文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文,经济大萧条时期,作者家生活非常拮据,甚至没有钱过圣诞节,作者为妈妈精心策划了一个惊喜,用打零工赚来的钱买了很多圣诞节食品,并告诉妈妈真的有圣诞老人。
2 . The depression (经济大萧条) was coming to an end and Mum had a(n)_________ time raising us kids on her own. Christmas was _________,and we received some money for Christmas.Mum said that _________ buying food, she would use the money to pay back rent. Unknown to Mum, I had been doing tough and odd jobs (零工) to earn enough money to buy myself new_________.
The big day came on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. I was very _________, as I hurried up the road to catch the bus. But on the way, I _________ a house with Christmas lights and decorations. It was then that I realized that at our house, we had _________ for Christmas. I felt sad and I was feeling a strange_________ of guilt. Here I was going to buy a new pair of boots _________ Mum would be trying to explain to us why there were no presents.
I went into a grocery store and bought a turkey, ham, oranges and all the Christmas _________. I _________ every penny of my_________ money. I asked two boys to _________ them to our house. I _________ for the delivery boys to quietly _________ the groceries on the porch and pile them _________ the door. Once they had done this, I knocked on the door. I could hardly _________ to see my mother’s face! When Mum opened the door, some of the groceries _________ inside onto the floor, and she just stood there dumbfounded. _________ the tears, I yelled, “Merry Christmas Mother! There really is a Santa Claus!”
I had a lot of _________ as we unpacked all the food. That day I got enough hugs and kisses from Mum. It was a Merry Christmas for us after all!
1. A.good | B.hard | C.pleasant | D.easy |
2. A.passing | B.approaching | C.going | D.appearing |
3. A.regardless of | B.instead of | C.in case of | D.in need of |
4. A.boots | B.decorations | C.turkeys | D.books |
5. A.disappointed | B.excited | C.moved | D.touched |
6. A.watched | B.recognized | C.observed | D.noticed |
7. A.everything | B.something | C.anything | D.nothing |
8. A.mood | B.emotion | C.state | D.sense |
9. 10. A.goods | B.things | C.lights | D.treats |
11. A.spent | B.cost | C.paid | D.took |
12. A.easily-earned | B.home-made | C.hard-earned | D.carefully-planned |
13. 14. A.begged | B.demanded | C.prayed | D.whispered |
15. A.upload | B.load | C.unload | D.download |
16. A.on | B.in | C.against | D.beyond |
17. A.wait | B.bear | C.help | D.stand |
18. A.climbed | B.went | C.fell | D.spread |
19. A.Holding on | B.Holding up | C.Holding back | D.Holding down |
20. A.quarrelling | B.understanding | C.explaining | D.reasoning |