阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
My own "truest" Christmas stands out from all the others, which is the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest．Recently divorced, I had no 36 and was on my way to the employment office．It was pouring, but I had no umbrella, for my old one had 37 apart, and I could not afford another one．
I got in a streetcar and there 38 the seat was an umbrella leaning with a silver handle 39with jewels．I had never seen anything so lovely．I 40 the handle and saw a name carved there．The 41_procedure would have been to 42 the umbrella to the conductor, while I 43 to take it with me and find the owner myself．
Then I 44 a telephone book for the name on the umbrella and got it．A lady answered my call and she was so 45 that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house．There, she wanted to give me a（an） 46 , but her excitement at getting back this special possession was 47 that to have accepted money would have 48 something．
The next six months were 49 ．I was able to get only temporary 50 here and there for a small salary． 51 , when reaching home, 1 made myself smile, pretending to be happy to meet my daughter Peggy．There, she opened the door for me and 52 herself in my arms, screaming and demanding that we decorate the tree immediately．But when I looked at the cold pans and cans in he cold little kitchen, misery 53 me．
Suddenly the doorbell rang, there stood a delivery man．"This is a 54 ," I said, but he read the name on the parcels and they were for me．I looked for the name of the sender and found it was the lady．
Our dinner the night was the most delicious in my life．Then I put Peggy to bed and 55 her gifts up around the tree and a sweet peace flooded me like a blessing．
| 小题1: | | A．hope | B．job | C．faith | D．house |
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| 小题2: | | A．torn | B．divided | C．taken | D．fallen |
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| 小题3: | | A．down | B．against | C．in | D．over |
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| 小题4: | | A．equipped | B．armed | C．decorated | D．filled |
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| 小题5: | | A．examined | B．inspected | C．investigated | D．checked |
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| 小题6: | | A．general | B．usual | C．ordinary | D．regular |
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| 小题7: | | A．turn in | B．give in | C．bring in | D．take in |
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| 小题8: | | A．hesitated | B．turned | C．promised | D．determined |
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| 小题9: | | A．searched | B．observed | C．found | D．watched |
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小题10:A- thankful B．excited C．delighted D．truthful
| 小题11: | | A．reward | B．prize | C．award | D．praise |
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| 小题13: | | A．changed | B．spoiled | C．helped | D．missed |
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| 小题14: | | A．fortunate | B．merciful | C．inspiring | D．miserable |
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| 小题15: | | A．employment | B．settlement | C．fulfillment | D．disappointment |
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小题16:A- However B．Therefore C．Thus D．Besides
| 小题17: | | A．threw | B．spread | C．put | D．lost |
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| 小题18: | | A．got over | B．came over | C．turned over | D．knocked over |
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小题19:A．surprise B, blessing C．mistake D．misfortune
| 小题20: | | A．set | B．brought | C．took | D．picked |
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小题1:B。job工作刚刚离婚，没有工作，正再一次赶往市中心的求职处。
小题1:D。fall apart破裂。这里指“我”的伞坏了。
小题1:B。前面提到是坐在车里，所以应是靠在（against）座位上。
小题1:C。decorated with装饰。银色的把柄镶有珍珠。
小题1:A。examine检查；细查；check检查；核对；inspect视察；investigate调查。根据句义选A。
小题1:B。句义为“(在车上拣到东西后)一般的做法是把它交给售票员”，故选择B项。其他选项无此含义。
小题1:A。turn in上交。解析见上题。
小题1:D。determine to决定。但这一次作者决定自己去找失主，故选择D项。
小题1:A。在电话号码本中查询电话号码和名字，应该使用search查询。
小题1:B。excited激动的。她是那么的激动。
小题1:A。give sb a reward给予某人报答。
小题1:D。雨伞的主人想要给她回报(钱)，但作者认为把钱要下来会毁掉一些东西。
小题1:B。spoiled毁掉，解析见上题。
小题1:D。接下来的半年里我的境况很凄凉（miserable）。
小题1:A。我设法四处打点零工（employment），挣些微薄的薪水。
小题1:A。However但是。但我到家的时候，我尽力让自己笑。
小题1:A。这里表示“她打开门，直扑我的怀抱”。
小题1:B。come over从……来。我心痛欲碎。
小题1:C。根据句意可知作者认为肯定弄错了。这弄错（mistake）了吧。
小题1:A。我安置（set）好佩吉睡觉，将她的礼物放在圣诞树的周围。 |
核心考点
试题【阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。My own "truest" Christm】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
Years ago while lying in my hammock （吊床）and drinking JD from the bottle, I noticed my dog dragging something under the fence．Upon inspection, to my disappointment, I realized it was the next door neighbor" s 10 - year - old daughter" s rabbit．For years I had watched her come home from school and head straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yard．I knew that day would be no different and fearing for our dog, I had to think fast．
The rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it, combed it with the dog brush and blew it dry with the leaf blower．Upon finishing its grooming I jumped the fence and replaced it back in its cage hoping its death would be written off as "natural caused"．
Back to the hammock and JD．Within the hour the neighbor" s Volvo palled in as usual and out popped the little girl, and as usual she headed straight for the cage．Only this time she stopped about six feet away and screamed: " D - A - D - D – Y！！！"
Her father, panic stricken, stood looking at the cage．Being the good neighbor that I am, I rushed to fence and asked if there was anything I could do．
Her father less than calmly shouted, "What kind of sick individual would dig up a little girl"s rabbit and put it back in its cage?"
