Question

My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had         it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the        . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every         with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to        if there was any sign of it on our end.

The         always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be         . We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids and         . Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much        for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.

By Christmas Eve we finally had to         the fact that the package was        lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my         and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the        package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I         the door, a man was standing there.

“I         this is yours.” he said, holding a package. Just then I         that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “        I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this         stranger for taking so much trouble to        this gift to us on Christmas Day, and         thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.

The real gift that holiday season was the new         to my sister who lives far away from us. Now there’s one gift I never want to give back!

1.A．booked      B．decorated     C． listed     D．mailed

2.A．appointment B．deadline     C．holiday     D．party

3.A．year         B．morning     C．week         D．month

4.A．pick out     B．take out     C．figure out     D．find out

5.A．complaint     B．conversation C．discussion     D．quarrel

6.A．chatting     B．arguing     C．kidding     D．scolding

7.A．gifts      B．secrets     C．husbands     D．clothing

8.A．food         B．time         C．achievement D．money

9.A．consider     B．ignore     C．accept     D．study

10.A．hardly     B．simply     C．mostly     D．suddenly

11.A．restaurant    B．office     C．house     D．class

12.A．terrible     B．outstanding C．big         D．missing

13.A．opened     B．locked     C．left         D．watched

14.A．understand B．forget     C．know        D．believe

15.A．expected     B．dreamed     C．realized     D．remembered

16.A．because     B．but         C．or         D．so

17.A．generous     B．honest     C．polite       D．kind

18.A．show      B．present     C．return     D．offer

19.A．silently     B．carefully     C．gently     D．actually

20.A．combination B．guide       C．recognition D．closeness

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了圣诞节之前姐姐给我邮寄了一件圣诞礼物，我和姐姐在电话里谈了很多关以前在一起的甜蜜往事，感受到了深深的亲情。直到圣诞节这一天，有一个善良的陌生人把包裹送了过来，让我感受到了另外一种温暖。

1.D考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.booked预定；B.decorated装饰；C. listed列出；D. mailed邮寄。根据上文可知她住的地方离我很远，只能通过邮寄的方式给我送圣诞节礼物。故选D。

2.C考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.appointment 预定；B.deadline最后期限；C.holiday节日；D.party聚会。根据上下文的Christmas可知是过圣诞节，她提前给我寄礼物希望在圣诞节之前能够收到这份礼物。故选C。

3.B考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.year年；B.morning早晨；C.week周；D.month月。根据下一句every evening可知这里使用every morning，她每天早晨都要核对邮寄的信息，晚上再打电话问我是否收到包裹。故选B。

4.D考查动词短语辨析以及对语境的理解。 A.pick out挑选；B.take out取出；C.figure out算出，查明；D.find out发现；每天晚上她都打电话给我问我是否发现了包裹。故选D。

5.B考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。 A.complaint抱怨；B.conversation对话；C.discussion讨论；D.quarrel吵架。根据下一行的We talked我们在电话里聊以前的美好时光，故选B。

6.A考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.chatting聊天；B.arguing争论；C.kidding开玩笑； D.scolding责骂；一开始的时候，我们还在谈论包裹，20分钟以后我们的对话就转到了家人等方面的话题。故选A。

7.C考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.gifts礼物；B.secrets秘密；C.husbands 丈夫；D.clothing衣服。根据such as parents, our kids可知谈论的家人，父母，孩子以及丈夫等。故选C。

8.B考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A．food食物；B．time时间；C．achievement成就；D．money钱。根据前两行内容可知我们两个在电话里谈了很长时间，之前从来没有这样。故选B。

9.C考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。 A．consider考虑；B．ignore忽视；C．accept接受； D．study学习。到圣诞节这天，我们不得不接受包裹丢了这现实，因为直到那一天，也没有收到包裹。故选C。

10.B考查副词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.hardly几乎不；B.simply仅仅，实在（表示强调）；C.mostly大部分；D.suddenly突然；本句使用simply表示强调，指包裹真地丢了。故选B。

51.11.

12.D考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.terrible可怕的；B.outstanding杰出的；C.big巨大的；D．missing失踪的；我忘记了那个失踪的包裹的事情。故选D。

13.A考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.opened打开；B.locked锁；C.left 离开；D.watched观看。有人敲门了，我自然是去开门。动词open打开。故选A。

14.D考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.understand理解；B.forget忘记；C.know知道； D.believe相信。我打开门，对方说：我认为这是你的。故选D。

15.C考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.expected 期待；B.dreamed梦想；C.realized意识到；D.remembered记得；我这个时候才意识到这个包裹被送错地址了。故选C。

16.B考查连词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.because因为；B.but 但是；C.or或者；D.so因此。他解释：我刚刚度假回来，但是我希望你能在圣诞节这一天，打开这个包裹。故选B。

17.D考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.generous慷慨；B.honest诚实；C.polite 礼貌； D．kind善良对方在度假以后把这个送错地址的包裹送给了我，说明他是一个善良的人。故选D。

18.C考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.show展示；B.present呈现；C.return归还；D.offer提供；我向这个善良的陌生人表示了感谢，因为他不顾麻烦地在圣诞节这天把这个包裹归还给了我们。故选C。

19.A考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.silently默默地；B.carefully仔细地；C.gently温柔地；D.actually实际上；我在心里默默地感谢上帝。故选A。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。