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As Christmas is coming，there are presents to be bought，cards to be sent，and rooms to be cleaned．Parents are 36 with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children·If the gifts are large，this is sometimes a real 37 On Christmas Eve， young children find the excitement almost unbearable They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to 38 up late SO that they will no’ 39 the fun．The wish for gifts usually proves stronger．But though children go to bed early， they often lie 40 for a long time，hoping to get a short 41 at Father Christmas．

Last Christmas，my wife and I 42 hid a few large presents in the storeroom．I feared the 43 when my son，Jimmy，would 44 me where that new bike had come from，but 45 he did not see it．

On Christmas Eve, 46 took the children hours to go to sleep．It must have been nearly 47 when my wife and 1 went quietly into their room and began 48 stockings(袜子) ．Then I pushed in the 49 I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree．We knew we would not get much sleep that night，for the children were 50 to get up early At about five o’clock the next morning， we were 51 by loud sounds coming from the children’s room--they were shouting excitedly! 52 I had time to get Out of bed，young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike，and his sister，Mary，followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage． 53 the youngest baby arrived He moved 54 the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him Suddenly it burst．That woke us up 55 ．

The day had really begun with a bang(巨响)!

A． faced B．met C．filled D．pleased

A．event B．affair C．problem D．business

A．get B．stay C．stand D．wake

A．bring B．break C．miss D．1eave

A．awake B．wake C．asleep D．sleep

A．100k B．stare C．glare D．watch

A．hopefully B．busily C．gladly D．successfully

A．day B．moment C．week D．month

A．answer B．tell C．ask D．search

A．sadly B．unluckily C．possibly D．fortunately

A．it B．they C．I D．we

A．morning B．midnight C．evening D．daybreak

A．filling B．sewing C．mending D．preparing

A．card B．stocking C．bike D．tree

A．afraid B sure C．surprised D．excited

A．troubled B．frightened C．woken D．shocked

A．Before B．Because C．Unless D．Since

A．Even B But C．So D．Ever

A．with B．on C．over D．by

A．all B．nearly C．happily D．completely

As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ___36___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___37___. On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable. They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___38___ up late so that they will not ___39____ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ___40___ for a long time, hoping to get a short ___41___ at Father Christmas.
Last Christmas, my wife and I ___42___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___43___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ___44___ me where that new bike had come from, but ___45___ he did not see it.
On Christmas Eve, ___46___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly___47___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___48___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___49____ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night, for the children were ___50___ to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were ___51___ by loud sounds coming from the children’s room — they were shouting excitedly! ___52_____ I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage. ____53_____ the baby arrived. He moved ___54____ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___55___. The day had really begun with a band(巨响) !

Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.

Pete's grandfather had owned the shop until his death. Then the shop became Pete's. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations.

On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window. With large and serious eyes, she studied each piece in the window. Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop. Pete himself stood behind the counter. His eyes were cold as he looked at the small girl. “Please,” she began, “would you let me look at the pretty string of blue beads in the window?” Pete took the string of blue beads from the window. The beads were beautiful against his hand as he held the necklace up for her to see.

“They are just right,” said the child as though she were alone with the beads. “Will you wrap them up in pretty paper for me, please? I've been looking for a really wonderful Christmas present for my sister.”

“How much money do you have?” asked Pete.

She put a handful of pennies on the counter. “This is all I have,” she explained simply. “I've been saving the money for my sister's present.”

Pete looked at her, his eyes thoughtful. Then he carefully closed his hand over the price mark on the necklace so that she could not see it. How could he tell her the price? The happy look in her big blue eyes struck him like the pain of an old wound.

“Just a minute,” he said and went to the back of the shop. “What's your name?” he called out. He was very busy about something.

“Jean Grace,” answered the child.

When Pete returned to the front of the shop, he held a package in his hand. It was wrapped in pretty Christmas paper.

“There you are,” he said. “Don't lose it on the way home.”

She smiled happily at him as she ran out of the door. Through the window he watched her go. He felt more alone than ever.

Something about Jean Grace and her string of beads had made him feel once more the pain of his old grief. The child's hair was as yellow as the sunlight; her eyes were as blue as the sea. Once upon a time, Pete had loved a girl with hair of that same yellow and with eyes just as blue. And the necklace of blue stones had been meant for her.

But one rainy night, a car had gone off the road and struck the girl. After she died, Pete felt that he had nothing left in the world except his grief. The blue eyes of Jean Grace brought him out of that world of self-pity and made him remember again all that he had lost. The pain of remembering was so great that Pete wanted to run away from the happy Christmas shoppers who came to look at his beautiful old things during the next ten days.

When the last shopper had gone, late on Christmas Eve, the door opened and a young woman came in. Pete could not understand it, but he felt that he had seen her before. Her hair was sunlight yellow and her eyes were sea-blue. Without speaking, she put on the counter a package wrapped in pretty Christmas paper. When Pete opened the package, the string of blue beads lay again before him.

“Did this come from your shop?” she asked.

Pete looked at her with eyes no longer cold. “Yes, it did,” he said.

“Are the stones real?”

“Yes. They aren't the best turquoise(绿松石), but they are real.”

“Can you remember to whom you sold them?”

“She was a small girl. Her name was Jean. She wanted them for her sister's Christmas present.”

“How much were they?”

“I can't tell you that,” he said. “The seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays.”

“But Jean has never had more than a few pennies. How could she pay for them?”

“She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” he said.

