It was Christmas Eve. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world was over for me. I didn’t have enough money to buy myself the       that I had wanted that year.

Dad came back in and there was ice in his beard（胡子）. “You’ve been by widow（寡妇）Smith’s house recently?” he asked. Widow Smith       two miles down the road. Her husband died a year ago and left her with       children.

“I rode by just today,” Dad       , “Little Jack was out looking for wood. They must have used up wood, Tom.”

We filled our sledge（雪橇）high with       . Then we went to the store and Dad bought some food and a small pair of shoes. I tried to think about       Dad was doing. I knew we didn’t have enough money, so why was Dad buying them so many things?

We       widow Smith’s house and went in. “We brought you a few things, madam.” Dad said, and      the bag of food on the table. Then Dad handed widow Smith the pair of shoes. At that moment, tears filled her eyes and started running down her face.

My throat seemed to be filled with       , and there were tears in my eyes, too. Just then, my dream gift seemed very unimportant. Dad had given me the look on widow Smith’s face and the smiles of       three children. He had given me the best Christmas of my life.

1.A. gift             B. ice            C. house            D. store

2.A. taught          B. lived          C. studied          D. worked

3.A. one              B. two          C. three           D. four

4.A. continued       B. wrote          C. spoke            D. wondered

5.A. clothes         B. shoes         C. food            D. wood

6.A. why             B. what          C. which           D. how

7.A. worried          B. returned       C. left             D. reached

8.A. put down        B. take down     C. look down       D. turn down

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

10.A. my              B. his           C. her             D. their

( At the doctor’s)

A: Good morning.

B: Morning doctor.

A:    1.

B: I’m not feeling very well.

A: Oh, let me see…   2.   You are just overweight.

B: Really? But I don’t eat too much.

A:    3.   You often eat sweet food and meat, don’t you?

B: Yes, both of them.

A: To keep fit, you’d better eat less sugar but more vegetables.    4.

B: OK, I’ll do like that.

A:    5.   .

B: Thank you very much.

–If you have any trouble, please call me.

--              

A. I’m sorry to hear that              B. I will. Thank you very much

C. I have no trouble                     D. I will think it over.

      excellent news reporter he is .All of us are proud of him.

A. What            B. What an          C. How             D. What a

Could you tell me       ?

A. when does the train leave            B. there’s a bank near here

C. where can I park                     D. what your mother is

The first thing       I’m going to do is to send an e-mail to Peter.

A. which              B. who           C. that            D. why

—The air pollution is so terrible.

--It will be worse       we do something to protect the environment.

A. if                 B. unless         C. after            D. when

We should do what we can       our English.

A. improve           B. improved

C. to improve        D. improving

–Whose dictionary is this?

-- It        be Jack’s. Here’s his name.

A. must           B. mustn’t           C. can              D. can’t

–You’re in a hurry. Where are you going?

--To the library. Tony       for me there.

A. waits             B. waited

C. is waiting        D. was waiting