It was a lazy morning during the Christmas week. We were enjoying breakfast when the doorbell rang. It was a little girl, standing at the doorway with a piece of paper and a face that carried an expression of want, rather a common     1   during Christmas.
She murmured that the paper was her booklist and that she was going around     2   money to buy her schoolbooks. My children went inside and brought some     3    for her. This kind of incident happens very often in my hometown,     4    during Christmas.
From where I was seated, I could see her clearly. She looked about ten years old and she wore a dress too big for her. She spoke in a     5    voice and looked at me straight in the eye. Something made me get up and     6    her.
In answer to my questions, she said that her mother made hoppers and she     7    them before going to school. But the hopper money was not adequate to     8    the list; therefore, she was going from house to house asking for help.
Her voice told me the story; her eyes told me that it was     9    . I said I'd buy her what was on the list.
We drove to a nearby bookstore. She sat    10   , with a strange look on her face. When the clerk was taking all the things on the list, the little girl kept staring as if confused. Perhaps she had never    11   so many new things before. They were merely exercise books, pencils, pens and such things. She whispered her    12   to us. Strange, I hadn't been aware that giving such   13        things to one in need, could bring me such a lot of happiness.
As we drove back, I could see the little girl in the mirror. All the gifts I had given in my life never   14   up a face so much. She was grasping the parcel, smiling to herself. The total event made us all very    15   . Our Christmas became more meaningful.

It was a lazy morning during the Christmas week. We were enjoying breakfast when the doorbell rang. It was a little girl, standing at the doorway with a piece of paper and a face that carried an expression of want, rather a common 1 during Christmas.

She murmured that the paper was her booklist and that she was going around 2 money to buy her schoolbooks. My children went inside and brought some 3 for her. This kind of incident happens very often in my hometown, 4 during Christmas.

From where I was seated, I could see her clearly. She looked about ten years old and she wore a dress too big for her. She spoke in a 5 voice and looked at me straight in the eye. Something made me get up and 6 her.

In answer to my questions, she said that her mother made hoppers and she 7 them before going to school. But the hopper money was not adequate to 8 the list; therefore, she was going from house to house asking for help.

Her voice told me the story; her eyes told me that it was 9 . I said I'd buy her what was on the list.

We drove to a nearby bookstore. She sat 10 , with a strange look on her face. When the clerk was taking all the things on the list, the little girl kept staring as if confused. Perhaps she had never 11 so many new things before. They were merely exercise books, pencils, pens and such things. She whispered her 12 to us. Strange, I hadn't been aware that giving such 13 things to one in need, could bring me such a lot of happiness.

As we drove back, I could see the little girl in the mirror. All the gifts I had given in my life never 14 up a face so much. She was grasping the parcel, smiling to herself. The total event made us all very 15 . Our Christmas became more meaningful.

1. A．problem B．sight C．moment D．experience

2. A．borrowing B．receiving C．begging D．lending

3. A．clothes B．books C．food D．coins

4. A．absolutely B．casually C．especially D．hardly

5. A．strange B．polite C．serious D．loud

6. A．care for B．speak to C．smile at D．hold to

7. A．sold B．needed C．collected D．used

8. A．buy B．make C．cover D．control

9. A．painful B．true C．moving D．interesting

10. A．happily B．eagerly C．anxiously D．silently

11. A．possessed B．bought C．seen D．accepted

12. A．surpr ise B．satisfaction C．thanks D．pleasure

13. A．simple B．wonderful C．expensive D．useful

14. A．lit B．made C．put D．shut

15. A．confused B．delighted C．amazed D．relieved

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It was a lazy morning during the Christmas week. We were enjoying breakfast when the doorbell rang. It was a little girl, standing at the doorway with a piece of paper and a face that carried an expression of want, rather a common 1 during Christmas.
She murmured that the paper was her booklist and that she was going around 2 money to buy her schoolbooks. My children went inside and brought some 3 for her. This kind of incident happens very often in my hometown, 4 during Christmas.
From where I was seated, I could see her clearly. She looked about ten years old and she wore a dress too big for her. She spoke in a 5 voice and looked at me straight in the eye. Something made me get up and 6 her.
In answer to my questions, she said that her mother made hoppers and she 7 them before going to school. But the hopper money was not adequate to 8 the list; therefore, she was going from house to house asking for help.
Her voice told me the story; her eyes told me that it was 9 . I said I'd buy her what was on the list.
We drove to a nearby bookstore. She sat 10 , with a strange look on her face. When the clerk was taking all the things on the list, the little girl kept staring as if confused. Perhaps she had never 11 so many new things before. They were merely exercise books, pencils, pens and such things. She whispered her 12 to us. Strange, I hadn't been aware that giving such13 things to one in need, could bring me such a lot of happiness.
As we drove back, I could see the little girl in the mirror. All the gifts I had given in my life never14 up a face so much. She was grasping the parcel, smiling to herself. The total event made us all very 15 . Our Christmas became more meaningful.

