Question

A little holiday magic

Christmas Eve has always been my favorite day of the year. December 24,2010, I decided

to _______a little last-minute shopping before joining my family at my mother's.

I bought a large basket of cheeses and a bottle of wine. On my way down, the elevator（电梯）stopped at the third floor. where everybody but an older couple and me got off--and where a tall, handsome man_______．We started down again; then suddenly the elevator stopped. We were stuck--on Christmas Eve!

_______ there was a phone and the old man called someone in maintenance（维修）,who

told us that we had to be in for a 1ong wait.

At that point. We--the older couple, Mr. and Mrs. Philips; John, the handsome man; and I--sat down on the floor and began_______ Christmas memories. An hour passed, then two; we found ourselves so involved in the conversation that we forgot we were stuck. I shared my basket of cheeses and wine with them. I didn't realize at the time we were creating another special Christmas_______．

After five hours, the elevator finally moved .When the doors opened, the worried store manager was surprised to find us in such_______ spirits. Saying our good-byes, the four of us exchanged addresses and promised to send holiday greeting to each other in the years to come.

I got to my mother's for our traditional family Christmas--a bit late，_______ I got there.

Christmas evening I returned to my apartment. Waiting for me was a single red rose and a message: I really miss the cheese basket. Job. At the bottom was his phone number…

John and I were married the following Christmas Eve. And we are _______exchanging

Christmas greetings with Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. And I still wake up every Christmas Eve Morning filled with excitement at the magic of the day.

1.A. make B. do C. show D. accept

2.A. got up B. got down C. got off D. got on

3.A. Sadly B. Proudly C. Luckily D. Strangely

4.A. sharing B. losing C. comparing D. studying

5.A. accident B. game C. record D. memory

6.A. high B. low C. common D. true

7.A. so B. but C. or D. because

8.A. even B. already C. still D. yet

1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.A 7.B 8.C 【解析】短文大意：本文作者讲述了在平安夜去购物时发生的故事。电梯坏了，困在电梯的人们一起分享奶酪和葡萄酒和圣诞回忆，他们度过了一个有魔法的节日。 1.句意：2010年12月24日，我决定在和家人一起，去我母亲家之前，做最后一点购物。 A. make动词，制作；B. do动词，做；C...

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