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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