1 . Every Christmas, we get “The Box” from my uncle, who owns a local sporting goods store. He _______ uniforms to the sports teams and does T-shirt printing for parties. Every Christmas, instead of _______, he sends us the rejects(废品)from his shop.
One year, we got caps that sported a company’s misspelled _______. It was “Lovie’s Mower Service” _______ “Louie’s Mower Service”
Another year, we got a birthday party T shirt for a woman’s ninety sixth birthday when _______ to be her ninety seventh birthday. And another time we all got green football socks that weren’t exactly the _______ color for the football team that had _______ them.
You never know what you’re going to get out of “The Box”, so we play a _______ with it on Christmas Eve. My father _______ one item at a time, and each of us has the ________ to keep it or not. It goes around the whole ________, and if someone wants it, he ________ it, if no one wants it, it goes in the pile to charity.
We have had a million ________ over the years, with family reunion shirts, baseball pants, and different minor league baseball teams’ clothes with colorful names. “The Box” never ________ us.
I’m not sure what we will do if my uncle runs out of things to send us! It’s a ________ , if a bit wacky (古怪), Christmas tradition.
1. A.supplies | B.designs | C.transports | D.counts |
2. A.celebrations | B.presents | C.blessings | D.impressions |
3. A.place | B.time | C.name | D.form |
4. A.but for | B.other than | C.compared to | D.instead of |
5. A.supposed | B.allowed | C.forced | D.encouraged |
6. A.ordinary | B.special | C.right | D.green |
7. A.seen | B.ordered | C.found | D.placed |
8. A.song | B.joke | C.sport | D.game |
9. A.sets up | B.brings back | C.draws out | D.gets in |
10. A.clue | B.chance | C.ability | D.dream |
11. A.area | B.week | C.day | D.circle |
12. A.buys | B.takes | C.refuses | D.throws |
13. A.laughs | B.protests | C.attempts | D.images |
14. A.excites | B.reminds | C.disappoints | D.threats |
15. A.beloved | B.legal | C.native | D.calm |