When I was a kid, my brother dropped the bomb: "No Santa Claus (Father Christmas)!" I fled to Grandma because I knew she would   36   me the truth.I told her everything."No!" she said."Ridiculous! Don' t   37   it."
After dinner, we went to General Store.Grandma handed me ten   38  ."Take it and buy something for whoever needs it.I'll wait in the   39  ." I' d often gone shopping with Mother, but never had I shopped   40  .For moments, I stood there, confused,   41   what to do with it.I thought of everybody I knew.  42   I thought of Bobbie Decker.His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough.We all knew that Bobbie would have no cough   43   he had a thicker coat.So I decided to buy Bobbie one."Is this a present for   44  ?" the saleslady asked me kindly.I   45   shyly.She smiled, handed it to me and wished me a merry Christmas.Then Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Santa Claus   46  and ribbons and write "To Bobbie, From Santa Claus " on it.Then she   47   me over to Bobbie's house.Grandma parked down the street from Bobbie' s house.We   48   noiselessly and hid in the   49   by his front walk."All right, Santa Claus," she   50   ,"get going." I rushed out, threw the present down at his front door,   51   his doorbell and flew back to the safety.Together we   52   breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open.
Forty years I haven' t forgotten those   53   I spent shivering (颤抖)in Bobbie' s bushes.That night, I realized that the stories about Santa Clause were really ridiculous .Santa Claus was alive,  54  we were on his  55 .

【小题1】
A.tellB.teach C.takeD.advise
【小题2】
A.rememberB.believeC.understand D.consider
【小题3】
A.bagsB.keysC.coatsD.dollars
【小题4】
A.homeB.store C.carD.bus
【小题5】
A.separatelyB.apart C.singlyD.alone
【小题6】
A.wonderingB.worryingC.expecting D.looking -
【小题7】
A.Luckily B.SurprisinglyC.SuddenlyD.Firstly
【小题8】
A.unlessB.since C.asD.if
【小题9】
A.anyoneB.someoneC.othersD.another
【小题10】
A.noddedB.smiledC.repliedD.denied
【小题11】
A.giftB.name C.paper D.needle
【小题12】
A.sentB.droveC.walkedD.guided
【小题13】
A.stoleB.struggledC.steppedD.searched
【小题14】
A.cars .B.buildingsC.stairs D.bushes
【小题15】
A.sighedB.whisperedC.calledD.shouted
【小题16】
A.knocked B.pushedC.poundedD.switched.
【小题17】
A.rushedB.laughedC.pausedD.waited
【小题18】
A.nightsB.feelingsC.momentsD.bills
【小题19】
A.andB.butC.thenD.therefore
【小题20】
A.sideB.teamC.partD.staff

Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to 36  it well. He often receives the customers(顾客)  37  and people like to buy  38  in his shop.

It was a cold day and 39  people would go out to do some _40_. Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s_41_, came to the shop. He knew the man was_42_ his miserliness (吝啬). But he tried to persuade (说服) him to buy a watch in his shop.

“You’d better buy a watch for 43 _, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be _44_ to you whenever.”

“No, no,” said Mr. Black. “I’ll _45_need any watches.”

“But how do you know when it’s time to _46_?”

“The people who live around me always _47_ their televisions at seven for the news. So I can hear the announcer(播音员) say,  “ The time is seven o’clock.. Here is the news.”

“But you don’t know when to go to work.”

“That’s _48_,” Mr. Black said with a smile. “It takes me ten minutes to _49_ and shave(刮脸). I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later arrive at my office and _50_ working.”

“When do you _51_ your office, then?”

“There’s a _52_ near it, its siren(汽笛) can tell me the right time.”

“How do you know the time if you _53_ in the middle of the night?”

“I always put a stick by my bed”

“But a stick can’t tell you the time”

“You’re _54_. But I can use it to knock on your wall. You always _55_, “What are you knocking on my wall for at two in the night?”

1.A. watch        B. manage        C. build       D repair

2.                A.coldly          B.luckily          C.simply    D.warmly

 

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

4.                A.many          B.most           C.plenty of  D.few

 

5.                A.work           B.reading         C.shopping  D.fishing

 

6.                A.neighbors       B.friends         C.classmates D.workmates

 

7.                A.good at         B.famous for       C.proud of  D.fond of

 

8.                A.you            B.me            C.yourself D.myself

 

9.                A.helpful         B.helpless         C.necessary D.important

 

10.               A.always         B.sometimes      C.never     D.often

 

11.               A.get up         B.go to bed       C.go to work D.have breakfast

 

12.               A.show          B.turn on         C.turn off    D.sell out

 

13.               A.easy           B.possible        C.different  D.probable

 

14.               A.cook           B.wash           C.tidy  D.rest

 

15.               A.finish          B.enjoy          C.keep D.start

 

16.               A.clean          B.leave          C.go to D.find

 

17.               A.railway station   B.post office      C.university  D.factory

 

18.               A.sit up          B.wake up        C.stand up   D.get up

 

19.               A.clever         B.right           C.wrong D.foolish

 

20.               A.shout          B.wonder        C.laugh D.request

 

 

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