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【题目】It was raining as I ran out of the church, eager to get home and play with the gifts Father Christmas sent me. Across the street was a gas station, which was closed for Christmas, but I noticed a family standing under the narrow overhang to keep dry. I wondered briefly why they were there but then forgot about them as I couldn’t wait to see my gifts.

Once I got home, there was hardly any time to enjoy my gifts. My grandparents were still waiting for us to have Christmas dinner together at their house. As we drove down the highway, I noticed that the family was still there.

The closer we got to my grandparents’ house, the slower the car went. Suddenly, my father U-turned and said, “I can’t stand it!” “What?” asked my mother. “It’s those people back there at the gas station, standing in the rain.”

When my father pulled into the station, I saw there were five of them: the parents and three children—two girls and a small boy. Then we learned that the family was waiting for the bus to Birmingham, where the man planned to find a job.

“Well, that bus won’t come along for several hours. Winborn’s just a few miles away, and there is a shed(棚) with a cover there,” my father advised. “I will run you up there.”

Then they climbed into our car,. My father looked back and asked the children if Father Christmas had found them. Three sad faces gave him his answer.

“Well, Father Christmas said he was having trouble finding you, so he just left your toys at my house this morning. Let’s go to get them first,” my father said. All at once, the three children’s faces lit up.

When we arrived at our house, one girl spied a lovely doll, that little boy took a ball, and the other girl picked up something else. That was the Christmas when I learned the joy of making others happy.

【1】At the gas station the family might feel______.

A. anxious B. disappointed

C. frightened D. ashamed

【2】The three children received Christmas gifts thanks to_______.

A. the author B. the author’s father

C. their parents D. their grandparents

【3】We can learn from the text that the author’s father_____.

A. knew that family very well

B. got lost on the way to Winborn

C. sent that family to Birmingham

D. was happy to help those in trouble

【4】What would be the best title for the text?

A. Father Christmas saved us

B. My father never gives up.

C. Special Christmas gifts

D. A hard-working family

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一片记叙文，讲述了圣诞节这天我们一家开车去爷爷家吃饭，途中又碰到了那躲雨的一家子，原来这一家人在等车去伯明翰，善良的父亲主动把他们带到一个可以停留的地方，还送了孩子圣诞礼物的故事。

【1】A推理判断题。根据第四段第二段“Then we learned that the family was waiting for the bus to Birmingham, where the man planned to find a job.”还有我父亲说的“that bus won’t come along for several hours”可以推断当时这一家是很焦虑的。B.disappointed失望的；C. frightened害怕的；D. ashamed羞愧的。故选A。

【2】B推理判断题。根据第七段第一句“Well, Father Christmas said he was having trouble finding you, so he just left your toys at my house this morning. Let’s go to get them first,” my father said.可以推断出那三个小孩的礼物是作者的父亲给的,故选B。

【3】D推理判断题。根据第三段父亲说的“I can’t stand it!”和第七段可以推断出作者的父亲很乐意帮助那些有困难的人，故选D。

【4】C主旨判断题。作者的父亲帮助了一家人，还送了礼物给那家的孩子们，最后一句话“That was the Christmas when I learned the joy of making others happy.”所以，不仅是那家的孩子们得到了礼物，对作者来说，父亲给他上了一课，也是一份特殊的礼物。故选C。