Two weeks before Christmas a nine-year-old girl was walking with her friend down the street, sliding on the ice. They were talking about what they hoped to
at Christmas.
They stopped to talk to an old man named Harry, who was
his knees pulling weeds from around a large tree. His fingers were
with cold.
As Harry responded to the girls, he told them he was getting the yard
as a Christmas present to his mother, who had died several years before. His eyes filled with tears as he
the tree and said, “ My mother was all I had. She loved her
and her trees, so I do this for her at Christmas.” His words
the girls and soon they were on their knees helping him to
around the trees. It took the three of them the rest of the day to complete the
. When they finished, Harry pressed a quarter into each of their hands. “I wish I could
you more, but it’s all I’ve got right now,” he said.
As they walked they remembered that the house was
, with no flowers, no Christmas tree or other decorations. Just the
figure of Harry sitting by his curtainless window. The next day they agreed to put their
in a jar marked “Harry’s Christmas Present” and then they began to seek for small jobs to
more. Every nickel, dime, and quarter they earned went into the
.
Two days before Christmas, they had enough money to buy new
and a Christmas card. On Christmas Eve they came to Harry’s
singing carols. When he opened the door, they
him with the gloves wrapped in pretty paper, the card and a pumpkin pie still
from the oven. With trembling hands, he
the paper from the gloves, and then to their astonishment, he held them up to his face and wept.
| 小题1: | | A．prepare | B．seek | C．get | D．arrange |
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| 小题3: | | A．black | B．blue | C．yellow | D．white |
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| 小题4: | | A．in shape | B．in store | C．in style | D．in practice |
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| 小题5: | | A．patted | B．cut | C．dug | D．climbed |
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| 小题7: | | A．confused | B．shocked | C．touched | D．reminded |
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| 小题8: | | A．gather | B．fertilize | C．water | D．weed |
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| 小题9: | | A．task | B．plan | C．goal | D．harvest |
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| 小题10: | | A．love | B．pay | C．praise | D．donate |
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| 小题11: | | A．ordinary | B．comfortable | C．clean | D．shabby |
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| 小题12: | | A．lovely | B．friendly | C．lonely | D．cowardly |
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| 小题13: | | A．quarters | B．wishes | C．letters | D．secrets |
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| 小题14: | | A．collect | B．earn | C．raise | D．save |
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| 小题15: | | A．jar | B．box | C．wallet | D．drawer |
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| 小题16: | | A．shoes | B．clothes | C．gloves | D．socks |
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| 小题17: | | A．kitchen | B．hall | C．garden | D．doorstep |
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| 小题18: | | A．gave | B．presented | C．shared | D．offered |
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| 小题20: | | A．touched | B．folded | C．tore | D．pasted |
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