阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be __36__ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought，“What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd __37__？” Just when I started to __38__ that there would not be a Christmas that year，three women __39__ at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of __40__ that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't __41__.Somebody had thought __42__ of me to bring me a gift.

So I __46__ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child，we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys，clothes，and school supplies，__47__ with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were __48__.Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts，I__49__ them that they couldn't open their presents __50__ every child had come forward. Finally the __51__ they had been waiting for came as I called out，“One，two，three. Open your presents！” As the children opened their packages，their faces beamed and their bright smiles __52__ up the room. The __53__ in the room was obvious，and __54__ wasn't just about toys. It was a feeling —the feeling I knew __55__ that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.

36．A. sending       B．receiving       C．making         D．exchanging

37．A. found         B．prepared       C．got            D．expected

38．A. doubt         B．hope          C．suggest         D．accept

39．A. broke in       B．settled down    C．turned up       D．showed off

40．A. relief         B．loss            C．achievement    D．justice

41．A. blamed       B．loved          C．forgotten       D．affected

42．A. highly        B．little           C．poorly         D．enough

43．A. present       B．first            C．recent         D．previous

44．A. hardly        B．instantly        C．regularly       D．occasionally

45．A. strength       B．independence   C．importance     D．safety

46．A. kept up with   B．caught up with   C．came up with   D．put up with

47．A. none         B．few            C．some          D．each

48．A. fine          B．special         C．helpful         D．normal

49．A. reminded      B．guaranteed     C．convinced       D．promised

50．A. after          B．until          C．when           D．since

51．A. chance        B．gift           C．moment         D．reward

52．A. lit            B．took          C．burned          D．cheered

53．A. atmosphere    B．sympathy      C．calmness        D．joy

54．A. it            B．such          C．something       D．everybody

55．A. by           B．till            C．for            D．from

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55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。

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be   36    Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd  37   ?" Just when I started to    38   that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women   39    at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of   40    that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't    41. Somebody had thought    42   of me to bring me a gift.

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my   43   Christmas there special and memorable, I   44   remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of   45   for as many children as I could possibly reach.

So I    46   a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,  47   with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were   48 .  Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I    49   them that they couldn't open their presents    50   every child had come forward. Finally the    51   they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles   52   up the room. The    53    in the room was obvious, and   54   wasn’'t just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew   55  that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.