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　　Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up．There were just my parents and 　　1　　．I wished that someday I'd 　　2　　 and have six children, and at 　　3　　 my house would be full of 　　4　　 and love．

　　I found the 　　5　　 who shared my dream, but we had not 　　6　　 the possibility of infertility(不能生育)．So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived．We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, 　　7　　 he was just six days old．Then nature 　　8　　 us again．Within two years we 　　9　　 two biological children to the family－not as many as we had hoped for, 　　10　　 compared with quiet childhood, three made an entirely satisfactory 　　11　　．

　　　　12　　 our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas 　　13　　 each year．He started his Christmas gift list 　　14　　 before we'd finished the Thanksgiving turkey．He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike 　　15　　 comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice．

　　Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were right．Our Christmas boy brought 　　16　　 into our lives with his good cheer, his wit(智慧)．He made us 　　17　　 and act better than we were．

　　Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as 　　18　　 as he had come．He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter．But first he had 　　19　　 by our home to decorate our tree, as usual．His father and I sold our home, where memories remained in every room．We moved to California, leaving 　　20　　 our friends and church．

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　　Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up．There were just my parents and 　　1　　．I wished that someday I'd 　　2　　 and have six children and at 　　3　　 my house would be full of 　　4　　 and love．I found the 　　5　　 who shared my dream, but we had not 　　6　　 the possibility of infertility(不能生育)．So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived．We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, 　　7　　 he was just six days old．Then nature 　　8　　 us again．within two years we 　　9　　 two biological children to the family not as many as we had hoped for, 　　10　　 compared with 　　11　　 childhood, three made an entirely 　　12　　 crowd．

　　As our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas 　　13　　 each year．He started his Christmas gift list 　　14　　 before we'd finished the thanksgiving turkey(感恩节火鸡)．He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike 　　15　　 comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice．

　　Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were 　　16　　．Our Christmas boy brought 　　17　　 into lives with his good cheer, his wit．He made us look and act better than we were．

　　Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as 　　18　　 as he had come．He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter．But first he had 　　19　　 by our home to decorate our tree, as usual．His father and I sold our home, where memories clung to every room．We moved to California, leaving 　　20　　 our friends and church．

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

　　This year 　　1　　 the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic．Like some American 　　2　　 in the 2008 financial crisis, the ship was thought to be “too big to 　　3　　 ”．But the banks failed and the Titanic failed．．．spectacularly! After hitting an iceberg, it plunged to the bottom of the 　　4　　 Ocean．In less than three hours, the “unsinkable” ship was just a wreck and over1, 500 people were dead．

　　Most of us know the story of the Titanic from watching the James Cameron film．It's now been released in a 3D version and new audiences can see the tragic event 　　5　　 and be moved by the love story of the two main characters, Jack and Rose．But Titanic is 　　6　　 a love story; it's the story of 　　7　　 ordinary people react when faced with 　　8　　 circumstances．

　　In 1852, the HMS Birkenhead foundered on rocks near the coast of South Africa．The British ship was carrying soldiers, and also many women and children．There weren't enough 　　9　　 for everyone so the order was given, “women and children first．” 　　10　　 the women and children were being saved, the soldiers stood at attention on deck and, 　　11　　 , went down with the ship．They faced their death with bravery and 　　12　　．

　　The 　　13　　 , “women and children first, ” became the standard on all British ships and it's exactly what happened on the Titanic．The ship's crew and many passengers realized that they would not be saved, 　　14　　 they did not panic．They helped others or 　　15　　 calmly for the icy death they knew was inevitable．In the movie, we see the ship's musicians playing to help 　　16　　 the passengers．We see the ship's officers keeping order as the lifeboats are loaded．And we see British gentlemen “keeping their heads” as all about them are losing theirs．

　　No one knows how they will react in the face of a disaster．It all 　　17　　 one's character．Remarkably, most people behave well．We have seen this in America's 911, in the 2008 Sichuan 　　18　　 and in Japan last year．　　19　　 such as the Titanic will happen, but the character of good people is 　　20　　．

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