When I was ten, my sisters and I were amazed at our neighbor’s Christmas tree. We returned home from their house and decided that we must have one of our own. In our house we never had enough money for a Christmas tree.
In fact, we insisted so much that my father had no choice but to agree. “Yes!” he finally said.“This year we will have a Christmas tree.” Our mouths dropped open at the thought of having our own tree. Then Dad said,“I’ll do it myself.”
We followed him around the house as he gathered up the materials he would need, We all sat close to him, carefully watching everything he did. He passed the thread around the first nail on the corner of a box, then back down to the second nail on the box, and up again to the nail, until right there before our eyes a green Christmas tree began to take shape. He carefully did the same with all of the 50 nails in the box and when he had finished, he said,“Now you can decorate it.”
I don’t remember where the decorations came from, but they were red and small and to us they just looked so beautiful and perfect for our tree. When we finished decorating it, we proudly invited all our friends over to see our Christmas tree. We were so happy, not only because it looked so pretty, but because my father had made it himself. It truly was the most beautiful Christmas tree we had ever seen.
Years later, things got better and Dad was able to buy a proper Christmas tree which we would happily decorate. However, my sisters and I will never forget the night when we got our first Christmas tree.
【小题1】What do we know about the writer?

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　It was six o'clock in the evening. The visitors had left the museum. Jose, head of art division（艺术部）, was walking around, checking to see that everything was all right. Suddenly, Jose saw something on the floor. What do you think he saw? He saw a beautiful painting lying there. Jose showed the painting to the director（馆长）of the museum.

　“Let's call several museums to check and see if it's a stolen painting,” said the director.

　No one knew the painting, so the director decided to hang it in the art division. All the experts（专家）came to see the painting. Each one said it was beautiful and had very deep（深刻的）meaning. The director was very happy to have such a wonderful painting in his museum.

　Several weeks later, a woman came to the museum with her five-year-old son. While they were looking at the new painting, the little boy began to cry. The director came over to the child and said:

　“Why are you crying?”

　The child pointed to the painting and said:

　“I'm crying because that's my painting on the wall, and I want it back.”

　“Yes,” said his mother,“I was here with Danny a few weeks ago, and he left his painting right here on the floor. If you look carefully, you can see his name.” The director looked at the boy and his mother uncomfortably（不安地）.He did not know what to say.

选择正确答案：

1． One evening, on the floor Jose found a picture .　　　

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A．thrown into the museum

B．lying there

C．made by a clever boy

D．with deep meaning.

2． The director decided to hang the picture on the wall as .　　　

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A．he was sure it was a good one

B．he was sorry that he did not know the name of the artist

C．it was found on the floor of the museum

D．he wanted the painter to take it back

3． The beautiful picture lying on the floor was painted by .　　　

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A．a famous painter

B．the director himself

C．one of the visitors

D．a five-year-old child

4． The mother came to the museum a few weeks later .　　　

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A． to take the picture back

B． to tell the director whose picture it was

C． to visit the museum again with her son

D． because she wanted the money paid to her son

5．It was clear that .　　　

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A． the museum lost a wonderful picture

B． the child was surprised to see his picture on the wall

C． the director had to pay for the picture

D． the director had made a mistake