As a single parent of four children, money was always tight .It was Christmas time, and although  there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party . But the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas (36).
They planned weeks ahead of time , asking (37) what they wanted for Christmas. luckily, I have saved $120 for (38) to share by all five of us .
The big (39) arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and (40) them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop. Then we would (41) back at the “Santa’s Workshop.”
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits (42) my younger daughter, Tina, who was unusual (43). She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything (44) we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door，(45) to be angry again. This is what he told me:
“ I was looking (46) thinking of what to buy , and I (47) to read the title cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old. And all she (48) for Christmas was a doll .So I took the card off the tree and (49) the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so (50) as I did that day.

B) 用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限填一次。

As post 90s students，we have so many   1  . We are usually kind and helpful. When someone is in trouble，we always give him or her a   2  . We are   3  . Most of us can work hard in class and play   4  after class. In addition，we are obviously imaginative. We always try something   5  and do everything differently. On the  6  hand，we   7  have some disadvantages. To   8   you the truth，some of us are   9  impolite. Sometimes we can't express our opinions in a correct   10  . What's more，we are so   11  that we often make some mistakes in our   12  and lives.
Overall，as post 90s students who will enter a high middle school，I think you need to be   13  to the high school life as   14  as you can. You should work hard every day and take an active part in   15  kinds of activities to improve your abilities. Boys and girls，the future is up to us to create.