I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be __ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d ?” Just when I started to that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t . Somebody had thought of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my Christmas there special and memorable, I remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of for as many children as I could possibly reach. So I a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I them that they couldn’t open their presents every child had come forward. Finally the they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles up the room. The in the room was obvious, and wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
试题分析：本文主要讲了三位女士在作者12岁那年的圣诞节里赠送给作者礼物的善举激励着作者在今天也做熟了同样的行为。 【小题1】考查动词。 根据后面的家里钱不多可知今年得不到圣诞礼物。A. sending 发送 Ｂ. receiving 收到 Ｃ. making 制作 D. exchanging 交换，故选B。 【小题2】考查动词。根据回到学校不再感到难堪，可知是别人问我圣诞节得到了什么礼物。A. got得到B. prepared 准备 C. found 发现 D. expected期望，故答案选A。 【小题3】考查动词。根据正当我准备接受得不到圣诞礼物的事实时，三个女人来到我家。A. doubt 怀疑 B. hope 希望C. accept 接受 D. suggest 建议，故答案选C。 【小题4】考查动词短语。三个女人带着圣诞礼物来到我家。A. broke in 破门而入B. turned up 出现 C. settled down定居 D. showed off 炫耀，故选B。 【小题5】考查名词。根据她们给我带来了一个布娃娃。所以我感到以后到学校就不会在尴尬了，因而产生了心情舒缓的感觉。A. achievement 成就 B. loss 失去 C. relief 释然 D. justice公正。故选C。 【小题6】考查动词。根据我没有被忘记，还有人在惦念着我。A. blamed 责备 B. forgotten 忘记C. loved 爱 D. affected 影响 ，故选B。 【小题7】考查副词。根据有人想着我给我送礼物。A. enough 足够B. little 很少C. poorly 可怜 D. highly高度，故选A。 【小题8】考查形容词。根据来到新家后的第一个圣诞节如何过得更独特更有纪念意义。A. present 现在的 B. recent 最近 C. first 首先 D. previous以前的，故选C。 【小题9】考查副词。根据正当我思考时，我立刻就想起了我12岁那年到我家造访的那三个女人。A. hardly 几乎不 B. occasionally 偶尔C. regularly 固定D. instantly 马上，故选D。 【小题10】考查名词。根据因此我就决定要让尽可能多的孩子感到他们是重要的，别人始终在想着他们。A. importance 重要B. independence 独立C. strength 力量 D. safety安全，故选A。 【小题11】考查动词短语。根据我提出一个计划并召集了公司40个人来参与。A. kept up with 跟上B. came up with 提出C. caught up with 赶上D. put up with 忍受，故答案选B。 【小题12】考查代词。根据每个包装纸上都贴有孩子的名字。A. none 没有 B. few 很少 C. each D. some，故答案选C。 【小题13】考查形容词。根据前面的信息special and memorable可知这里意思是这些礼物很特殊。.A. fine 好的 B. normal 通常 C. helpful D. special ，故答案选D。 【小题14】考查动词。根据在把礼物发给孩子们之前，我提醒孩子们不要打开礼物。. A. convinced 使人 相信B. guaranteed确保 C. reminded 提醒 D. promised答应，故答案选C。 【小题15】考查副语。 直到每个孩子都到了再打开礼物包装。A. until 直到 B. after 之后C. when当 D. since自从。故答案选A。 【小题16】考查名词。根据孩子们一直等待能打开礼物的时刻带来。A. chance 机会 B. gift 礼物 C. reward 报酬 D. moment时刻 。答案选D。 【小题17】考查动词。孩子们打开了礼物，兴奋的神情和灿烂的笑容立刻充盈整个房间。A. took 拿 B. lit点燃 C. burned 燃烧 D. cheered 欢呼。故答案选B. 【小题18】考查名词。根据their faces beamed and their bright smiles 57 up the room.可知孩子们很快乐。A. atmosphere 氛围 B. sympathy 同情 C. joy 快乐 D. calmness平静。故答案选C。 【小题19】考查代词。根据It was a feeling可知这里是it。A. such 如此 B. it 它 C. something 某事 D. everybody每人，故答案选B。 【小题20】考查介词。这种感觉是从多年前得到三个女人送我圣诞礼物时就有的。A. from 来自 B. till 直到 C. for 对于 D. by 通过，故答案选A。 考点：考查故事类短文