Rain was falling as my sister Jill and I ran out of the church, eager to get home and play with the
1 that Santa had left for us. Across the street was a gas station where the bus stopped. It was
2 for Christmas, but I noticed a family standing close to the locked door in an attempt to keep
3 .
We were on the way to our grandparents’ house for the Christmas dinner. We were approaching our destination(目的地)
4 my father U-turned in the middle of the road and said, “I can’t
5 it! They are standing in the rain. They’ve got children. It’s Christmas. ”
When my father
6 the gas station, he rolled down his window. “Merry Christmas. You are waiting for the
7 ?” Father asked.
The man said that they were. They were going to Birmingham, where he had a brother and
8 of a job.
“Why don’t you all get in the car and I’ll
9 you up there. ”
After they settled in, Father looked back over his
0 and asked the children if Santa had found them yet. Their sad faces gave him the
11 .
“Well, I didn’t think so,” my father said, “
12 when I saw Santa this morning, he told me that he was having
13 finding all, and he asked me if he could leave your toys in my
14 . We’ll just
15 them first before I take you to your destination. ” All at once, the three children’s faces shone with
16 .
When we got out of the car at our house, the children
17 the front door and straight to the Christmas tree. One of the girls picked up Jill’s doll and
18 hugged it to her breast, and the other girl seized(抓住)something of mine.
All this happened many years ago, but the memory of it remains
19 . That was the Christmas when my sister and I learned the
20 of making others happy.
| 小题1: | | A．balls | B．presents | C．parcels | D．trees |
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| 小题2: | | A．open | B．familiar | C．closed | D．unexpected |
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| 小题3: | | A．clean | B．energetic | C．active | D．dry |
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| 小题4: | | A．while | B．when | C．now that | D．even if |
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| 小题5: | | A．understand | B．admit | C．deserve | D．stand |
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| 小题6: | | A．pulled into | B．drove away | C．passed by | D．looked at |
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| 小题7: | | A．truck | B．brother | C．bus | D．driver |
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| 小题8: | | A．chances | B．benefits | C．emergencies | D．discoveries |
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| 小题9: | | A．show | B．seek | C．bring | D．drive |
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| 小题10: | | A．window | B．head | C．shoulder | D．children |
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| 小题11: | | A．sympathy | B．answer | C．problem | D．belief |
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| 小题12: | | A．because | B．though | C．as if | D．so |
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| 小题13: | | A．pleasure | B．trouble | C．confidence | D．suffering |
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| 小题14: | | A．company | B．car | C．shop | D．house |
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| 小题15: | | A．recognize | B．buy | C．fetch | D．find |
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| 小题16: | | A．doubt | B．disappointment | C．curiosity | D．excitement |
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| 小题17: | | A．ran through | B．stared at | C．watched out | D．looked through |
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| 小题18: | | A．shyly | B．immediately | C．quietly | D．slowly |
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| 小题19: | | A．sensitive | B．worthwhile | C．fresh | D．weak |
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| 小题20: | | A．joy | B．award | C．patience | D．attention |
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