Today is the last Saturday before Christmas. Almost everyone in the USA  31  shopping for presents.   32 is falling and people are walking fast. They are trying   33  warm as they move from shop to shop. Inside the shops the children are   34  at the toys and talking to a man called Father Christmas. He is asking them what they want for Christmas.
In the USA it is warm and beautiful in summer, the trees and fields are green then. But now it is winter and   35 is white. The white snow is as almost   36  as Father Christmas.
At   37  there are different colours. Thousands of lights decorate(裝飾)the houses and buildings of every town. These bright red, green, blue, orange and yellow lights help to make Christmas a beautiful   38  of year.
Christmas Day always begins    39   breakfast. The children wake up very early and can't wait to open the   40  from their parents. Then they wake their parents up calling  "Merry Christmas! "

【小題1】

A．go B．goes C．went D．going

【小題2】

A．Snow B．Rain C．Leaf D．Kite

【小題3】

A．kept B．keeping C．keeps D．to keep

【小題4】

A．seeing B．looked C．looking D．saw

【小題5】

A．everything B．nothing C．a(chǎn)nything D．some things

【小題6】

A．interested B．thin C．welcome D．strong

【小題7】

A．evening B．night C．morning D．a(chǎn)fternoon

【小題8】

A．time's B．times' C．times D．time

【小題9】A, before        B. at            C. from          D. in
【小題10】A. doors        B. presents        C, windows       D. books

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，填寫所缺單詞，使短文意思完整。每空限填一詞。

Parents sometimes learn much from their children.

Many years ago, a  1  my friend David worked day and night, he was still not rich. One day, when he arrived h  2  after work, he found his 3-year-old daughter was decorating a box with some expensive wrapping paper. He thought she was w  3  money and became angry with her. He even p  4  his daughter by beating her. However, the little girl brought the box to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy. Merry Christmas!” He was embarrassed (尷尬) by his overreaction (過激反應(yīng)), but he became angry a  5  when he found the box was empty.

He shouted at her, “Don’t you know that when you give someone a present, there should be s  6  inside it?”

The little girl looked up at him with t  7  in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy. I blew kisses in the box. I filled it with my l  8  . All for you, Daddy.”

The father was very surprised. He put his arms around his little girl, and said s  9   to her. Later, David told me that he kept that box by his bed for years. When he was discouraged(情緒低落), he would take out an imaginary (想像的) kiss from the box and r  10   the love of the child.

 

My five brothers, my sister and I lived in Toronto with our parents. My father worked in a factory, and my mother stayed at home. Each year my father would dress up as Santa Claus and go through the streets sharing joy and candies with the children there. He loved it as much as they did!
But around Christmas in 1970, my father was out of work. In fact, there was no money for Christmas and my parents weren’t sure how they’d provide for us.
That Christmas Eve, however, as usual, my father left the house dressed as Santa Claus. He knew that even though our Christmas would be hard, he could not make the other kids in the neighborhood disappointed.
As my father left the house and went downstairs, another Santa Claus was walking up, with a great bag of gifts for us! He said nothing, only smiled a sweet smile at my father, and wished him a merry Christmas. The jolly man handed the bag and walked away down the block.
We never knew who showed us great kindness on the snowy Christmas night. We do know, however, that without him we would have had nothing under the tree. His kindness gave my parents hope and showed us in a very real way the true meaning of Christmas.
Our family has never forgotten this kind stranger and his generosity(慷慨). Each year we tell the story of the mysterious(神秘的) Santa Claus and try to repay his gifts by giving help to others in need.
【小題1】According to the passage, the writer’s father is ______on Christmas.

A．brave

B．lonely

C．serious

D．generous

【小題2】The underlined word “jolly” in the passage probably means “______”.

A．handsome

B．strong

C．happy

D．silly

【小題3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The family showed thanks to the Santa Claus and helped others in need.

B．The bag from the other Santa Claus was filled with gifts and money.

C．Santa Claus that helped the family lived a rich life in the same community.

D．The writer’s father arranged another Santa Claus to take the place of him.