It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree, No name，no identification（身份证）．It has been on our tree for the past 10 years or so．It all  1   because my husband Mike  2  Christmas--oh，not the true  3  of Christmas，but the commercial（商业的）aspects of it--  4  ，to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma．

      Knowing he  5  this way，I decided one year to reach for something  6  just for Mike，The  7  came in an unusual way．

    Our son Kevin was practicing wrestling（摔跤）at school，and shortly before Christmas．there was a  8  against a team sponsored by a church，mostly black．As the match began，I was  9 to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear（头盔）．That’s when the idea for his  10  came．That afternoon，I went to a local  11 goods store and bought a variety of wrestling headgear and  12  them anonymously（无名地）to he church．On Christmas Eve，I placed the envelope on the tree，the  13  inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me．His smile was the  14  thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding（后来的）years, For  each Christmas，I  15  the tradition--one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game，another year a   16  to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground．The  17  became the highlight of our Christmas．It was always the last thing  18  on Christmas morning and our children would 19  with wide—eyed anticipation （期待）  20  their dad lifted．the envelope from the tree to reveal（揭示）its contents．

1．A．began            B．ended                  C．stopped                  D．appeared

2．A．changed         B．preferred              C．hated                     D．avoided

3．A．content           B．meaning             C．pleasure                 D．atmosphere

4．A．overpaying        B．overworking         C．oversleeping           D．overspending

5．A．spoke             B．felt                      C．meant                    D．acted

6．A．expensive       B．secret                      C．cheap                            D．special

7．A．inspiration        B．excitement           C．expectation             D．consideration

8．A．campaign        B．match                  C．fight                      D．trarning

9．A．pleased            B．disappointed         C．ashamed                D．surprised

10．A．hobby           B．plan                     C．idea                       D．present

11．A．drawing        B．sporting               C．traveling                 D．cycling

12．A．contributed      B．carried                 C．sent                       D．took

13．A．note             B．bill                       C．receipt                   D．ticket

14．A．finest            B．purest                  C．brightest                D．cleanest

15．A．repeated        B．followed              C．gained                    D．remembered

16．A．comfort        B．letter                    C．check                    D．gift   

17．A．envelope       B．gift                      C．tree                     D．letter   

18．A．returned        B．delivered              C．picked                   D．opened

19．A．sit                B．wait                     C．stand                     D．lie

20．A．since            B．once                    C．before                    D．as