Question

   One Christmas when I was three years old,my father gave me a present wrapped in shiny red paper. I tore off (新下) the paper 6        to discover what deli?cious secret was inside. My 7        fell on the face of a beautiful little girl on the 8        of a book with a lighted match in her hands. "It's called The Little Match Girl. It was one of my 9         when I was at your age," said my father.

  I was pleased to have Papa J.0it to me. My eyes opened widely as his rich,deep voice 11        the story of a little girl. She was sent out to the cold street to make money by 12        match sticks. Warned not to return home 13        all of her match sticks were sold,the girl warmed her 14        hands by lighting matches,one by one. With the flame of the final match,she 15        joining her dear grandmother in heaven who had ever really 16        her. When Papa stopped here,my heart was filled with sorrow.

  The Little Match Girl became part of our holiday 17___________ . Each Christmas after dinner,my father and I sat on the couch together. I 18        my head on his shoulder and felt the 19        warmth of his shirt. His sweet 20        carried me along on an unforgettable trip. No matter how old I got,I 21        let Papa read it to me.

  This past June,Papa 22___________ . Each holiday,I will miss Papa's soft shoulder and his warmth. But,bravely,I will read The Little Match Gir l23 on my own. And when I come to the 24        where the girl lights her final match,I will close my eyes 25        that I am with the person who loved me more than anyone,ever.

6. A. quickly   B. calmly   C. disappointedly   D. sadly

7. A. hands   B. hair   C. eyes   D .tear

8. A. paper   B. cover   C. board   D. shelf

9. A. memories   B. stories

   C. hobbies   D. favourites

10. A. buy   B. talk   C. explain   D. read

11. A. told of   B. thought of   C. consisted of   D. heard of

12. A. making   B. burning   C. collecting   D. selling

13. A. since   B. if

   C. as   D. unltss

14. A. little   B. beautiful   C. cold   D. white

15. A. met with H. drtamed of

   C. reminded of   D. worried about

16. A. cared for   B. lived with   C. brought in   D. depended on

17. A. present   B. tradition   C. list   D. project

18. A. cleaned   B. covered   C. rested   D. hid

19. A. familiar   B. attractive   C. serious   D. strong

20. A. sight R. voice   C. laughter   D. advice

21. A. never   B. ever

   C. always   D. sometimes

22. A.ran away   B. passed away   C. set off   D. moved out

23. A. aloud   B. perfectly   C. quietly   D. carefully

24. A. shop   B. house   C. part   D. street

25. A. watching   B. begging   C. missing  D. imagining

Answer 1

 作者从三岁开始，在爸爸的影响下喜欢上了《卖火柴的小女孩》这本书。从此以后，听爸爸读这个故事成为每个圣诞节的传统。爸爸去世后，每每读到这个故事，作者都会想象见到爸爸的情景。

6. A根据deHcious secret可推测孩子对于礼物非常期待，所以应该是很快地 (quickly) 拆开包装。

7. C

8. B礼物是一本故事书，因此作者应该是在书的封面上看到小女孩。

9. D根据后面的语境可以看出爸爸也钟爱《卖火柴的小女孩》这本书，故选D.

10. D根据后面的信息"My eyes opened widely as his rich,deep voice-"可知是爸爸读给作者听。

11. A tell of"讲述"，即爸爸在给作者讲故事。

12. D卖火柴的小女孩靠卖火柴为家里赚钱。

13. D unless与句中的not构成常用句式。语境：除非卖完才可以回家。

14. C根据warmed—词可知女孩的手是很冷的，故选C。

15. B从in heaven可知女孩的祖母已经去世了，故只能梦想着见到她。

16. A小女孩最想念的人，应该是最疼爱、关心她的人.故选A.

17. B根据下文的eachChnstmas可知每年都是这样，自然成了一个传统 (tradition) 。

18. C从下文来看，既然能感觉到爸爸身上的温暖，自然是把头靠在爸爸的肩膀上。

19. A经常把头靠在爸爸的肩膀上，对于爸爸的衬衫的味道自然是熟悉的。

20. B根据上文爸爸给作者读故$ nf推测.^爸爸的卢f ( 带作者进行了一次难忘的旅行。

21. C选项C与上文的each Christmas语境相符，即经常或总是这样做。

22. B根据下文的miss.on your own等词汇信息可推测爸爸应该是去世了。

23. A既然是bravely,作者应该是大声地朗读出来，以表示对爸爸的怀念。

24. C根据where后面的内容可知，作者在这里想表达"每当读到小女孩擦亮最后一根火柴这部分"的意思。

25. D爸爸去世了，作者只能像小女孩想象祖母一样，在想象中看到爸爸。