13-year-old Frank had received many presents he wanted. But Frank was not __36__ because this was his first Christmas without his brother. Frank said to his parents that he would __37__ to see a friend. __38__ it was cold outside, Frank put on his new jacket and took presents on his new sled(雪橇).
As Frank walked, he saw a house with the __39__ hanging over a fireplace. A woman was seated near them __40__. The stockings reminded Frank of the ones beside him and his brother. A sudden thought __41__ Frank.
So he knocked on the door. “__42__?” the sad voice of the woman answered. “May I come in?” “Please” she said, seeing his __43__ full of gifts, and thinking he was making a collection, “but I have no food or gifts for you. I even have __44__ for my own children.”
“That’s not why I am here,” Frank replied. “Please __45__ any present you like for your children from this sled.”
“Why, God bless you!” the __46__ woman answered. She chose until the stockings were full. “Won’t you tell me your __47__?” she asked. “Just call me the Christmas Scout,” Frank replied.
The visit __48__ the boy touched, with an unexpected __49__ in his heart. He understood that his sorrow(悲伤) was not the only sorrow. He __50__ all the gifts, including the new jacket.
“Where are your presents, Frank?” asked his father as he __51__ the house. “ I handed them out to other children.”
“Frank, how could you do so?” his mother asked in anger. The next morning, he came downstairs and __52__ his parents listening to Christmas news on the radio. Then the announcer spoke: “Merry Christmas! Several families __53__ their children were made happy by the gifts from a boy. No one could __54__ him.” Frank felt his father’s arms go around his shoulders, and he saw his mother smiling __55__ her tears.
小题1: | A.lovely | B.astonished | C.lonely | D.happy |
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小题2: | A.leave | B.turn | C.grow | D.become |
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小题3: | A.When | B.Since | C.Where | D.Though |
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小题4: | A.present | B.light | C.stockings | D.tree |
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小题5: | A.sleeping | B.crying | C.smiling | D.laughing |
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小题6: | A.appeared | B.worried | C.occurred | D.struck |
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小题8: | A.stocking | B.pocket | C.sled | D.bag |
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小题9: | A.anything | B.nothing | C.something | D.everything |
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小题10: | A.buy | B.borrow | C.bring | D.choose |
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小题11: | A.amazed | B.encouraged | C.tired | D.bored |
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小题12: | A.address | B.name | C.number | D.school |
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小题13: | A.started | B.left | C.felt | D.performed |
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小题14: | A.joy | B.surprise | C.sorrow | D.disappointment |
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小题15: | A.took away | B.gave up | C.gave away | D.picked up |
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小题16: | A.visited | B.came | C.passed | D.entered |
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小题17: | A.made | B.saw | C.looked | D.suggested |
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小题18: | A.believed | B.complained | C.reported | D.forecast |
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小题19: | A.respect | B.think | C.realize | D.recognize |
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小题20: | A.by | B.besides | C.without | D.through |
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