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       Recently I gave my adult students homework.It was to "go to someone you love and tell them you love them.It has to be someone you have   25   said those words to before or at least haven't   26   those words with for a long time."

       Since most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the   27   of men that were taught    28   feelings is not "manly", this was very   29   homework for some.

       In our next   30   , I asked if someone wanted to share his story with us.I fully   31  one of the women to volunteer, as was   32   the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand.As he   33   out of his chair (all 1.85 metres of him), he began by saying, "Dennis, I was quite   34   with you last week when you gave us this homework.   35   were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my heart started talking to me, telling me that I knew   36   who I needed to say 'I love you' to."

       "My father and I had a severe   37   five years ago, and since then we had  38  seeing each other unless we had to at Christmas.But even then, we hardly   39   to each other.So last Tuesday I drove to my parents' house after work and said, "Dad, I just    40  to tell you that I love you. '"

       "Dad reached out and    41    me and said, 'I love you too, son, but I've never been able to say it.' Two days after my visit, my dad had a heart attack and I don't know if he will  42    it.So, I'm here to tell all of you that my    43    in this is: Don't wait to do the things    44    it is too late.Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!"

A.ever       B.always      C.never     D.even

A.said       B.shared      C.talked       D.discussed

A.year       B.occasion   C.period      D.generation

A.explaining     B.hurting     C.devoting   D.expressing

A.interesting     B.threateningC.inspiring  D.exciting

A.class      B.term      C.holiday     D.week

A.asked     B.disliked    C.advised     D.expected

A.usually   B.probably   C.not        D.seldom

A.sat  B.rose       C.stood      D.struggle

A.bored   B.amused     C.curious     D.angry

A.How    B.Why      C.Who      D.What

A.exactly B.fully      C.directly     D.simply

A.condition     B.discussion C.disagreement   D.experiment

A.hated   B.avoided    C.reduced    D.continued

A.spoke   B.smiled      C.looked      D.turned

A.dropped in   B.ran across C.came over D.came across

A.touched       B.tested      C.inspired    D.hugged

A.get       B.make     C.deserve     D.overcome

A.sense    B.point     C.thought     D.message

A.until    B.when       C.before      D.as

It’s a goal for millions and millions of families every year——keep the Christmas spending within a certain amount, but can still afford the gifts that your loved ones will enjoy. Never has this concern been greater in recent years than right now. Even so, there are several things that you can do to help.

       Hit the sales.

       No one wants to get up at four o’clock in the morning and fight to get the best deal on Black Friday, and it’s surely very tough to pick up the courage and get out there in the cold for a good deal, but sometimes——it can be well worth. Many retailers(零售商) offer specials all through the day——and some even offer online Black Friday specials, so you may still be able to get a great deal on Black Friday.

       Pay close attention to advertisements.

       Once the Christmas shopping season is coming, retailers hungry for business will do just about whatever to get you in the store. Pay very close attention to weekly advertisements of sales among the major retailers and you may be lucky enough to find different prices for the same thing in different shops.

       Shop online.

       Some of us don’t like running from store to store in order to get the best price on the perfect gift, and some of us don’t like to go out in the cold at all——thankfully for us, we can do online shopping.

       The world of online shopping lets people visit all the major retailers as well as some specialty stores that could only be found on the Internet. Customers can find exactly what they are looking for, at the best possible price without ever having to leave the house. With traditional Christmas shopping consumers are sometimes limited to what’s left in stock if they wait too long to get to a particular store.

The first paragraph implies that ______.

       A. nowadays not many people can afford expensive gifts

       B. recently many people don’t want to spend money on gifts

       C. Christmas is a time to make our loved ones enjoy their gifts

       D. Christmas is a time to make us feel free to buy our loved ones gifts

In the writer’s opinion, it is rewarding on Black Friday _____.

       A. if the weather is not very cold                B. if we don’t have to fight for the best deals

       C. if we don’t have to get up early                     D. If we get what we want at a good price

The underlined word “specials” means_______.

       A. some experts in shopping                       B. certain things for especially low price

       C. some kind of help for a certain customer D. things that can only be found on Friday

We can have more choices _____.

       A. on Black Friday                                    B. in a particular store

       C. on the Internet                                      D. from retailers

In this passage the writer means ______.

       A. to tell us the best way to do shopping

B. to attract more readers to do wise shopping

       C. to show us how hard it is to do Christmas shopping

       D. to give us advice on how to get a good deal at Christmas time

For shopoholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing ---- sales! Across the country, prices are reducing sharply on clothing, electronics and home furniture, but London is the place for serious shopping, and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargains.

The sales start on Boxing Day — 26th December, and continue for the month of January, but the keenest bargain hunters get there early to be first through the doors. In Oxford Street queues formed outside shops ahead of before-dawn openings for the start of their sales. At Brent Cross, in north London, more than 1,000 people were queuing at 3.30 am for the ‘Next’ clothing store’s sale which began at 4 am. Some eager individuals even camped outside the shops to be first in the line.

