I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us tha

I will never forget the year Iwas about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be  36  Christmasgifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d  37  ?”Just when I started to  38  that there would not be aChristmas that year, three women  39  at our house with giftsfor all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of   40 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned toschool. I wasn’t  41 . Somebody hadthought  42  of me to bring me a gift.

Years later, when I stood in thekitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my  43  Christmasthere special and memorable, I  44   remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 45  for as many children as I could possibly reach.

SoI  46  a planand gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125orphans(孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorfulpackages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,  47   witha child’s name. We wanted all of them toknow they were  48 . Before I called out their names and handedthem their gifts. I  49  them that they couldn’t open their presents  50 every child had comeforward. Finally the  51 they had been waiting for came as I calledout, “One, two, three . Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed andtheir bright smiles  52  up the room. The  53  inthe room was obvious, and  54  wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling—thefeeling I knew  55  that Christmas so long ago when the womencame to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought ofme. I matter.

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10.A.strength            B. independence      C.importance          D. safety

11.A. kept upwith         B. caught upwith     C.came up with      D.put up with

12.A. none               B.few              C.some               D. each

13.A.fine               B. special            C.helpful             D. normal

14.A.reminded           B.guaranteed         C.convinced           D.promised

15.A.after               B.until             C.when              D. since

16.A.chance             B.gift              C. moment            D. reward

17.A.lit                B.took              C. burned            D. cheered

18.A.atmosphere         B. sympathy          C.calmness            D.joy

19.A.it                 B.such              C. something          D. everybody

20.A.by                B.till                C. for               D. from

试题答案

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.A

20.D

【解析】略