When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I would    1    it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of    2    who would have three-day holidays    3   . I was one of the    4    soldiers.

It was Christmas Eve when I arrived home, and a little    5    had fallen. An extraordinary change it had brought—what a fantastic white world! Mother    6    the front door. I could see   7    her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always    8  . There were lights, all colors, and ornaments（飾品）    9    against the green of a pine（松樹）.

“Where did it come from?” I asked.

“I asked the gate boy to    10    it,” my mother said. “I wouldn’t have had one for myself, and Christmas is only one day away—such a    11   ! He just brought it in this afternoon, a couple of hours before you    12   …”

The pine reached to the proper    13   , almost to the ceiling, and the Top Star was in its place. A few green branches stuck out around a little    14    at the side, I thought, and there was a part of the tree without leaves in the middle. But the tree    15    the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas.

“It’s not like the one you used to find,” my mother went on. “Yours were always in good    16   . I suppose the gate boy was not able to find a    17  one in the woods. But how can I expect too much of such a nice boy?”

“Don’t worry,” I told her. “It’s   18   .”

It wasn’t, of course, but at the moment I   19   something for the first time: All Christmas    20   are perfect.

1．A．make                    B．get                      C．handle                 D．turn

2．A．students                B．doctors               C．soldiers               D．officers

3．A．found                   B．posted                 C．created                D．reported

4．A．superior                B．pleasant               C．fortunate             D．special

5．A．snow                    B．rain                     C．tear                     D．sweat

6．A．locked                  B．a(chǎn)nswered             C．knocked              D．shut

7．A．beyond                 B．before                 C．beside                 D．beneath

8．A．lain                       B．grown                 C．stood                  D．planted

9．A．shining                  B．waving                C．leaning                D．burning

10．A．carry                  B．purchase             C．borrow               D．cut

11．A．boy                     B．rush                    C．tree                     D．day

12．A．called                  B．knew                  C．visited                 D．returned

13．A．length                 B．height                  C．depth                  D．width

14．A．a(chǎn)utomatically       B．energetically         C．a(chǎn)wkwardly          D．temporarily

15．A．occupied             B．loaded                 C．impressed            D．filled

16．A．tradition              B．view                   C．sight                   D．shape

17．A．taller                   B．healthier              C．better                  D．worse

18．A．perfect                B．satisfactory          C．successful           D．disappointing

19．A．decorated            B．declared              C．recalled               D．realized

20．A．evenings              B．trees                   C．seasons               D．presents

1—5 ACBCA      6—10 BACAD      11—15 BDBCD               16—20 DCADB

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