Consumers who hit the shops were rewarded with discounts of as much as 80% as department stores joined the bargain sales. The shops are very crowded as the sales reached the boiling-point, with more than half a million people gathering on London’s West End.

Famous sales include the biggest, most popular shops such as Harrods, Selfridges, Liberty and John Lewis. Department stores are always a good bet — you’re likely to find everything you need under one roof, including much-needed food and drinks!

It’s a good time to stock up on cheap small tools, and there’s no better time to invest in some designer clothes.

Some people are taking their partners shopping with them, and buying their Christmas presents in the sale----a practical but unromantic way of making sure you get the gift you really want. For a less exciting but less stressful shopping experience, online sellers are also getting in on the act with January sales of their own.

The most organized of all are those who are already doing their present shopping for next Christmas, in the January sales!

In the sales, people can buy, at a very low price, all of the following except ______.

       A. fashionable clothing  B. bestseller      C. TV sets            D. bookcases

We can learn from the passage that the sales ______.

       A. actually start before the end of December B. generally last for two months

       C. basically benefit none of the people      D. are a time to buy Christmas gifts in a romantic way

“Hit the shops” in the third paragraph means to ______.

       A. attack the shops        B. arrive at the shops

       C. affect the shops         D. find the shops

     What is the best title for this passage?

       A. January Sales                       B. Sales in London at Christmas

       C. Practical but Unromantic Shopping  D. Shopping under One Roof

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

       Recently I gave my adult students homework.It was to "go to someone you love and tell them you love them.It has to be someone you have   25   said those words to before or at least haven't   26   those words with for a long time."

       Since most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the   27   of men that were taught    28   feelings is not "manly", this was very   29   homework for some.

       In our next   30   , I asked if someone wanted to share his story with us.I fully   31  one of the women to volunteer, as was   32   the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand.As he   33   out of his chair (all 1.85 metres of him), he began by saying, "Dennis, I was quite   34   with you last week when you gave us this homework.   35   were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my heart started talking to me, telling me that I knew   36   who I needed to say 'I love you' to."

       "My father and I had a severe   37   five years ago, and since then we had  38  seeing each other unless we had to at Christmas.But even then, we hardly   39   to each other.So last Tuesday I drove to my parents' house after work and said, "Dad, I just    40  to tell you that I love you. '"

       "Dad reached out and    41    me and said, 'I love you too, son, but I've never been able to say it.' Two days after my visit, my dad had a heart attack and I don't know if he will  42    it.So, I'm here to tell all of you that my    43    in this is: Don't wait to do the things    44    it is too late.Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!"

A.ever       B.always      C.never D.even

A.said       B.shared      C.talked       D.discussed

A.year       B.occasion   C.period      D.generation

A.explaining     B.hurting     C.devoting   D.expressing

A.interesting     B.threatening       C.inspiring   D.exciting

A.class      B.term  C.holiday     D.week

A.asked     B.disliked    C.advised     D.expected

A.usually   B.probably   C.not    D.seldom

A.sat  B.rose   C.stood D.struggle

A.bored   B.amused     C.curious     D.angry

A.How    B.Why  C.Who  D.What

A.exactly B.fully  C.directly     D.simply

A.condition     B.discussion C.disagreement   D.experiment

A.hated   B.avoided    C.reduced    D.continued

A.spoke   B.smiled      C.looked      D.turned

A.dropped inB.ran across    C.came over D.came across

A.touched       B.tested       C.inspired    D.hugged

A.get       B.make C.deserve     D.overcome

A.sense    B.point C.thought     D.message

A.until    B.when C.before      D.as

It s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree.It has been there for the past 10 years or so.It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas—the commercial aspects of Christmas-overspending.Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to avoid the usual presents.The idea came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a match against a team sponsored by a church.These youngsters, dressed in ragged clothes, presenting a sharp contrast to our boys in their beautiful dresses and shoes.As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler's ears.It was a luxury that the poor team obviously could not afford.Well, we ended up defeating them.Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, "I wish just one of them could have won," he said."They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them." That's when the idea for his present came.That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought wrestling headgear and shoes for the youngsters and sent them anonymously (匿名地) to the church.On Christmas Eve? I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me.His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in the following years.
For each Christmas, I followed the tradition.The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas.It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed expectation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to show its contents.As the children grew, they joined.
May we all remember the reason for Christmas, and the true Christmas spirit this year and always.God bless梡ass this along to your friends and loved ones.
【小题1】The author avoids usual Christmas presents because her husband _____.

A.likes cheap Christmas presents
B.likes expensive Christmas presents
C.dislikes spending much on large Christmas presents
D.dislikes spending much on unmeaningful Christmas gifts
【小题2】The underlined word "luxury" in Paragraph 2 means "_____".
A.something of poor qualityB.something abundant
C.something strangeD.something expensive
【小题3】From the passage we can infer that in character the husband is _____.
A.modest and matureB.kind and practical
C.strong-willed and vainD.optimistic and outgoing
【小题4】What is the most exciting thing for the family at Christmas?
A.Preparing gifts.B.Exchanging gifts.
C.Opening the envelope.D.Writing Christmas cards.

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