 10        for as many children as I could possibly reach.

  So I 11 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child,we wrapped colourful packages filled with toys,clothes,and school supplies,12       with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were 13      . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts,I 14        them that they couldn’t open their presents 15        every child had come forward. Finally the 16        they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One,two,three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages,their faces beamed and their bright smiles 17        up the room. The 18        in the room was obvious,and 19        wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling—the feeling I knew 20        that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.

(   ) 1. A. sending   B. receiving

       C. making   D. exchanging

(   ) 2. A. found   B. prepared

       C. got   D. expected

(   ) 3. A. doubt   B. hope

       C. suggest   D. accept

(   ) 4. A. broke in   B. settled down

      C. turned up   D. showed off

(   ) 5. A. relief   B. loss

       C. achievement   D. justice

(   ) 6. A. blamed   B. loved

      C. forgotten   D. affected

(   ) 7. A. highly   B. little

       C. poorly   D. enough

(   ) 8. A. present   B. first

      C. recent   D. previous

(   ) 9. A. hardly   B. instantly

       C. regularly   D. occasionally

(   ) 10. A. strength   B. independence

   C. importance   D. safety

(   ) 11. A. kept up with   B. caught up with

       C. came up with   D. put up with

(   ) 12. A. none   B. few

       C. some   D. each

(   ) 13. A. fine   B. special

       C. helpful   D. normal

(   ) 14. A. reminded   B. guaranteed

       C. convinced   D. promised

(   ) 15. A. after   B. until

       C. when   D. since

(   ) 16. A. chance   B. gift

       C. moment   D. reward

(   ) 17. A. lit   B. took

       C. burned   D. cheered

(   ) 18. A. atmosphere   B. sympathy

       C. calmness   D. joy

(   ) 19. A. it   B. such

       C. something   D. everybody

(   ) 20. A. by   B. till

       C. for   D. from

Answer 1

1. B由上文可知，当时"我"还是小孩子，故在圣诞节来临之际应该是收到礼物，所以选择receive

2. C

3. D联系上下文，推断此处表达的意思是："我"开始接受没有礼物的现实，选择accept ,其他三个选项意思都不符合。

4. C

5. A根据下文"…I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school."(当"我"回到学校时，"我"不会再感到难堪了。) 并结合四个选项的意思，可以推断出此处是表示"我"解脱了，松了一口气，故选择A。

6. C结合上下文可以得知，"我"没有被忘记，故选择C。

7. D联系上下文，首先排除B、C. think highly of sb的意思是"对某人评价很高"。此处根据作者前面的心态，选择enough,表示有人关心自己。

8. B

9. B 

10. C根据第一段中描述那次圣诞节收到礼物给作者的感慨和此刻的心情可知，她认识到送圣诞节礼物给孩子们的重要性。 

11. C从上一段可以推断，"我"提出 (come up with) 了一个计划。 

12. D根据作者的想法，应该是每个人都有自己的圣诞节礼物，所以选择D项。 

13. B每个人都有属于自己的礼物，而且不是固定的，所以作者给孩子们的启示是：每个人都是特别的。 

14. A从下文的"'One,two,three. Open your presents!"，可知，在分发礼物时，"我"提醒每个人先不要打开礼物。 

15. B直到每个人都拿到礼物。 

16. C根据下文的意思可知，此处表示拆礼物的时刻到来了，故选择moment。 

17. A根据文章的上下文可知，他们灿烂的笑容照亮了整个房间，所以选择light的过去式lit。 18. D联系上下文，且分析四个选项的意思可知，此处是表示"欢乐"。故选择 D.

19. A联系上下文可知，欢乐不仅仅是因为玩具。所以选择it ,指代欢乐。 

20. D联系上下文可知，此处表示"我"再次感受到了从很久以前的那次圣诞节上获得的感觉。故选择from。