December 24 arrived along with a heavy snow. It was my first Christmas Eve witho

December 24 arrived along with a heavy snow. It was my first Christmas Eve without my mother, and the day’s usual  36  had disappeared.

The telephone rang. I  37  it and went to my bedroom to bury the continuous 38 , knowing it must be my friend Rebecca calling. How could I be  39 ? I wanted to be left  40 .

My heart felt as  41  as the falling snow.  42  can I stop missing my mother?

I  43  the window. Seeing Rebecca’s car parked out front, I went back to my bed and drew the covers over my head.

“Lucy!” she shouted. “I know you’re in there. Answer the door!”

“Leave me alone!” I  44  back. I heard paper rustling(沙沙作响) as she slid  45  under the door.

“Merry Christmas, ” she called out.

Not answering the  46  made me even 47. It wasn’t fair to my best friend. Her father and sister  48  in a car accident when she was eight years old.  49 , her mother had to return to  50 , and Rebecca was left to look after herself.

When she left, I carried the small package, sat down and  51  it. Inside was a golden pen and a journal. When I opened the journal’s front cover, out fell a bookmark with a(n)   52  written on it:

Dear Lucy,  

My words won’t heal（治愈）the 53  . But your own words can.

Love,

Rebecca

As I stared at the journal’s blank pages, a single tear fell on the page which quickly absorbed it.

That night, I  54  the phone and dialed her number.

“Looks like the snow is melting(融化), ” I said. “Spring was just ___55____the corner.”

试题答案

【小题1】A

【小题2】D

【小题3】C

【小题4】B

【小题5】C

【小题6】C

【小题7】D

【小题8】A

【小题9】B

【小题10】B

【小题11】D

【小题12】C

【小题13】D

【小题14】B

【小题15】A

【小题16】C

【小题17】D

【小题18】B

【小题19】A

【小题20】A

解析