1.
1. A.
  problem
2. B.
  sight
3. C.
  moment
4. D.
  experience
2.
1. A.
  borrowing
2. B.
  receiving
3. C.
  begging
4. D.
  lending
3.
1. A.
  clothes
2. B.
  books
3. C.
  food
4. D.
  coins
4.
1. A.
  absolutely
2. B.
  casually
3. C.
  especially
4. D.
  hardly
5.
1. A.
  strange
2. B.
  polite
3. C.
  serious
4. D.
  loud
6.
1. A.
  care for
2. B.
  speak to
3. C.
  smile at
4. D.
  hold to
7.
1. A.
  sold
2. B.
  needed
3. C.
  collected
4. D.
  used
8.
1. A.
  buy
2. B.
  make
3. C.
  cover
4. D.
  control
9.
1. A.
  painful
2. B.
  true
3. C.
  moving
4. D.
  interesting
10.
1. A.
  happily
2. B.
  eagerly
3. C.
  anxiously
4. D.
  silently
11.
1. A.
  possessed
2. B.
  bought
3. C.
  seen
4. D.
  accepted
12.
1. A.
  surpr ise
2. B.
  satisfaction
3. C.
  thanks
4. D.
  pleasure
13.
1. A.
  simple
2. B.
  wonderful
3. C.
  expensive
4. D.
  useful
14.
1. A.
  lit
2. B.
  made
3. C.
  put
4. D.
  shut
15.
1. A.
  confused
2. B.
  delighted
3. C.
  amazed
4. D.
  relieved

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选编（十八）
While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had 1 finding the keyhole. When I 2 to open the door, I 3 around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was 4 installed... but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered 5 a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage 6 in the day. I found the bed in the 7 and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing 8 ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 9 to find another lamp. So I 10 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring! I finally stumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）around 11 I found a desk lamp which actually 12 !
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world 13 be and how   necessary light is! But even more necessary than 14 light is the light that shines from people --the light of 15 and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 16 place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in 17   of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you 18 may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is 19 a candle in a forest remember -- there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to 20 the light of one small candle.
1. A. confidence     B. respect            C. adimiration     D. difficulty
2. A. managed            B. failed             C. wished            D. meant
3. A. touched              B. felt                 C. sensed            D. looked
4. A. already                 B. never              C. still                D. once
5. A. equiping            B. producing       C. spotting          D. removing
6. A. later                  B. earlier            C. lower             D. upper
7. A. light             B. dark              C. room              D. corner
8. A. happened          B. operated         C. fired                D. developed
9. A. machine             B. street              C. room             D. car
10. A. wound             B. forced            C. made              D. lost
11. A. after                  B. until                  C. while                      D. since
12. A. helped              B. affected                C. worked           D. inspired
13. A. can                  B. shall                  C. will               D. must
14. A. mental             B. psychological     C. electrical        D. physical
15. A. existence          B. love                      C. truth                D. wisdom
16. A. lonely                B. colourful          C. friendly            D. complex
17. A. short                B. favour           C. face                D. need
18. A. make                      B. offer                 C. take                D. contribute
19. A. not more than   B. other than       C. no more than   D. rather than
20. A. put out             B. give out          C. get over                D. set up

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The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree. Not 36 with life, I was down. A young boy out of breath 37 me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted(倾斜的) down, 38 with great excitement,“Look what I found!”
In his hand was a flower, and what a 39 sight, with is petals(花瓣) all worn—not enough rain, or too little light. 40 him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I 41
a small smile and then shifted away. But instead of 42 he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with 43 ,“It surely smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too. That’s why I 44 it; here, it’s for you.”
The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew Imust 45___it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and 46 , “Just what I need.”But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he 47 it mid-air without reason. It was then that I 48
for the very first time the boy was 49 .
I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun 50 I thanked him for picking the very best one. He smiled, and then ran off to play, 51 of the effect he’d had on my day.
I sat there and 52 how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged(放纵的) 53 ? Perhaps from his heart, he’d been blessed with true 54 .
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not connected with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see__55___, and appreciate every second that’s mine.