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Christmas is over. And I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the ___1___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.

For over a month I stared at ___2___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___3___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I ___4___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.

My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操纵杆) on my old car didn’t ___5___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___6___.

My next plan would have to be more ___7___. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t ___8___ to miss out on this bargain!”

His ___9___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___10___ and for US$250 you could buy ___11___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___12___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”

I went to my room, ___13___ at how mean(吝啬的) my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t ___14___ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.

When I ___15___ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been ___16___. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___17___. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___18___ the packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___19___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___20___ get an A+ in English class.

1. A. pain       B. attempt      C. joy     D. shyness

2. A. housing  B. fishing       C. car      D. fashion

3. A. mind      B. idea    C. opinion      D. head

4. A. get  B. set      C. searched     D. went

5. A. operate   B. run     C. start    D. work

6. A. riding     B. driving       C. thinking     D. keeping

7. A. strong    B. practical     C. ideal   D. obvious

8. A. afford    B. pay     C. allow  D. stand

9. A. talk B. expression  C. face    D. response

10. A. truck    B. telescope    C. chance       D. bargain

11. A. one       B. something  C. everything  D. nothing

12. A. heating B. loving C. nursing      D. finding

13. A. pleased B. good   C. expert D. angry

14. A. say       B. believe       C. care    D. learn

15. A. went off      B. woke up     C. rang up      D. found out

16. A. worried       B. instructed   C. warned       D. defeated

17. A. opened B. wrapped     C. left     D. faded

18. A. recovered     B. refused       C. reopened    D. removed

19. A. won     B. done   C. beaten D. failed

20. A. ever     B. already       C. still     D. even

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解析:

本文讲述的是“我”想得到一辆渴望已久的电动玩具车的故事。在圣诞节前,“我”费劲心思缠着爸爸要电动车,做了各种工作但还是被爸爸拒绝了。不过,在那年的圣诞节早晨查看圣诞礼物时,“我”却发现了一个大包裹,打开后发现那里面竟是我一直想要的电动车。

1. A。前面说“我得到了渴望已久的电动车”,而这里用 but 转折,表示的是“你很难相信为了得到这个神圣的礼物我所经受的痛苦和付出的努力”。

2. C。从上下文来看,“我”很早就关注着车,并通过看介绍有关车的杂志来了解信息。

3. A。根据上下文可知,此处说的是“我”终于下定决心买辆电动车。make up one’s mind 为固定短语,意为“下决心”。

4. B。前面说“下决心买电动车”,此处说的是作出决定后就立即开始行动了。set to work 意为“开始行动起来”,下文具体写了所做的工作。

5. D。此处说的是“我”展开的第一项工作,那就是告诉爸爸说“我的那辆旧车的操纵杆失灵了”。Work 是动词,意为“工作,有效”,在这里说的是“操纵杆不灵了”。

6. B。从上下文来看,“我”的第一次工作没有成效,反而被爸爸指责为“我”不会操作。bad driving 意为“不会操作,错误操作”。

7. D。前面“我”是找了旧车操纵杆失灵这样一个借口,从后面的内容特别是引号内的话语可以看出,“我”的下一个计划就更明确、直白了。

8. A。这是“我”力劝爸爸买电动车的话。从 …with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250 及后面的 …miss out on this bargain 等可推测,此处应选用 afford。can / be able to afford… 是常见搭配,意为“省出或找到足够的时间或金钱去(做某事);……得起”。

9. D。从 …and for US$250 you could buy… 等来看,爸爸的反应确实是不想买电动车。

10. D。根据上文的 You couldn’t ___ to miss out on this bargain 等可推测此处应填 bargain。

11. B。这里说的是爸爸的观点。与其买电动车,倒不如买一架像望远镜一样具有教育意义的东西。something like 意为“像……样的东西”。

12 C 从 when I’m 97 years old 及后面的 This is my youth 等来推测,此处说的是“要看月亮,那就等到 97 岁时住在养老院里看好了”。这是作者对爸爸提议买望远镜的一句气话。

13. D。从前面多次提到买车被爸爸拒绝,后面又有 …how mean my father was 及后面的 …he didn’t ___14___ that I would die… 等来推测,此处说的是“我”对爸爸的吝啬很“恼怒”。

14. C。前面说“我”很恼怒,再结合后面的 …that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck 等推测,“我”觉得爸爸才不“在乎”呢!

15. B。根据时间状语 on Christmas morning,可知讲的是“我”在圣诞节的早晨醒来后查看礼物时发生的故事。

16. D。按照常例,西方儿童在圣诞节早晨收到礼物是激动和兴奋的,可此刻“我”却兴奋不起来,因为“我”要车的幻想破灭了。此处用 defeat正好符合“我”当时的心理。

17. C。从前面的 I opened all my presents until there was just one big package… 等可推测,此处说的是“直到还剩下最后一个包裹”。

18. D。从上下文来看,此时只剩下这最后一个包裹,于是“我”就打开包装,这与后面的看到里面的东西相符合。

19. A。与上面的 I had been defeated 相对,此处描写的是当我得到盼望已久的车时高兴的心情,“我”终于“赢”了。

20. D。前面一直在责怪爸爸不给“我”买车,当得到车后,“我”高兴得觉得能做任何事情,后面进一步说“我甚至能在英语课上得 A+”。

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