Christmas was coming and my ten-year-old Alice told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her bike was too
_______, and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas
_______, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, we thought, for she didn't say it again. We were busy
_______some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than
_______Now we didn't know
_______to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing
_______presents, parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight. So there was
_______time to take to buy the "right bike" for our little girl. Thinking we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we felt sorry and
_______Suddenly my husband had an idea. "What about making a little bike with clay (黏土) and writing a note that she could trade in (交换) the model bike for a real one?" So he spent the next five hours carefully
_______with clay to make a small bike.
________Christmas morning, we were so excited for Alice to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the
________loudly. She looked at me and said, "So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real
________?" Smiling, I said, "Yes!" Alice had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I would
________trade in this beautiful bike Daddy made me. I
________keep it than get a real bike. This is the best Christmas present
________I have ever got in my life!"
21. A.new | B.old | C.beautiful | D.modern |
22. A.came nearer | B.was over | C.went by | D.passed |
23. A.buy | B.bought | C.to buy | D.buying |
24. A.something else | B.anything else | C.else something | D.else anything |
25. 26. A.children | B.children's | C.boy | D.girls |
27. A.enough | B.no | C.much | D.still a little |
28. A.happy | B.excited | C.sad | D.angry |
29. A.works | B.worked | C.working | D.to work |
30. 31. A.book | B.story | C.note | D.newspaper |
32. 33. A.usually | B.certainly | C.never | D.of course |
34. A.am going to | B.would like to | C.had better | D.would rather |
35.