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【题目】I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not________Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d got?” Just when I started to accept that there would not be a Christmas gift that year, three women turned up at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. What a________I felt! I would no longer have to be satisfied when I returned to school. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody had thought ________of me to bring me a gift.

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my first Christmas there special and memorable, I________the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of importance for as many children as I could possibly__________.

So I came up with a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans ( 孤 儿 ) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages ________with toys, clothes, and school things with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were__________. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I reminded them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward. Finally, the _______they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles lit up the room. I know for sure the_________wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling-the feeling I had from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. ________ thought of me. I matter.

【1】A. send B. receive C. make D. exchange

【2】A. relief B. loss C. pity D. regret

【3】A. highly B. little C. poorly D. enough

【4】A. believed B. recalled C. memorized D. impressed

【5】A. touch B. collect C. reach D. spread

【6】A. mixed B. decorated C. covered D. filled

【7】A. fine B. special C. helpful D. normal

【8】A. chance B. plan C. moment D. luck

【9】A. shock B. joy C. interest D. trouble

【10】A. Nobody B. Anybody C. Somebody D. Everybody

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 A

【3】 D

【4】 B

【5】 C

【6】 D

【7】 B

【8】 C

【9】 B

【10】 C

【解析】

试题本文讲述了作者在有能力时为因经济原因不能拥有圣诞礼物的孩子送礼物，在孩子们的笑脸中感受了小时候收到别人送给贫困的她圣诞礼物时的快乐的故事。

【1】句意：妈妈告诉我们不会收到圣诞礼物，因为没有足够的钱。A. send派送；B. receive收到；C. make制作；D. exchange改变。根据上文可知还是小孩子的作者，在圣诞节来临，应该是收到礼物。故选B。

【2】句意：我感到多么欣慰啊！A. relief宽慰；B. loss损失；C. pity怜悯；D. regret后悔。根据下文“当我回到学校时，我不会再感到难堪了”可知，作者为自己能得到礼物感到欣慰，答案为A。

【3】句意：有人已经考虑过我给我带礼物了。A. highly高度地；B. little极少的；C. poorly贫穷on故地；D. enough足够地。联系上下文，首先排除B、C，think highly of sb的意思是“对……评价很高”。此处根据作者的前面的心态，选择enough，表示有人关心自己。故选D。

【4】句意：我回忆起了那几位妇女的来访。A. believed相信；B. recalled回忆；C. memorized 记忆；D. impressed给…以深刻印象。联系上下文，可了解当时作者那种激动的心情，所以应该是很快就想到了那件让她难忘的事情。故选B。

【5】句意：我想给尽可能多的孩子创造同样重要的感觉。A. touch接触；B. collect收集；C. reach到达；D. spread传播。reach含有“到达（一定阶段、程度或数量）”的意思。故答案选C。

【6】句意：我们包装了五颜六色的包裹，里面装满了玩具、衣服和学习用品，并写上每个孩子的名字。A. mixed混合；B. decorated装饰；C. covered覆盖；D. filled填充。filled with装满，故答案选D。

【7】句意：我们希望所有的人都知道他们很特别。A. fine好的；B. special特殊的；C. helpful有帮助的；D. normal正常的。根据每个人都有属于自己的礼物，而且不是固定的，所以作者的意思是给孩子们启示：每个人都是独一无二的。答案为B。

【8】句意：他们等待我喊出口令的那一刻到来了。A. chance机会；B. plan计划；C. moment时刻；D. luck运气。根据下文的意思，此处表达大家等待的拆礼物的时刻到来了，故选择moment。故选C。

【9】句意：我知道快乐不仅仅是玩具。A. shock震动；B. joy快乐；C. interest兴趣；D. trouble麻烦。联系上下文，分析四个选项的意思，此处是表达欢乐。故选B。

【10】句意：有人想到了我，我很重要。A. Nobody没有人；B. Anybody任何人；C. Somebody某人；D. Everybody每个人。根据前面的句子I wasn't forgotten我没有被遗忘，可知还有人想着我。C更符合题意。

完形填空题与单项选择题不同，它给出的是一篇意思较为完整的短文。做该题型试题时，首先应跳过空格通读全文，以全文为背景，联系句子的上下文进行推理和判断，从4个选项中选出一项进行试填。考生可以从词义用法、固定搭配、逻辑推理和上下文的联系等方面去考虑。最后应再把全文通览一遍，细心检查所选答案能否使短文上下连贯，前后呼应，词句通顺，使短文意思完整。检查时还应从语法、惯用法、逻辑推理和事情发生的情节等方面进行考虑，以达到准确无误之目的。