---How did you find my new dress, Jim?

---_______.

A. Go to the tailor’s                                   B. Oh, it fits me perfectly.

C. Oh, very nice, indeed                                D. No, I didn’t find it.

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Every year at this time I remember a Christmas when I was 8 years old. It is the one memory of Christmas that has  31  with me all my life. My children always loved listening to it. I  32  in a small community in Newfoundland, with the sea right at our door. My  33  was a sea captain and was away from home   34  of the year, but he was always home for Christmas. I remember how  35   I was. It would soon be Christmas and Dad would be home for  36  three months.   Everything would be OK. Our home would be  37  and our time together would be  38  . My parents did what they could to give me and my four sisters what we needed, but not  39  what we needed.

That particular Christmas when my dad  40  me what I wanted for Christmas, I told him that I wanted a new pair of shoes and a beautiful hat. He knew that I needed new rubber boots because the old ones had  41  in them and I had to walk to school  42  them on rainy days. My Dad told me that I would have to choose, but I couldn’t have  43  . So I had to choose the rubber boots which weren’t expensive. All I could  44  during the weeks before Christmas was that I would have to  45  rubber boots with my new dress my mother was  46  for me.

Christmas morning came, and hidden in the toe of my stocking was a note that  47  “Look behind the kitchen door”. I did, and found another  48  : “Look behind the radio”. I did and found a box with a new pair of black leather  49  I had dreamed of. They were very dear and the most beautiful shoes I had ever seen. I knew my father  50  money long to buy them for me. I was so happy and grateful.

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　　During the dust-blown thirties, everyone fell on hard times. The year 1 10, we drew names at our little school to see whom we'd 2 Christmas gifts with. I picked Helen's name. Helen was a new girl. Her family 3 in a house someone had deserted.

　　Every day Helen wore the 4 brown dress to school, some of the neighbors whispered that Helen's daddy was 5 , and that he drank. Some didn't 6 want their kids to be friends with Helen.

　　One day in December I said to Mom,“Wouldn't it be nice to get Helen a 7 for Christmas?”Mom agreed, 8 I could see from her expression that there was no extra money for material. She had bought the material for me and my sisters and our dresses were almost 9 “There must be a way,”I 10 . Mom hugged me.“I wish there was a way,”she said.

　　The next morning Mom called me into the kitchen.“I have a(an) 11 ,”she said.“You and Helen are the same 12 . If you gave her your new red dress, I could fix you up the wool plaid（格子花呢）one that your cousin Esther sent.”I got a special feeling in my stomach. Give Helen my new dress? 13 I could respond, Mom said quickly,“I'll go ahead and fix the plaid dress and you can give her that, so she will have a 14 dress to wear for Christmas.”

　　“Give the red dress to Helen,”I said.“I want her to have it.” “Are you 15 ?” “I am sure. Absolutely.”When Helen came into the room Mom handed her the new red dress. A look of 16 filled Helen's face. She hugged Mom. Helen took it and 17 it in front of her.“Thank you, thank you, thank--”she said to me.“I'm so 18 .”I was feeling happy, too. Helen moved away shortly after that and I never 19 her again. Me, the plaid dress became one of my 20 . 

1.The most universal f__________ expression is the smile, which is to show happiness and put people at ease.

2.We hadn’t told anybody else about our plan, but c__________, he seemed to have

known what we would do next.

3.--What happened to Tom yesterday?

--He had a car accident, but f__________ he was not injured.

4.In order not to let others hear what they said, they talked in a w___________.

5.When the dog attacked me, I picked up a stick and d__________ myself.

6.Though She was very successful, she was never c__________ with what she had

achieved. 

7.Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest scientists in the world, has been

s___________ with illness for many years. （斗争）

8.--What do you think of my new dress?

--It’s pretty, but I don’t think it’s suitable for this __________. (场合)

9.Steven Spielberg is one of the best d__________ in the world, who has made a lot of

excellent movies. (导演)

10.At last Yuan Longpin succeeded in finding a way to increase rice harvests without

__________ the areas of fields. (扩大)

【小题1】The most universal f__________ expression is the smile, which is to show happiness and put people at ease.
【小题2】We hadn’t told anybody else about our plan, but c__________, he seemed to have
known what we would do next.
【小题3】--What happened to Tom yesterday?
--He had a car accident, but f__________ he was not injured.
【小题4】In order not to let others hear what they said, they talked in a w___________.
【小题5】When the dog attacked me, I picked up a stick and d__________ myself.
【小题6】Though She was very successful, she was never c__________ with what she had
achieved. 
【小题7】Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest scientists in the world, has been
s___________ with illness for many years. （斗争）
【小题8】--What do you think of my new dress?
--It’s pretty, but I don’t think it’s suitable for this __________. (场合)
【小题9】Steven Spielberg is one of the best d__________ in the world, who has made a lot of
excellent movies. (导演)
【小题10】At last Yuan Longpin succeeded in finding a way to increase rice harvests without
__________ the areas of fields. (扩大)