Anna lived on the side of a valley. One summer, there was a very big 36 , and a lot of houses down below Anna’s were washed away. Anna’s house was 37 enough to escape the flood, so when the water had 38 and the other houses were standing there  39  no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥), her house was just all right.

   Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, 40 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 41 in the flood and she 42 her home with them until it was 43 for them to rebuild their house.

   Anna’s friends were 44 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give 45 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 46 .

   “Well,” Anna  47  her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very  48 , because her husband had been killed in the  49  and she had a lot of children, 50  I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for 51 this year, so I’m going to make only one present to all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a  52  who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our 53 ,’ she said to her children.

   The children were 54 and happy to get such a present. They 55 the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. Such was that Christmas present.”

36. A. earthquake     B. accident    C. flood        D. fire

37. A. below        B. high           C. big       D. small

38. A. reduced       B. come     C. appeared     D. disappeared

39. A. to            B. of        C. by        D. with

40. A. so         B. but        C. for        D. since

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

42. A. gave        B. found       C. shared       D. built

43. A. possible     B. necessary    C. important     D. obvious

44. A. worried     B. disappointed   C. puzzled    D. satisfied

45. A. them       B. herself        C. him       D. us

46. A. support     B. supply       C. grow       D. educate

47. A. explained to   B. asked for    C. talked with    D. turned up

48. A. sad        B. poor         C. rich     D. happy

49. A. war        B. storm        C. rain       D. flood

50. A. because     B. as          C. which    D. that

51. A.Obon        B. Halloween        C. Thanksgiving  D. Christmas

52. A. boy        B. girl         C. student     D. teacher

53. A. child        B. daughter      C. sister      D. present

54. A. angry       B. excited       C. lovely    D. sorry

55. A. disliked      B. gained     C. welcomed     D. led

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