完形填空（共20小题：每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
It was to be our second Christmas in Germany and we decided to avoid the naked tree problem the year before. We wrote to my father, and he
1 to purchase a tree for us in States. He would ship it to us in several smaller
2 .
Two days before Christmas we were in a
3 .All the boxes had arrived except for one. The tree trunk and stand were still
4 .We decided to wait one more day.
5 , in Bremerhaven, a young mail clerk
6 a long thin box under a counter. He picked it up and saw the customs tag(标签)which
7 “artificial（人造的）Christmas tree trunk and stand”. He realized that someone in Mannheim would be
8 a tree for Christmas. He felt
9for them, but there wasn’t much he could do. There was no
10 on Christmas.
He put the package on the
11 shelf and headed for the coffee bar. The place was
12 and he ended up sharing a table. Two men were speaking and the clerk
13 that one of his companions at the table was stationed in Mannheim. He had just picked up the
14 he had shipped from the States and was driving back that afternoon. The clerk thought of the
15 and said to the man,“You could really
16 Santa for someone in Mannheim tonight if you’d like to.”He explained about the lost tree trunk and stand. The man agreed.
The following day, my husband was reaching for his coat
17 the doorbell rang. There stood a
18 holding a long thin carton, our tree trunk and stand. He explained about the clerk and the coffee bar meeting. We invited him in,
19 it was Christmas Eve and he left in a hurry.
The next day as we celebrated the Christmas with the beautiful tree, I whispered：“Bless those two strangers who
20 our Christmas with their kindness.”
| 小题1: | | A．agreed | B．refused | C．stopped | D．failed |
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| 小题2: | | A．bags | B．containers | C．boxes | D．parts |
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| 小题3: | | A．hope | B．loss | C．mess | D．panic |
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| 小题4: | | A．broken | B．separated | C．unknown | D．missing |
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| 小题5: | | A．Meanwhile | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Afterward |
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| 小题6: | | A．hid | B．forgot | C．covered | D．found |
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| 小题7: | | A．read | B．wrote | C．signed | D．meant |
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| 小题8: | | A．except | B．by | C．along | D．without |
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| 小题9: | | A．sure | B．happy | C．painful | D．sorry |
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| 小题10: | | A．passage | B．message | C．delivery | D．labor |
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| 小题11: | | A．safe | B．high | C．proper | D．secret |
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| 小题12: | | A．taken | B．ordered | C．closed | D．crowded |
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| 小题13: | | A．supposed | B．discovered | C．expected | D．wondered |
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| 小题14: | | A．car | B．mail | C．passenger | D．gift |
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| 小题15: | | A．difficulty | B．family | C．package | D．accident |
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| 小题16: | | A．become | B．play | C．pretend | D．assist |
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| 小题17: | | A．before | B．while | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题18: | | A．postman | B．santa | C．stranger | D．driver |
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| 小题20: | | A．celebrated | B．decorated | | C．confirmed | D．brightened |
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在越新近形成的地层里。