3．M:Merry Christmas!Here’s your present． W:Thank you．Dad!What lovely toy bears!——青夏教育精英家教网—

Many years ago, a 1 my friend David worked day and night, he was still not rich. One day, when he arrived h 2 after work, he found his 3-year-old daughter was decorating a box with some expensive wrapping paper. He thought she was w 3 money and became angry with her. He even p 4 his daughter by beating her. However, the little girl brought the box to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy. Merry Christmas!” He was embarrassed (尴尬) by his overreaction (过激反应), but he became angry a 5 when he found the box was empty.

He shouted at her, “Don’t you know that when you give someone a present, there should be s 6 inside it?”

The little girl looked up at him with t 7 in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy. I blew kisses in the box. I filled it with my l 8 . All for you, Daddy.”

The father was very surprised. He put his arms around his little girl, and said s 9 to her. Later, David told me that he kept that box by his bed for years. When he was discouraged(情绪低落), he would take out an imaginary (想像的) kiss from the box and r 10 the love of the child.

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—Merry Christmas!

—_______.

　 A. I’m very happy　　　　　　　　　　　 B. It’s very kind of you

　 C. Thanks. The same to you　　　　D. My pleasure

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My five brothers, my sister and I lived in Toronto with our parents. My father worked in a factory, and my mother stayed at home. Each year my father would dress up as Santa Claus and go through the streets sharing joy and candies with the children there. He loved it as much as they did!
But around Christmas in 1970, my father was out of work. In fact, there was no money for Christmas and my parents weren’t sure how they’d provide for us.
That Christmas Eve, however, as usual, my father left the house dressed as Santa Claus. He knew that even though our Christmas would be hard, he could not make the other kids in the neighborhood disappointed.
As my father left the house and went downstairs, another Santa Claus was walking up, with a great bag of gifts for us! He said nothing, only smiled a sweet smile at my father, and wished him a merry Christmas. The jolly man handed the bag and walked away down the block.
We never knew who showed us great kindness on the snowy Christmas night. We do know, however, that without him we would have had nothing under the tree. His kindness gave my parents hope and showed us in a very real way the true meaning of Christmas.
Our family has never forgotten this kind stranger and his generosity(慷慨). Each year we tell the story of the mysterious(神秘的) Santa Claus and try to repay his gifts by giving help to others in need.
【小题1】According to the passage, the writer’s father is ______on Christmas.

【小题2】The underlined word “jolly” in the passage probably means “______”.