In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was
31 working and Christmas was the one day of the year
32 the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children valued it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even
33 — smelling it, touching it and loving it. Usually they tried to kept it for so
34 that it often went bad before they ate it.
This year John knew he would soon be
35 enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it
36 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday.
Christmas day finally came. The children were so
37 as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big
38 . Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John’s heart
39 . He turned and ran back to the cold room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears.
Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a
40 on her face held out her small hands. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John
41 his head, he saw a big juicy orange all peeled (剥皮) and quartered ……. Each child had sacrificed (舍弃) their own orange by
42 a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him. John never forgot the sharing, love and personal sacrifice his friends had shown him that Christmas day.
43 that day, after he became rich, every year he
44 send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His
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was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit!
| 小题1: | | A．forced | B．passed | C．taken | D．spent |
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| 小题3: | | A．months | B．days | C．years | D．seasons |
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| 小题5: | | A．old | B．strong | C．tall | D．experienced |
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| 小题6: | | A．seriously | B．softly | C．secretly | D．carefully |
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| 小题7: | | A．nervous | B．excited | C．pleasant | D．eager |
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| 小题8: | | A．cry | B．disappointment | C．surprise | D．noise |
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| 小题9: | | A．jumped | B．stopped | C．broke | D．settled |
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| 小题10: | | A．look | B．tears | C．comfort | D．smile |
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小题11:.
| A．shook | B．lifted | C．put | D．turned |
| 小题12: | | A．sharing | B．breaking | C．eating | D．taking |
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| 小题13: | | A．In return for | B．In case of | C．In memory of | D．In search of |
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| 小题14: | | A．must | B．would | C．might | D．should |
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| 小题15: | | A．desire | B．idea | C．meaning | D．thinking |
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