This dress is prettier, but it costs ______ that one.

As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem. She had come to live in an American home and learn English.  31 , she would mind the children and do anything she was asked.

One of her tasks was to keep track of arriving Christmas presents. Ursula did this faithfully, but she became increasingly worried. What could she buy for her   32  with the little money she had that would compare with the gifts she was recording daily?   33  , even without any of the gifts , her employer seems to have everything.

Ursula  34  long and hard. On Christmas Eve, she went to a store. She moved slowly through crowds of shoppers,  35  things in her mind. Finally she bought a baby dress. She immediately called a taxi.  “Excuse me, please, can you help me find a poor family with a baby?”  “A poor family?” said the  36  driver. “Yes, a very poor family.” Ursula told the man what she was trying to do. He listened in silence, and then said, “I know a family who needs just about everything.”

When they reached a building, the driver said, “They live on the third floor.” Ursula shook her head, “Would you take this dress to them and tell them it’s from someone …someone who has everything.”

Early the next day, Ursula   37  everyone for the presents she received. Then, she began to   38  why there seemed to be none from her. She told about what she did the night before. When she finished, there was a long   39  . “You see,” she added, “I try to do a kindness in your   40  .  And this is my Christmas present to you.”

第二卷（非选择题共35分）
第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
　　此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如没有错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个“√”，如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
　　该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
　　该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
　　该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
One day Mrs. Smith went shopping. Since she came back             76.      
home, she said to her husband, “I saw beautiful dress in                77.      
a shop this morning. It costs fifty pounds.” “Fifty pounds to             78.      
a cotton dress? That is very much!”  But every evening Mrs.       79.      
Smith spoke only the dress, and at last, after a week,                80.      
her husband said, “Oh, buy the dress!” She was very happy.              81.      
But the next day evening, when Mr. Smith returned home and      82.      
asking, “Have you got the dress?”, she said, “No.” “Why not?”     83.      
he said. “Well, it is still in the window of the shop in a                     84.    
week. I think, nobody else want this dress, so I don’t                85.      
want it either!”

--How about this dress, sir?

--It’s a little expenseive, and ____, its color doesn’t suit me.

You look very beautiful in this dress and there is only one of this kind left here. I wonder    if you would like to buy ______.