One day before Christmas, all of us children from the Children's Home Society Orphanage(孤兒院) were taken to the Mayflower Hotel in downtown to attend a Christmas party.
After the man on the stage said a prayer(祈禱), we were told to1 . Within minutes we were 2a meal which was fit for a king. I ate 3I could eat no more. As we ate, Santa Clause came walking out onto the4. The kids cheered with5. Everyone began clapping their hands and yelling as6as they could.
I too was excited7but I knew better than to yell(叫喊)out loud or to jump up and scream. Mrs. Winters, the head matron, sat only three seats from me. She had8it very clear to everyone that we were tobehaveourselves in "a proper manner" and that there was to be "no yelling or shouting".
One orphan9was led up onto the stage and each kid was handed a10by Santa Claus himself.
As the line became shorter and shorter my11finally came. He smiled at me. Then he reached over and handed me a12box which had two gold ribbons(絲帶) on it. As I leaned(向前傾) to take the box I tripped and I13to my knees. Santa reached over and helped me to my feet.
"Move14Kiser." called out Mrs. Winters.
I was now leaning against Santa Claus' leg and I was looking15into his eyes. His face was less than an inch from mine.
"Can I16you Santa?" I asked him.
The next thing I knew Mrs. Winters had caught me up by my shirt collar and was17me away from the line of children.
I sat down in my chair just crying. Once in a while I would18at the stage to see if my gift was still sitting by Santa Claus.
When we all lined up waiting, I19"HO HO HO" coming from behind me.
As I20, there stood Santa Claus holding my large box. Then he knelt down and he hugged my neck as hard as he could.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      stand up
    2. B.
      go out
    3. C.
      sit down
    4. D.
      keep silent
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      taken
    2. B.
      served
    3. C.
      brought
    4. D.
      supplied
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      until
    2. B.
      unless
    3. C.
      before
    4. D.
      after
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      table
    2. B.
      hotel
    3. C.
      seat
    4. D.
      stage
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      encouragement
    2. B.
      excitement
    3. C.
      disappointment
    4. D.
      astonishment
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      loud
    2. B.
      big
    3. C.
      high
    4. D.
      low
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      outside
    2. B.
      beside
    3. C.
      aside
    4. D.
      inside
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      took
    2. B.
      made
    3. C.
      demanded
    4. D.
      warned
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      at a time
    2. B.
      at one time
    3. C.
      at time’s
    4. D.
      at time
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      favor
    2. B.
      box
    3. C.
      gift
    4. D.
      medal
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      turn
    2. B.
      way
    3. C.
      chance
    4. D.
      gift
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      golden
    2. B.
      yellow
    3. C.
      small
    4. D.
      large
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      sat
    2. B.
      fell
    3. C.
      dropped
    4. D.
      turned
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      by
    2. B.
      on
    3. C.
      in
    4. D.
      out
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      quickly
    2. B.
      directly
    3. C.
      immediately
    4. D.
      finally
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      tell
    2. B.
      call
    3. C.
      hug
    4. D.
      leave
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      pushing
    2. B.
      keeping
    3. C.
      stopping
    4. D.
      pulling
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      look
    2. B.
      jump
    3. C.
      put
    4. D.
      stand
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      watched
    2. B.
      found
    3. C.
      heard
    4. D.
      observed
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      turned around
    2. B.
      turned up
    3. C.
      turned away
    4. D.
      turned down
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