小题1:The girl was shocked because _____．| A．the rabbit was killed by someone | | B．the rabbit was too clean | | C．the dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cage | | D．the rabbit was asleep in the cage |
小题2:That day the girl ran to the cage _____．| A．because her rabbit was there | | B．because she．had a habit of going there to see her rabbit | | C．because she wanted to see her rabbit again | | D．because the rabbit was dead |
小题3:We can infer that the rabbit ______．| A．was alive before the writer saw his dog dragging it | | B．was already dead before the writer saw his dog dragging it | | C．was in the cage playing with the dog | | D．was at the fence seeking out for food before it was killed by the dog |
小题4:According to the story, the writer _____．| A．was helpful to his neighbor | B．did a smart thing | | C．was honest | D．made a mistake |
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完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
A beggar, carrying a shabby(破旧的) old wallet, was begging alone from house to house. As he complained about his 36 , he kept wondering that people who lived in 37 houses should always be unsatisfied, 38 rich they might be, and they should go so far as to 39 all they have.
“Here, for example,” he said, the former master of this house succeeded in trading, and made himself very rich. By then, instead of stopping, and handing over his 40 to another, and spending the rest of his years 41 peace, he took to(从事) equipping ships. He expected to get mountains of gold; but the ships were 42 , and his treasures were lost. Now they all lie at the bottom of the sea, and he has found his 43 disappeared like those in dreams. In short, examples of this are 44.
At this moment Fortune suddenly appeared to the beggar and said, “Listen! I have long wished to 45 you. Here are a lot of gold coins I have found. Hold out your wallet, and I will fill it with them; but only on this condition: All shall be gold that falls into the wallet, but if 46 of them falls out of the wallet to the ground, it 47 become dust. Consider this well. I have warned you I shall 48 keep my word. Your wallet is old, don’t fill it 49 its power.” The beggar was almost too overjoyed to breathe. He 50 felt the ground below his feet. A stream of coins were poured 51 it. The wallet soon became rather heavy.
“Is that 52 ?” “Not yet,” “Isn’t it 53 ?” “Never fear.” “Consider, you are a millionaire.” “Just a little more, just 54 a handful,” But at that moment the wallet broke, the gold coins 55 dust and Fortune disappeared. The beggar had nothing but his empty wallet and remained as poor as before.
| 小题1: | | A．plan | B．fate | C．idea | D．dream |
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| 小题2: | | A．dark | B．poor | C．clean | D．rich |
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| 小题3: | | A．how | B．so | C．however | D．whatever |
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| 小题4: | | A．win | B．lose | C．throw | D．forget |
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| 小题5: | | A．business | B．debt | C．money | D．chance |
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| 小题7: | | A．bought | B．sold | C．missed | D．robbed |
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| 小题8: | | A．luck | B．riches | C．trade | D．future |
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| 小题9: | | A．countless | B．wonderful | C．helpless | D．funny |
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| 小题10: | | A．admire | B．help | C．encourage | D．excite |
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| 小题11: | | A．little | B．much | C．any | D．lots |
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| 小题13: | | A．mostly | B．simply | C．possibly | D．strictly |
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| 小题14: | | A．beyond | B．within | C．during | D．by |
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| 小题15: | | A．really | B．actually | C．hardly | D．nearly |
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| 小题17: | | A．so | B．enough | C．true | D．right |
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| 小题18: | | A．trembling | B．shaking | C．breaking | D．rolling |
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| 小题20: | | A．cleared up | B．brought up | C．fell into | D．turned into |
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Three wishes
A man and his wife were very poor. They kept hoping for new clothes and good food. The man enjoyed eating, and he especially liked cakes. One night an old woman came to their house and told them she would let them have three wishes. They could wish for anything they wanted.
