32. A. like　　　　　　 B. marry　　　　　　 C. better　　　　　　 D. love

31. A. my friends　　　 B. my brothers　　　 C. my children　　　　 D. me

55．A．task　　　　　　　　　　 B．step　　　　　　　　　　 C．goal　　　　　　　　　　 D．game

参考答案36-40：BADCA　 41-45：BADCB　 46-50：CACCB　 51-55：BDDAC　

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　　 Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up. There were just my parents and _31_. I wished that someday I’d _32_ and have six children and at _33_ my house would be full of _34_ and love.

　　 I found the _35_ who shared my dream, but we had not _36_ the possibility of infertility(不能生育). So we asked for adoption( 收养 ) and, within a year, he arrived. We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, _37_ he was just six days old. Then nature _38_ us again. Within two years we _39_ two biological children to the family- not as many as we had hoped for, _40_ compared with _41_childhood, three made an entirely _42_ crowd.

　　 As our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate the Christmas _43_ each year. He started his Christmas gift list _44_ before we’d finished the Thanksgiving turkey. He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike _45_ comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice.

　　 Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were _46_. Our Christmas boy brought _47_ into our lives with his good cheer, his wit. He made us look and act better than we were.

Then on his 26^th Christmas, he left us as _48_ as he had come. He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter. But first he had _49_ by our home to decorate our tree, as usual. His father and I sold our home, where memories clung to every room. We moved to California, leaving _50_ our friends and church.

54．A．loved　　　　　　　　　 B．faced　　　　　　　　　 C．studied　　　　　　　　 D．needed

53．A．why　　　　　　　　　　 B．how　　　　　　　　　　 C．which　　　　　　　　 D．what

52．A．have　　　　　　　　　 B．begin　　　　　　　　　 C．prefer　　　　　　　　 D．continue

51．A．gradual　　　　　　　 B．complete　　　　　　 C．endless　　　　　　　　 D．timeless

50．A．praise　　　　　　　　 B．support　　　　　　　 C．teach　　　　　　　　　 D．follow

49．A．discover　　　　　　　 B．learn　　　　　　　　　 C．improve　　　　　　　 D．show

48．A．for　　　　　　　　　　 B．out　　　　　　　　　　 C．off　　　　　　　　　　　 D．back