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I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a ______ over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always ______. Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was ______. I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t ______ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big ______ for the kids was the fun of Christmas ______.

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking ______ what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for ______ to share by all five of us.

The big ______ arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and ______ them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would ______at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, ______ my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually ______. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies— fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything ______ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,______ to be angry again. This is what she told me:

“I was looking ______ thinking of what to buy, and I ______ to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees’.One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ______ for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and ______ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so ______ as I did that day.

1.A. roof    B. hat    C. sky    D. star

2.A. little    B. less    C. enough    D. more

3.A. busy    B. serious    C. strict    D. kind

4.A. effort    B. room    C. time    D. money

5.A. event    B. problem    C. surprise    D. excitement

6.A. shopping    B. traveling    C. parties    D. greetings

7.A. the other    B. each other    C. one by one    D. every one

8.A. toys    B. clothes    C. presents    D. bills

9.A. day    B. chance    C. party    D. tree

10.A. forced    B. reminded    C. invited    D. begged

11.A. draw    B. stay    C. move    D. meet

12.A. including    B. besides    C. except    D. except for

13.A. quiet    B. excited    C. happy    D. ashamed

14.A. since    B. after    C. while    D. until

15.A. anxious    B. ready    C. eager    D. afraid

16.A. out    B. over    C. forward    D. around

17.A. forgot    B. stopped    C. failed    D. hated

18.A. wanted    B. did    C. got    D. played

19.A. made    B. searched    C. bought    D. took

20.A. angry    B. rich    C. patient    D. bitter

 

1.A 2.C 3.C 4.D 5.D 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.B 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.D 15.B 16.D 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.B 【解析】试题分析:圣诞节那天,作者得知她的小女儿用自己买礼物的钱给一个陌生的小女孩买了娃娃这件事后,母亲的内心感受------从未有过的富有。 1.考查名词辨析。A. roof 屋顶;B. hat帽子;C. sky天空;D. star星星。根据下文的food, clothes,可知应该是roof。钱总是紧张的,但是我们有房子住,桌子上有食物,身上有衣服。故选A项正确。 2.考查形容词辨析。A. little少的;B. less更少的;C. enough足够的;D. more更多的。根据前文的if not a lot推,如果不是许多,也是足够的。故选C项正确。 3.考查形容词辨析。A. busy忙碌的;B. serious严肃的;C. strict严格的;D. kind善良的。孩子不知道家里穷,只是认为母亲对他们要求很严格。故选C项正确。 4.考查名词辨析。A. effort努力;B. room房间;C. time时间;D. money钱。由上文的讲述可知,家里比较拮据,因此推断尽管没有钱买许多礼物,但是我们计划举行家庭聚会庆祝。故选D项正确。 5.考查名词辨析。A. event事件;B. problem问题; C. surprise惊奇; D. excitement兴奋。但是对于孩子最兴奋的还是圣诞购物的乐趣。故选D项正确。 6.考查名词辨析。A. shopping购物;B. traveling旅行;C. parties聚会; D. greetings欢迎。解析同上。但是对于孩子最兴奋的还是圣诞购物的乐趣。故选A项正确。 7.考查短语辨析。A. the other其它的;B. each other彼此;C. one by one逐个;D. every one每个人。他们提前数周计划,彼此询问圣诞节想要的东西。故选B。 8.考查名词辨析。A. toys玩具;B. clothes衣服;C. presents礼物;D. bills账单。根据语境可知,我节省出120美元,用来为我们五个人共同买礼物付账单。故选C项正确。 9.考查名词辨析。A. day白天;B. chance机会;C. party聚会;D. tree树。根据上文It was Christmas time可知,圣诞节那天来临了。故选A项正确。 10.考查动词辨析。A. forced迫使;B. reminded提醒;C. invited邀请;D. begged乞求。根据上文可知,圣诞节来临了,我给每个孩子20元钱并提醒他们寻找大约4美元左右的礼物。因为钱比较少,因此作者提醒孩子们买比较便宜的礼物。故选B项正确。 11.考查动词辨析。A. draw画;B. stay逗留;C. move移动;D. meet遇见;会面。根据上文Then everyone scattered(散开).可知,我们散开购物,两个小时后在Santa’s Workshop会面。故选D项正确。 12.考查介词辨析。A. including包括;B. besides此外;C. except除……之外(表示同类排除);D. except for除了……以外(表示异类排除)。根据下文内容可知,每个孩子都情绪高涨,只有小女儿例外。故选C项正确。 13.考查形容词辨析。A. quiet安静的;B. excited兴奋的;C. happy快乐的;D. ashamed惭愧的。解析同上。每个孩子都情绪高涨,只有小女儿例外,不同寻常的安静。故选A项正确。 14.考查固定句型。A. since自从……以来;B. after在……以后;C. while当……时候;D. until直到。我非常生气,但是我直到到家也没说什么。not…until…“直到……才”是固定句型。故选D项正确。 15.考查形容词辨析。A. anxious焦虑的;B. ready准备好的;C. eager渴望的;D. afraid害怕的;担心的。我把她叫进我的卧室,关上门准备好再生气。故选B项正确。 16.考查介词辨析。look out当心;look over检查;look forward to盼望;期待;look around环顾四周。根据上文可知,孩子们去购物,因此推断小女儿说:我四下环顾考虑买什么。故选D项正确。 17.考查动词辨析。A. forgot忘记;B. stopped停止;C. failed失败;D. hated讨厌。小女儿停下来读许愿树上的小卡片。故选B项正确。 18.考查动词辨析。A. wanted想要;B. did做;C. got得到;D. played玩耍。有一张许愿卡是一个四岁的小女孩的,她所有想要的就是一个圣诞玩具娃娃。故选A项正确。 19.考查动词辨析。A. made使;让;B. searched寻找;C. bought买;D. took拿;取。因此小女儿从树上取下卡片为她买了玩具娃娃。故选C项正确。 20.考查形容词辨析。A. angry生气的;B. rich富裕的;C. patient耐心的;D. bitter苦涩的。那天我感到从来没有过的富有。与第一段的money was always tight相呼应。故选B项正确。 【名师点睛】 做完型填空的时候应注意:关注文章首句,领会大意。通过理解文章的首句,我们可以明确短文话题,了解篇章结构,预测全文内容。通过理解段落的首句,也可明确每段的大意,根据前后语境,上下联系。有时只需从空格所在句子的上文或下文考虑;有时需要从空格所在句子的前后2-3句考虑;还有的可能要从整个段落或整篇文章给予考虑,才可选出正确选项。上下文提供的信息对应关系以及词语的重复使用,对解答完形填空也非常有用。对于文中生词的处理,有的可以通过句法分析判断词性,根据上下文猜测其大意;对不影响文章理解和解题的生词可以跳过不管。根据词语辨析,挑选答案。理解句子含义,判断句义关系,从词汇的意义、用法和搭配考虑,把握整体意思,寻找答题线索。 小题1根据下文的food, clothes,可知应该是roof 。故选A。 小题2根据前文的if not a lot,那就够了。故选C。 小题4 由第一段可知,没有钱买许多礼物。故选D。 小题11 根据上文Then everyone scattered(散开).可知,我们散开购物,两个小时后在Santa’s Workshop会面。故选D。 小题12 根据下文内容可知,每个孩子都情绪高涨,只有小女儿例外。故选C。 小题13.由上句可知。故选A。 小题15由I was so angry可知。故选B。 小题20与第一段的money was always tight相呼应。故选B。
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