問題詳情:
There Really Was a Santa Claus
Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her ___21___ was to go to the post office every day and ___22___ the company mail. One day in December, she ___23___ a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus ___24___ on the corner of the street. Each day she ___25___ her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and ___26___ her a Merry Christmas.
At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Claus ___27___ stood in the cold wind.
___28___ she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.
A week later, a(n) ___29___ Santa Claus was standing there. “What happened to the other Santa Claus?” she asked. He told her, “He’s very ___30___ today.” She prayed for his health.
Later that day, a colleague came into her office ___31___. “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “It’s my ex—husband,” her colleague ___32___, “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, ___33___ my ex—husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year. ” The lady ___34___ her colleague, “I’m sure everything will ___35___ . It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles (奇蹟).”
That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s ___36___, “I know we don’t have much money to ___37___ , but I'd like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t afford to buy anything for ___38___ but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”
She reached up and held him. Warmth spread ___39___ her body. He held her and realized that there really was a Santa Claus—and he had ___40___ her !
21. A. family B. job C. life D. religion
22. A. take out B. go through C. bring in D. pick up
23. A. spotted B. watched C. sensed D. followed
24. A. standing B. waiting C. playing D. performing
25. A. earned B. counted C. saved D. threw
26. A. send B. wish C. offer D. tell
27. A. even B. just C. still D. yet
28. A. Although B. If C. Since D. After
29. A. honest B. new C. considerate D. strong
30. A. sad B. poor C. cold D. sick
31. A. in tears B. in shock C. in horror D. in trouble
32. A. concluded B. decided C. continued D. commented
33. A. or B. but C. so D. otherwise
34. A. reminded B. amused C. teased D. comforted
35. A. work out B. come back C. run out D. open up
36. A. message B. suggestion C. situation D. example
37. A. lend B. help C. lose D. pay
38. A. ourselves B. themselves C. us D. others
39. A. off B. to C. among D. through
40. A. relaxed B. doubted C. married D. shaped
【回答】
BDAAC BCDBD ACBDA CBADC
知識點:人物傳記 故事閲讀類
題型:完型填空