题目内容
Grandma is ninety this Christmas.I remember once visiting her,crying when my big sister told me“There is no Santa Claus!”,because I knew she always told the ____.
“No Santa Claus?” she snorted(哼着说).“Ridiculous! Don’t ____ it.That rumor has been going around for years.Now,put on your coat,and let’s go.”
“Go?Go where,Grandma?” I asked.
“Where” ____ to be Kerby’s General Store.As we walked in,Grandma ____ me twenty dollars.“Take the money,” she said,“and buy something for someone who needs it.I’ll wait for you outdoors.”
I was only eight years old,and had never shopped for anything ____.For a few moments I just stood there,____,wondering what to buy,and ____ on earth to buy it for.
I thought of everybody I knew:my family,friends,classmates...Suddenly I thought of Bobbie,a kid sitting behind me in the classroom.He didn’t have a ____; he never went out during the winter.I held the bill ____.I would buy Bobbie a coat.I saw a red one with a hat to it.It looked really ____.He would like that.
That ____,Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and write,“To Bobbie,From ____”on it.Then she drove me to Bobbie’s house.Grandma ____ down the street,and we hid in the bushes by his front walk.Then Grandma pushed me gently.“All right,Santa Claus,get going!” she ____.
I took a deep breath,____ for his front door,threw the ____ down,rang his doorbell and flew back.Together we waited ____ in the darkness for the front door to open.Finally it did,and there stood Bobbie.
Forty years haven’t ____ the thrill of those moments.That night,I realized those awful ____ about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said:they were ____.Santa was alive and well,and we were on his team.
1.A. story B. truth C. joke D. lie
2.A. believe B. ignore C. suspect D. admit
3.A. seemed B. supposed C. proved D. imagined
4.A. borrowed B. delivered C. threw D. handed
5.A. alone B. lonely C. special D. expensive
6.A. bored B. depressed C. frightened D. confused
7.A. when B. how C. who D. what
8.A. money B. coat C. friend D. hat
9.A. excitedly B. nervously C. anxiously D. thoughtfully
10.A. new B. warm C. cheap D. beautiful
11.A. morning B. weekend C. evening D. afternoon
12.A. Grandma B. classmates C. friends D. Santa Claus
13.A. parked B. slowed C. rode D. walked
14.A. shouted B. whispered C. complained D. ordered
15.A. searched B. dashed C. waited D. started
16.A. paper B. bill C. present D. bush
17.A. delightedly B. cheerfully C. willingly D. breathlessly
18.A. weakened B. strengthened C. reminded D. informed
19.A. secrets B. discussions C. rumors D. sayings
20.A. unusual B. incredible C. strange D. ridiculous