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My husband Jack hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of ___16___, but the commercial aspects of it. Knowing he felt this ______17___, I decided one year to___18___the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something _____19__just for Jack. The idea came in an unusual way.

　　 Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was______20______at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match____21_____a team sponsored by a church.

　　 These youngsters from the church, dressed in shoes so_______22_____that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together,____23______our son’s team were in their beautiful new wrestling shoes.

　　 As the match began, I was_____24_____to see that the other team was wrestling without a helmet designed to____25_____a wrestler’s head. They clearly could not_____26_____ them. Well, our son’s team ended up defeating them and took every weight class. But as the other team ______27_____up from the mat, they walked around with a sense of pride that couldn’t admit______28______.

　　 Jack, seated beside me, shook his head_____29_____, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential, but______30_____like this could take the heart right out of them.” Jack loved_____31_____and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball. That’s when the ____32______for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and _____33______some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them to the church.

　　 On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Jack what I had done and that this was his_______34_____from me. His smile was the_______35______ thing about Christmas that year.

1.                A．the gift         B．an envelope     C．the wrestling   D．Christmas

2.                A．way           B．joy            C．music    D．fear

3.                A．buy            B．wear           C．avoid D．give

4.                A．beautiful        B．expensive       C．new D．special

5.                A．wrestling       B．weightlifting     C．shooting  D．boxing

6.                A．at             B．against         C．for  D．on

7.                A．big            B．small           C．worn D．cheap

8.                A．because        B．if              C．while D．so

9.                A．frightened      B．disappointed     C．pleased   D．surprised

10.               A．cover          B．surround       C．hide  D．protect

11.               A．carry          B．afford          C．design D．expect

12.               A．dressed        B．got            C．turned    D．cheered

13.               A．defeat         B．evidence       C．charge    D．mistake

14.               A．gently          B．sadly           C．nervously  D．gladly

15.               A．running        B．winning        C．losing D．shaking

16.               A．workmates      B．parents         C．friends    D．kids

17.               A．invitation       B．care           C．idea  D．money

18.               A．return         B．sold           C．bought    D．left

19.               A．gift            B．warning        C．praise D．love

20.               A．brightest       B．funniest        C．ugliest D．darkest

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41─60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 “Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning. “I wish you would let me stay at home. Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school.”

Mr Williams  36  his little boy by the hand, and said   37   to him, “Come, my son. I want to show you  38   in the garden.”

    Harry walked into the garden with his   39  , who led him along until they came to a bed in which peas(豌豆) were growing. Not a weed(杂草) was to be  40   about their roots.

“See how beautifully these peas are   41, my son,” said Mr. Williams. “How clean and healthy the vines(藤) look. We shall have a good   42  . Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden.”

    Mr. Williams then  43  Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines.

    After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you   44  Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”

“Oh, Father!” replied the little boy. “I never saw such  45  looking peas in my life! The weeds are nearly as  46  as the peas themselves. There won’t be half a crop!”

“  47   are they so much worse than ours, Harry?”

“Because they have been left to grow as they  48  . I suppose Mr. Parker just planted them, and never took any care of them  49  ”

“ Yes. A garden will soon be overrun with weeds  50   it is not taken good care of,” Mr. Williams  51  , “and so it is with the human garden. Children’s minds are like garden beds. They must be  52   cared for. I send you to school in order that the garden of your  53   may have good seeds(种子) and   54  plentifully. Now which would you  55  , to stay at home or go to school?”

“I would rather go to school,” said Harry.

A. grabbed   B. pulled C. punished    D. took

A. loudly     B. secretly     C. kindly D. politely

A. anything  B. something C. everything        D. nothing

A. mother   B. brother      C. sister D. father

A. made      B. changed     C. seen   D. planted

A. growing  B. moving     C. shaking      D. dancing

A. result      B. harvest      C. match        D. present

A. forced    B. ordered     C. followed    D. led

A. think of        B. look at      C. hear of     D. deal with