For a moment there was no sound in the little shop. Then somewhere in the city, church bells began to ring. It was midnight and the beginning of another Christmas Day.

“But why did you do it?” the girl asked.

Pete put the package into her hands.

“There is no one else to whom I can give a Christmas present,” he said. “It is already Christmas morning. Will you let me take you to your home? I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas at your door.”

And so, to the sound of many bells, Pete Richards and a girl whose name he had not yet learned walked out into the hope and happiness of a new Christmas Day.

1.When Pete saw Jean Grace, he was ______.

A. very enthusiastic, hoping for some business to be done

B. cold but he still served the young customer

C. cold, unwilling to serve the young customer

D. very warm to the young customer though he did not want to sell anything to her

2.Pete did not say the price of the necklace because ______.

A. the seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays

B. he priced the necklace too high

C. he knew it would disappoint the girl

D. he didn't want to sell the necklace

3.The eyes of Jean Grace brought Pete out of his world of self-pity and he ______.

A. tried to forget the memory of his sweetheart

B. began to look at the world optimistically

C. remembered his lost love

D. no longer felt the pain in him

4.A young woman came into the shop because ______.

A. she was afraid that there might be some mistake

B. she thought that the stones she had bought were not real

C. she was not sure if she could get more stones like those

D. she did not like what she had once bought

5.By saying “She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” Pete meant that Jean Grace .

A. gave the most money for the necklace

B. gave all she had with her for the necklace

C. appreciated the value of the necklace

D. wanted to have the best thing in the shop

6. At the end of the story we see that Pete _____.

A. found another girl that he could trust

B. met someone who truly loved him

C. found a place to go at last

D. regained his ability to love

Bobby was sitting out in his back yard in the snow. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them. Try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother’s Christmas gift.

Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, his mother worked nights at the hospital, but the small wage could only be stretched so far.

What the family lacked in money and material things, they more than made up for in love and family unity. They ran the household in their mother’s absence. All three of his sisters had already made beautiful gifts for their mother.

It was Christmas Eve already, and he had nothing. Bobby started to walk down to the street. He walked from shop to shop. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of reach. It was starting to get dark, then suddenly his eyes caught a shiny dime. Never has anyone felt so wealthy as Bobby did at that moment.

He went inside a flower shop. When the owner asked if he could help him, Bobby presented the dime and asked if he could buy one flower. The shop owner looked at Bobby, then said, “You just wait here and I’ll see what I can do for you.”

The shop owner returned holding red roses all tied together with a big silver bow. Bobby’s heart sank as the owner placed them gently into a long white box. “That will be ten cents, young man,” said the shop owner, reaching out his hand for the dime. Slowly, Bobby moved his hand to give the man his dime.

Then the shopkeeper’s wife appeared. “Where are the roses you were fixing?”

The shop owner replied, “A strange thing happened to me this morning. I thought I heard a voice telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. I wasn’t sure at the time whether I had lost my mind or what, but I set them aside anyway. When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew who that voice was.”

1.According to the first three paragraphs we know that _____.

A. Bobby’s sisters didn’t help Bobby to buy a gift

B. Bobby had known what gift he’d give to his mother

C. the children in the family all loved their mother

D. Bobby’s family was rich before his father died

2.Why did Bobby walk along the street?

A. Because he didn’t know what to do.

B. Because he wanted to try his luck there.

C. Because he wanted to get some money.

D. Because he hoped to see what he could get.

3.What could he buy with a dime then?

A. A flower. B. Nothing. C. A piece of cake. D. Many flowers.

4.Bobby slowly gave the dime to the shop owner because _______.

A. he did not want any rose flowers

B. the flowers weren’t worth a dime

C. the shop owner would cheat him

D. he hardly believed what had happened

5.From the last two paragraphs we can infer that the shop owner ______.

A. was shocked by the voice he heard

B. was always ready to help others

C. didn’t know how to run a business

D. was good at making up stories

As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ___36___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___37___. On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable. They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___38___ up late so that they will not ___39____ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ___40___ for a long time, hoping to get a short ___41___ at Father Christmas.

Last Christmas, my wife and I ___42___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___43___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ___44___ me where that new bike had come from, but ___45___ he did not see it.

On Christmas Eve, ___46___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly___47___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___48___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___49____ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night, for the children were ___50___ to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were ___51___ by loud sounds coming from the children’s room — they were shouting excitedly! ___52_____ I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage. ____53_____ the baby arrived. He moved ___54____ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___55___. The day had really begun with a band(巨响) !

1.A. faced B. met C. filled D. pleased

2. A. question B. matter C. Problem D. business

3.A. get B. stay C. stand D. wake

4.A. lose B. break C. miss D. leave

5.A. awake B. wake C. asleep D. sleep

6.A. look B. stare C. glare D. watch

7.A. hopefully B. busily C. gladly D. successfully

8.A. liked B. feared C. surprised D. hated

9.A. answer B. tell C. ask D. search

10.A. sadly B. unluckily C. possibly D. fortunately

11.A. it B. they C. I D. we

12.A. morning B. midnight C. evening D. daybreak

13.A. filling B. sewing C. mending D. preparing

14.A. present B. stocking C. bike D. tree

15.A. going B. sure C. glad D. excited

16.A. troubled B. frightened C. woken D. shocked

17.A. Before B. After C. Until D. Since

18.A. Even B. And C. Soon D. Then

19.A. with B. on C. over D. by

20.A. all B. nearly C. happily D. completely

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