[题目]阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a 1 over our heads, food on the table, clothe 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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【题目】阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a 1 over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always 2. Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was 3. I've always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn't 4 for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big 5 for the kids was the fun of Christmas 6.
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking 7 what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for 8 to share by all five of us.
The big9 arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and 10 them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would 11 back at the “Santa's Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits(情绪), 12 my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually 13. She had only one small, flat(瘪的) bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn't say anything 14 we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, 15 to be angry again. This is what she told me.
“I was looking 16 thinking of what to buy, and I 17 to read the little cards in the ‘Giving Trees.' One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she 18 for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and 19 the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn't have anything.”
I never felt so 20as I did that day.
（1）A.hat B.roof C.cloud D.star
（2）A.little B.less C.more D.enough
（3）A.polite B.strict C.serious D.sad
（4）A.money B.room C.time D.date
（5）A.anger B.problem C.surprise D.excitement
（6）A.shopping B.traveling 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.card D.tree
（10）A.benefited B.reminded C.invited D.forgave
（11）A.draw B.stay C.move D.meet
（12）A.including B.except C.beside D.for
（13）A.quiet B.excited C.happy D.healthy
（14）A.since B.after C.until D.while
（15）A.ready B.able C.curious 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.built D.played
（19）A.made B.searched C.bought D.fetched
（20）A.angry B.rich C.patient D.terrified

【答案】（1）、B
（2）、D
（3）、B
（4）、A
（5）、D
（6）、A
（7）、B
（8）、C
（9）、A
（10）、B
（11）、D
（12）、B
（13）、A
（14）、C
（15）、A
（16）、D
（17）、B
（18）、A
（19）、C
（20）、B

【解析】作者是一个有四个孩子的单身母亲，生活并不富裕，但幸好有房子住、有饭吃、有衣穿。圣诞节来临，作者给每个孩子$20让他们买圣诞礼物，其他孩子都买了，但唯独小女儿只买了50美分的糖果，作者很生气，但听到小女儿用自己买礼物的钱给一个陌生的小女孩买了娃娃之后，母亲的内心感受从未如此富有过。

（1）B 考查名词。A. hat草帽；B.roof屋顶；C.cloud云；D.star星星。根据下文的food，clothes可知应该是roof，指有遮风挡雨的房子住，故选B。

（2）D 考查形容词。A. little很少的；B. less更少；C. more更多；D. enough足够。如果不是很多，那也已经足够。故选D。

（3）B 考查形容词。A. polite有礼貌的；B. strict严格的；C. serious严重的；D. sad伤心的。根据句意可知，孩子不知道家里穷，只是认为母亲对他们要求很严格。故选B。

（4）A 考查名词。A. money金钱；B. room房间；C. time时间；D. date日期。由第一段Money was always tight可知，他们没有钱买许多礼物。故选A。

（5）D 考查名词。A. anger生气；B .problem问题；C. surprise惊讶；D. excitement兴奋。孩子最大的乐趣是圣诞购物。故选D。

（6）A 考查名词。A. shopping购物；B.traveling旅行；C.parties聚会；D.greetings问候。根据后面的内容可知，对孩子而言，圣诞最大的快乐当然是购物了。故选A。

（7）B 考查不定代词。句意：四个孩子彼此询问他们圣诞节想要的礼物。故选B。

（8）C 考查名词。A. toys玩具；B.clothes衣服；C.presents礼物；D.bills账单。120元是我们四个共同买礼物的钱。故选C。

（9）A 考查名词。A. day天；B. chance机会；C. card卡片；D. tree树。圣诞节那天来临了。the big day指前面提到的圣诞节，故选A。

（10）B 考查动词。A. benefited有利于；B.reminded提醒；C.invited邀请；D.forgave原谅。由句意可知，是提醒孩子买什么。故选B。

（11）D 考查动词。A. draw绘画；B.stay停留；C.move移动；D.meet遇见。由句意可知，是回来集合。故选D。

（12）B 考查介词。A. including包括；B. except除……之外；C. beside在……旁边；D. for为了。每个孩子都情绪高涨，只有小女儿例外。故选B。

（13）A 考查形容词。A. quiet安静的；B. excited兴奋的；C. happy高兴的；D. healthy健康的。由上句可知，每个孩子都情绪高涨，只有小女儿不同寻常的安静。故选A。

（14）C 考查状语从句。A. since自从……以来；B. after在……之后；C. until直到……；D.while在……期间。固定句型not...until...意为“直到……才……”。故选C。

（15）A 考查形容词。A. ready有准备的；B.able有能力的；C.curious好奇的；D.afraid害怕的。由前文I was so angry可知，此处表示“准备又生气”。故选A。

（16）D 考查副词。句意：我向四周看要买什么。look around到处察看；到处寻找，故选D。

（17）B 考查动词。A. forgot忘记；B.stopped停止；C.failed失败；D.hated厌恶。根据句意可知，是停下来，读许愿树上的小卡片。故选B。

（18）A 考查动词。A. wanted想要；B. did做；C. built建造；D. played玩。由句意可知，她想要的圣诞礼物。故选A。

（19）C 考查动词。A. made制造；B.searched搜寻；C.bought买；D.fetched去取。根据句意可知，取下卡片给小女孩买个娃娃。故选C。

（20）B 考查形容词。A. angry生气的；B.rich富裕的；C.patient耐心的；D.terrified感到恐惧的。与第一段的money was always tight.相呼应。故选B。

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