It snowed again. My seventh Christmas was round the corner. I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb, “There is no Father Christmas.”
I ran to my grandmother’s house, for she always told the truth. Grandma was at home. I told __11___ everything. “No Father Christmas?” she was a little ___12____. “Don’t believe it. Put on your coat, and let’s go.”
“Go? Where, Grandma?” I asked.
“Kerby’s Store.”
As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars and said, “Take the __13___ and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby’s.
For a few seconds I just stood there, holding the money, wondering ___14___ to buy, and who to buy it for.
I thought of ___15___ I knew: my family, my friends, my neighbors … I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decker, a __16___ with bad and messy hair. He sat right behind me ___17____ Mrs. Pollack’s class.
Bobbie ___18___ went to any party during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, ___19____ we all knew that he didn’t have a cough, and he didn’t have a coat. I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat ___20____ he would like.
That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons, and ___21___ “To Bobbie, From Father Christmas” on it. Grandma told me Father Christmas never let people know that he ___22___ them. Then she drove me over to Bobbie’s house, telling that I was helping Father Christmas ____23___ the presents.
Grandma parked the car along the street, and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie’s house. Then Grandma said to me, “All right, Father Christmas, get going.”
I took a deep breath, rushed to his front door, put the present down. ____24___ the door, rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the ____25_____ and Grandma. We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobbie.
That night, I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well, and we were on his team.

 The policeman supposed             .

  A. whether the victim had rung the doorbell

  B. he would come to get the money in the rubbish bin.

  C. when did the witness see the murder

  D. that how the man ran out of the dark house

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It was Sunday yesterday. Bruce went to play football with his friends. Soon he felt   41  and took off his coat. On his way home, he forgot to put it on. This morning, he didn’t feel    42  
and couldn’t go to school. His mother told him   43  and then went out to buy some   44  
for him. An hour later he didn’t want to lie there,   45  he stood by the window and looked outside. The weather was fine today. Soon his mother came back and said, “It’s   46  outside. Go to sun yourself    47   you take the medicine.”
Bruce took the medicine and went out to play alone (独自地) beside a house.   48  a salesman（推销员）came up to him and asked, “Did your mother come back, my little friend?”
“Yes, sir,” answered the boy.
The man began to ring the doorbell（门铃）but   49  answered. He rang it  50  a long time and became angry.
“There is no one in the house, You played a joke（玩笑）on me!” said the salesman.
“ But that’s not my house,”  Bruce answered.
【小题1】A. tired                             B. hot                                   C. cold
【小题2】A. good                            B. nice                                  C. well
【小题3】A. lie in bed                      B. to lie in bed                    C. to stay at home
【小题4】A. medicine                     B. food                                 C. fruits
【小题5】A. so                                  B. but                                   C. and
【小题6】A. cold                               B .warm                               C. rainy
【小题7】A. after                       B. before                             C. when
【小题8】A. During this time        B. At that time                            C. Just now
【小题9】A. anyone                         B. someone                        C. no one
【小题10】A. with                              B. at                                               C. for

A young American doctor is asleep when his doorbell rings. It is late at night, but he has to put on his coat to answer it.

It is a man! He is standing with a hat in his hand. “How do you do?” says the man.

“Can you go with me now to a place out of the town? It is quite far from here, but I know you have a car and I can show you the way.”

“Certainly,” says the doctor, “I can go with you now.”

The car is at the front door. The man gets into the doctor’s car and they drive off.

They drive for a long time, and finally the man says, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I give you money and you may go back.”

“But I must see the patient(病人),” the doctor says. “How can I go back without seeing the patient?”

“There’s no patient,” says the man, “nobody is ill. I live here. There is no taxi at this time, but a doctor often goes out for night calls(夜诊). So, excuse me. Here is your money. Thank you, doctor. Good night!”

1.The doctor is _______when the doorbell rings.

A. reading B. watching TV C. having supper D. sleeping

2.Why does the man come to see the doctor so late at night?

A. Because someone is badly ill.

B. Because he is too tired.

C. Because he wants the doctor to drive him home.

D. Because he wants to go to a place out of the town.

3.The man gives the doctor money, because ________.

A. the doctor is a good doctor B. the doctor takes him home late at night

C. he is very rich D. the doctor sees a patient

4.At the end of the story, the doctor knows _________.

A. there are many patients B. there is no patient at all.

C. the man is ill D. there is something wrong with the man

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The man can find the taxi at that time.

B. The man and the doctor are good friends

C. It takes the doctor quite a long time to the man’s house

D. The man wants to stay with the doctor.