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It was Christmas Eve 1881. I was 15 years old and feeling like the world was ________ for me because there hadn't been enough money to buy me the rifle that I’d wanted that year.

Pa came back in and there was ice in his beard. “Come on, Matt,” Pa said. “Dress warmly. It’s cold outside. We’re going to Widow Jensen’s. They are ________ wood.” Widow Jensen lived about two miles down the road. Her husband had died a year or so before and ________ her with three children, the oldest being eight.

I ________ went out with Pa and we ________ the sled high with wood. ________ we went to the store and Pa took down a big ham, some bacon, a sack of flour and some shoes, which were put into a smaller sack. We rode the two miles to Widow Jensen’s in ________ . I tried to think through what Pa was doing. I knew we didn’t have much money and Widow Jensen had ________ neighbors than us. It shouldn’t have been our ________ .

Widow Jensen opened the door and let us in. She had a blanket wrapped around her ________ . The children were wrapped in ________ and were sitting in front of the fireplace by a very small fire that ________ gave off any heat at all. “We brought you a few things , Ma’am，” Pa said and set down the sack of flour. I put the meat on the table. Then Pa handed her the sack that had the shoes in it.

She ________ and took the shoes out one pair at a time. I watched her carefully. She bit her lower lip to keep it from ________ and then tears filled her eyes and started running down her cheeks. She looked up at Pa like she wanted to say something, ________ it wouldn’t come out. “We brought a load of wood too, Ma’am,” Pa said. Then he turned to me and said，“Matt，go bring some in. ”

I wasn’t the ________ person when I went back out to bring in the wood. I choked and as much as I hate to ________ it, there were tears in my eyes too. In my mind I kept ________ those three kids huddled (蜷缩)around the fireplace and their mother standing there with tears running down her cheeks with so much ________ in her heart that she couldn’t speak. Just then the rifle seemed very ________ . Pa had given me the best Christmas of my life.

1.A. over B. complete C. lost D. boring

2.A. in between B. away from C. out of D. far behind

3.A. offered B. brought C. delighted D. left

4.A. excitedly B. hurriedly C. gratefully D. unwillingly

5.A. equipped B. placed C. loaded D. armed

6.A. Now B. Then C. Meanwhile D. Sometime

7.A. silence B. regret C. devotion D. condition

8.A. smarter B. tougher C. prettier D. closer

9. A. topic B. concern C. idea D. case

10.A. shoulders B. head C. arms D. feet

11.A. one B. the rest C. another D. the other

12.A. nearly B. hardly C. actually D. slowly

13.A. jumped B. laughed C. joked D. hesitated

14.A. trembling B. moving C. bending D. crying

15.A. and B. so C. or D. but

16.A. honest B. kind C. same D. disappointing

17.A. allow B. admit C. clarify D. confirm

18.A. seeing B. imagining C. cheering D. comforting

19.A. motivation B. gratefulness C. sympathy D. courage

20.A. typical B. valuable C. unimportant D. hopeless

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