题目内容：

    It started four years ago. My wife would see a ______ man near where she worked. It was the week before Christmas and she said she wanted to purchase a new coat for him because his coat was ______. We don’t have a lot of ______. We are really a step away from being homeless in rags most months but we try to ______ when we can.

We talked and found a way to get some money together to ______ him a coat. I ______ that since we were giving a coat to him, we should look at what else he might ______. We decided to fill a ______ with some useful ______ things—a toothbrush, soap, clothes, a hat, gloves and some food. A small gift and Christmas card was put in it as well.

We haven’t had money to exchange ______ for birthdays or Christmas for many years, too. It feels wonderful to have someone ______ you at Christmas but I’ve always been a little ________ when friends ask “What did you get for Christmas?” It always makes my wife feel bad that she can’t ______ to give me anything and I feel the same. So I would ______ and say she bought me this thing or that. But that year we could say we ______ something to others instead and that’s ________ what happened.

People asked and we said what we did. They also wanted to help the following ______ and we made ten more backpacks the following Christmas, and this year we really ______ the gifts.

I still can’t afford to buy my wife some gifts to _______on Christmas day, but the ________ we feel makes up for it ten times!

1.A. sick B. generous C. homeless D. energetic

2.A. loose B. shabby C. large D. tight

3.A. money B. power C. time D. trouble

4.A. recover B. bargain C. escape D. help

5.A. buy B. make C. show D. lend

6.A. commanded B. insisted C. regretted D. warned

7.A. ignore B. store C. dislike D. need

8.A. backpack B. room C. suitcase D. car

9.A. left B. external C. daily D. cheap

10.A. principles B. gifts C. opinions D. congratulations

11.A. think of B. turn to C. rely on D. stand for

12.A. pleased B. contradictory C. embarrassed D. content

13.A. expect B. reject C. wait D. afford

14.A. admit B. lie C. debate D. disagree

15.A. compared B. exposed C. presented D. sold

16.A. briefly B. hardly C. finally D. exactly

17.A. year B. month C. day D. season

18.A. removed B. replaced C. added D. decorated

19.A. wear B. open C. eat D. judge

20.A. peace B. sorrow C. attitude D. joy