The Christmas Tree

It was the first part of December and the frozen ground was covered with snow. My little girl said to me, “Daddy, can we have that tree we saw on our hike through the   21  last summer, for our Christmas tree?” My  22  little girl had a bad accident in the autumn, and she would be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.

Wanting to   23  my child, I did all I could. I woke a little earlier than usual and, being winter, it was still dark. I tied the old workhorse to the sled(雪橇)and   24  for the woods.

As I   25  the forest, it was beautiful; the   26  branches of the trees were hardly supporting the snow that has fallen on them. The poor old horse was walking along slowly with heavy steps. There were   27  he would step in deep snow and   28  to his stomach but the sled stayed on top of the snow. ‘Oh how beautiful nature is’, I thought to myself, as I watched the many   29  going by me.

I had to find that tree,  30  I knew that my little girl’s heart was   31  on it. I went about five miles into the forest, and there it was, the tree that my poor little girl wanted for a Christmas tree! I chopped it down and   32  it on the sled.

On the way back to the farm, I was even more pleased with Mother Nature; she had  33  a Christmas tree that my daughter had wanted.   34  was even more beautiful, so I began    35  .

When I got to the house and   36  the tree, which I was so proud of, in and   37  it up for my girl, she   38  up from her wheelchair and started   39  . I let go of the   40  and knelt down in front of her.

 “What’s the matter ,darling?” I asked her.

 “It’s beautiful, daddy, but what a shame that you cut this beautiful tree down, it was so happy growing in the forest!”

 

21.A.bush

B.town

C.woods

D.field

22.A.innocent

B.serious

C.previous

D.precious

23.A.please

B.convince

C.protect

D.impress

24.A.headed

B.sent

C.looked

D.searched

25.A.wandered

B.entered

C.preserved

D.explored

26.A.broken

B.shaking

C.bending

D.moving

27.A.areas

B.points

C.cases

D.times

28.A.drop

B.skip

C.sink

D.ski

29.A.pictures

B.wonders

C.surprises

D.videos

30.A.if

B.so

C.for

D.though

31.A. set

B.relied

C.fell

D.laid

32.A.packed

B.piled

C.threw

D.loaded

33.A.planted

B.grown

C.created

D.output

34.A.Anything

B.Everything

C.None

D.Each

35.A.whistling

B.whispering

C.jogging

D.playing

36.A.pushed

B.imported

C.brought

D.delivered

37.A.picked

B.pulled

C.adjusted

D.stood

38.A.climbed

B.rose

C.held

D.looked

39.A.crying

B.smiling

C.appreciating

D.suspecting

40.A.wheelchair

B.tree

C.sled

D.horse

 

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