13-year-old Frank had received many presents he wanted. But Frank was not __36__ because this was his first Christmas without his brother. Frank said to his parents that he would __37__ to see a friend. __38__ it was cold outside, Frank put on his new jacket and took presents on his new sled(雪橇).
As Frank walked, he saw a house with the __39__ hanging over a fireplace. A woman was seated near them __40__. The stockings reminded Frank of the ones beside him and his brother. A sudden thought __41__ Frank.
So he knocked on the door. “__42__?” the sad voice of the woman answered. “May I come in?” “Please” she said, seeing his __43__ full of gifts, and thinking he was making a collection, “but I have no food or gifts for you. I even have __44__ for my own children.”
“That’s not why I am here,” Frank replied. “Please __45__ any present you like for your children from this sled.”
“Why, God bless you!” the __46__ woman answered. She chose until the stockings were full. “Won’t you tell me your __47__?” she asked. “Just call me the Christmas Scout,” Frank replied.
The visit __48__ the boy touched, with an unexpected __49__ in his heart. He understood that his sorrow(悲伤) was not the only sorrow. He __50__ all the gifts, including the new jacket.
“Where are your presents, Frank?” asked his father as he __51__ the house. “ I handed them out to other children.”
“Frank, how could you do so?” his mother asked in anger. The next morning, he came downstairs and __52__ his parents listening to Christmas news on the radio. Then the announcer spoke: “Merry Christmas! Several families __53__ their children were made happy by the gifts from a boy. No one could __54__ him.” Frank felt his father’s arms go around his shoulders, and he saw his mother smiling __55__ her tears.
| 小题1: |
| A．lovely |
B．astonished |
C．lonely |
D．happy |
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| 小题2: |
| A．leave |
B．turn |
C．grow |
D．become |
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| 小题3: |
| A．When |
B．Since |
C．Where |
D．Though |
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| 小题4: |
| A．present |
B．light |
C．stockings |
D．tree |
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| 小题5: |
| A．sleeping |
B．crying |
C．smiling |
D．laughing |
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| 小题6: |
| A．appeared |
B．worried |
C．occurred |
D．struck |
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| 小题7: |
| A．Why |
B．What |
C．Yes |
D．When |
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| 小题8: |
| A．stocking |
B．pocket |
C．sled |
D．bag |
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| 小题9: |
| A．anything |
B．nothing |
C．something |
D．everything |
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| 小题10: |
| A．buy |
B．borrow |
C．bring |
D．choose |
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| 小题11: |
| A．amazed |
B．encouraged |
C．tired |
D．bored |
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| 小题12: |
| A．address |
B．name |
C．number |
D．school |
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| 小题13: |
| A．started |
B．left |
C．felt |
D．performed |
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| 小题14: |
| A．joy |
B．surprise |
C．sorrow |
D．disappointment |
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| 小题15: |
| A．took away |
B．gave up |
C．gave away |
D．picked up |
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| 小题16: |
| A．visited |
B．came |
C．passed |
D．entered |
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| 小题17: |
| A．made |
B．saw |
C．looked |
D．suggested |
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| 小题18: |
| A．believed |
B．complained |
C．reported |
D．forecast |
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| 小题19: |
| A．respect |
B．think |
C．realize |
D．recognize |
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| 小题20: |
| A．by |
B．besides |
C．without |
D．through |
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