It snowed again.My seventh Christmas was round the corner.I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb.“There is no Father Christmas.” 
I ran to my grandmother’s house, for she always told the truth.Grandmother was at home. I told _1_everything.“No Father Christmas?”she was a little_2_.“Don’t belive it.Put on your coat,and let’s go.”
“Go?Where,Grandma?” I asked.
“Kerby’s Store.”
As we walked through its doors. Grandma handed me the dollars and said.“Take the _3_and buy something for someone who needs it.I’ll wait for you in the car.”Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby’s.
For a few seconds I just stood there,holding the money,wondering_4_to buy,and who to buy it for.
I thought of_5_I knew my family,my friends,my neighbours…I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decbar, a _6_with bad breath and messy hair.He sat right  behind me_7_Mrs. Polack’s class.
Bobbie_8_went to any party during the winter.His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, _9_we all knew that he didn’t have a cough,and he didn’t have a coat.I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat_10_he would like.
That evening, grandma helped  me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons, and_11_“To Bobbie.From Father Christmas”on it.Grandma told me Father Christmas never let  people know that he _12_ them.Then she drove me over to Bobbie’s home ,telling that I was helping Father Christmas_13_ the presents.
Grandma parked the car along the street.and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie’s home .Then Grandma said to me.“All right , Father Christmas get going.”
I took a deep breath,rushed to his front door,put the present down_14_the door,rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the _15_and Grandma.We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open.Finally it did and there stood Bobbie.
That night ,I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well.and we were on his team.
【小题1】
A.himB.herC.themD.you
【小题2】
A.angryB.happyC.tiredD.afraid
【小题3】
A.bookB.coatC.presentD.money
【小题4】
A.whatB.whenC.whereD.how
【小题5】
A.everybodyB.nobodyC.somebodyD.anybody
【小题6】
A.girlB.boyC.manD.woman
【小题7】
A.forB.onC.inD.with
【小题8】
A.alwaysB.oftenC.sometimesD.never
【小题9】
A.soB.ifC.butD.and
【小题10】
A.whereB.thatC.whoD.why
【小题11】
A.readB.sayC.writeD.spell
【小题12】
A.helpedB.belivedC.taughtD.made
【小题13】
A.give upB.give awayC.put upD.put off
【小题14】
A.onB.behindC.outsideD.over
【小题15】
A.shopB.carsC.doorD.trees

Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of “home” and “sick”. You know

  1  each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are   2  together. “Homesick” means “Thinking of home, unhappy away from home.” In other words, it means “sick for home”.

  Now think for a minute   3  the word SEASICK. If you change the word “home” in the definition (定义) to the word “sea”, would the definition  4  “seasick” ? Does seasick mean “thinking of sea, unhappy away from sea”? It means something quite  5 . Seasick means “made sick by the only place where you are on the sea.” It means “sick because of the sea.” When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the   6  place you want to be is at sea.

  Have you ever   7  a person being heartsick? Heartsick does not mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are   8 down deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.

   And so, when you are carsick, you are “made sick by the movement of a car on the road.” You are sick because of the car, not sick for it.

You can see, then, that   9  compound words are what they seem at first glance (一瞥). Think about the compound words, such as handshake and   10 . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

1.                A.what           B.that            C.which    D.who

 

2.                A.read           B.used           C.thought   D.understood

 

3.                A.for            B.from           C.about    D.like

 

4.                A.fit             B.read           C.get D.have

 

5.                A.different        B.same           C.right D.wrong

 

6.                A.first            B.only           C.safe D.last

 

7.                A.heard of        B.heard from      C.thought over   D.thought about

 

8.                A.hit            B.hurt           C.loved D.moved

 

9.                A.not others      B.not every       C.not all    D.not other

 

10.               A.careful         B.southern       C.illness D.handwriting

 

 

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