The man had just finished eating a piece of bread for his dinner, but he was still hungry. He said, “I wish I had a big cake!”
Suddenly a cake appeared on his plate.
“You fool!” His wife cried. “You could have wished for a house full of wonderful food, but you wished for a cake. I wish that cake was on the end of your foolish nose! ”
Immediately the cake stuck to the end of his nose.
Then the man and his wife started blaming each other. “It’s your fault!” she man cried. “No, it’s your fault!” she answered. What could they do? The cake was still stuck to the husband’s nose.
“Oh!” the wife cried. “I wish none of this had ever happened!”
Immediately the cake was gone, and the man was saying, “I’m still hungry. How I wish I had some cakes! ”
But of course nothing happened.
小题1:. The man quarreled with his wife because ___.| A．he always enjoyed eating | | B．his wife hoped that he asked for a house | | C．the cake stuck to the end of his nose according to his wife’s wish. | | D．he didn’t want anything except cakes |
小题2:The wrong statement of the following is ___.| A．the man made his wishes before dinner | | B．the wife made two wishes, which worked | | C．the wife wanted her husband to wish for more than a big cake | | D．the man wished that the cake were not on his nose |
小题3:Why did the old woman not satisfy the man’s wish when he said he was still hungry and wanted some cakes?| A．Because the old lady was angry with them | | B．Because this was the fourth wish. | | C．Because the man had made this wish before. | | D．Because the cake had been gone. |
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About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college in New York, I was working as a practice student at my University"s Museum of Natural History. One day while I was working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was seated on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and the trunk of the human body. She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼示意). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most beautiful, largest smile I have ever seen
All of a sudden herhandicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. I immediately felt full of hope and confidence. She took me, a poor, unhappy college student, into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth.
That was ten years ago, but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday. I"m a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
小题1:What was the writer a decade ago?| A．A worker working in a university. | | B．A teacher teaching in a college. | | C．A clerk working in a museum. | | D．A university student who had not yet taken a degree. |
小题2:What does the underlined world “handicap” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?| A．Life difficulty. | B．Troublesome problem. | | C．Failure in work. | D．Physical disability. |
小题3:How did the writer probably feel before meeting the disabled girl?| A．She felt full of hope. | | B．She was filled with confidence. | | C．She felt unhappy because of poverty. | | D．She felt life was beautiful. |
小题4:Which of the following title suits this passage best?| A．A Disabled Girl. | | B．A Disabled Girl’s Smile. | | C．Full of Hope. | | D．Full of Confidence. |
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I found a website that has changed my life for the better. The website is wishuponahero.com and it is all about people helping others, not expecting anything in return.
I am a single mom with a son. My son’s 12th birthday was on October 29th, 2007. Knowing that I didn’t have money to buy him a birthday gift had broken my heart. So I decided to post a wish on wishuponahero.com for people to send my son birthday cards.
Many cards just started coming and my little son was very excited and this went on for about three weeks. The smile on his face and the sparkle (闪光) in his eyes brought me to tears.
Then, in the end of November, he started thinking about Christmas and he already knew  that there would not be a tree for him because we didn’t have enough money. However, it didn’t matter to him. All he talked about was how much he wanted to make other children smile. So he decided that what he wanted to do was earn money to buy Christmas cards and send them to other children from poor families. My son went out daily and raked (耙) leaves and walked some dogs to make money. Not only did he buy car ds, but he also made enough money to buy all the stamps and lollipops (棒棒糖) to be sent with the cards. He sent out about 100 cards. Doing this brought him that same smile and sparkle in his eyes as did the birthday cards that he received.
小题1:The single mother posted a wish on wishuponahero.com because _______________.| A．she wanted to buy her son a card on the website | | B．she wanted to get something for free | | C．she hoped that people could help her | | D．she thought her son would like the website very much |
小题2:What did the son think of his birthday cards on October 29th, 2007?| A．Disappointing. | B．Exciting. | | C．Cheap. | D．Poor. |
小题3:What can we conclude from the story?| A．Surfing the Internet is of great use. | | B．One should take care of his children. | | C．People can ask for help from wishuponahero.com. | | D．Learning to give makes one’s life more meaningful. |
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