12.When I was young,I never had a special Christmas gift that I dreamed of and was crazy about.
I know I(36)Ba lot of great Christmas presents as I grew up.Chatty Cathy,Baby Thumbelina,
Little Miss No-Name…I just remember (37)Athem.Although my parents had their financial(38)B,they always made Christmas special for their four children.Dad worked a(n) (39)Djob as a referee in high school basketball games to (40)Ca little more cash,and Mom was the queen of bargain shopping.The gifts(41)Ahave been inexpensive,but there was more than enough under the tree.
Stored in happy memories are the family (42)C:helping Mom and Dad drag the Christmas decorations out of the attic,going with Dad to (43)Bthe tree from the Kiwanis,and decorating the tree (44)Dstrings of blue lights and Christmas lasting days and days and days.The piles of (45)D
under our tree wrapped in newspaper aye more memorable than (46)Cwas wrapped.The act itself of unwrapping and (47)Aseeing what was beneath the newspaper was(48)Band memorable.But the most clear are the images of smiles,the sounds of(49)Dand"oh,thank you thank you thank you",not the images of toys or clothes.
It's the(50)Cof Christmas.The best moments,the happy moments were not the gifts,(51)Athe togetherness,the love of family.Even in the occasional quarrels of brothers and sisters,even in the(52)Aof late nights,even in the sometime stress of it all.
Christmas should not(53)Con what's on our gift lists.For it's not about what gifts we (54)Bor receive,but about what we do,what we experience.
Those are the happy moments that (55)D
36.A.sent | B.received | C.bought | D.chose |
37.A.opening | B.seeing | C.ordering | D.packing |
38.A.independence | B.struggle | C.support | D.influence |
39.A.busy | B.pleasing | C.ordinary | D.extra |
40.A.apply for | B.give away | C.bring in | D.set down |
41.A.may | B.must | C.should | D.would |
42.A.values | B.features | C.traditions | D.principles |
43.A.borrow | B.select | C.separate | D.deliver |
44.A.around | B.between | C.through | D.with |
45.A.lights | B.decorations | C.toys | D.presents |
46.A.which | B.that | C.what | D.as |
47.A.finally | B.suddenly | C.frequently | D.usually |
48.A.inspiring | B.exciting | C.satisfying | D.puzzling |
49.A.whispers | B.cries | C.complaint | D.laughter |
50.A.process | B.arrangement | C.experience | D.atmosphere |
51.A.but | B.or | C.and | D.so |
52.A.tiredness | B.wandering | C.sleeplessness | D.entertainment |
53.A.rely | B.put | C.center | D.work |
54.A.accept | B.give | C.like | D.require |
55.A.differ | B.happen | C.mean | D.matter. |