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I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a ________ over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always ________  . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was ________ . I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t ________ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big ________ for the kids was the fun of Christmas ________  .

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking ________  what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for ________ to share by all five of us.

The big ________ arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and ________ them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would ________  back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits,   ________ my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually ________ . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies — fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything ________  we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ________  to be angry again. This is what she told me.

“I was looking ________ thinking of what to buy, and I   ________  to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ________ for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and ________  the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so ________ as I did that day.

1.A. roof              B. hat            C. sky           D. star

2.A. little           B. less           C. enough        D. more

3.A. busy              B. serious        C. strict       D. kind

4.A. effort           B. room          C. time         D. money

5.A. improvement       B. problem        C. surprise     D. excitement

6.A. shopping         B. travelling    C. parties      D. greetings

7.A. the other        B. each other     C. one by one    D. every other one

8.A. toys              B. clothes        C. presents     D. bills

9.A. day               B. chance         C. cheque        D. tree

10.A. forced          B. reminded       C. invited      D. begged

11.A. draw             B. stay          C. move          D. meet

12.A. including        B. besides        C. except       D. regarding

13.A. quiet           B. excited       C. happy         D. ashamed

14.A. since           B. after        C. while         D. until

15.A. waiting          B. ready         C. hoping        D. afraid

16.A. out              B. over           C. forward      D. around

17.A. forgot           B. stopped       C. failed       D. hated

18.A. wanted            B. did            C. got          D. played

19.A. made              B. searched       C. bought       D. fetched

20.A. angry            B. rich           C. patient      D. bitter