I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a   36   over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always   37  . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子們) just thought I was   38  . I’ve always been glad about that.

       It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t   39   for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   40   for the kids was the fun of Christmas   41  .

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking   42   what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for   43   to share by all five of us.

The big   44   arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and   45   them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散開). We had two hours to shop; then we would   46   back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits,   47   my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually   48  . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies　― fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything   49   we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,  50   to be angry again. This is what she told me.

       “I was looking   51   thinking of what to buy, and I   52   to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she   53   for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and   54   the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

       I never felt so   55   as I did that day.

36. A. roof                           B. hat                           C. sky                   D. star

37. A. little                           B. less                          C. enough              D. more

38. A. busy                          B. serious                     C. strict                 D. kind

39. A. effort                         B. room                        C. time                  D. money

40. A. improvement              B. problem                    C. surprise             D. excitement

41. A. shopping                    B. travelling                  C. parties               D. greetings

42. A. the other                    B. each other                C. one by one          D. every other one

43. A. toys                           B. clothes                     C. presents             D. bills

44. A. day                            B. chance                     C. cheque              D. tree

45. A. forced                       B. reminded                   C. invited               D. begged

46. A. draw                         B. stay                         C. move                  D. meet

47. A. including                    B. besides                     C. except                D. regarding

48. A. quiet                          B. excited                     C. happy                D. ashamed

49. A. since                         B. after                         C. while                  D. until

50. A. waiting                      B. ready                         C. hoping               D. afraid

51. A. out                            B. over                           C. forward            D. around

52. A. forgot                        B. stopped                      C. failed                D. hated

53. A. wanted                      B. did                             C. got                   D. played

54. A. made                         B. searched                   C. bought               D. fetched

55. A. angry                         B. rich                          C. patient               D. bitter

解析：

   圣誕節(jié)那天，作者得知她的小女兒用自己買禮物的錢給一個(gè)陌生的小女孩買了娃娃這件事后，母親的內(nèi)心感受------從未有過的富有。
36. A 根據(jù)下文的food, clothes, 可知應(yīng)該是 roof .
37. C. 根據(jù)前文的if not a lot, 那就夠了。
38. C 根據(jù)句意可知 孩子不知道家里窮，只是認(rèn)為母親對(duì)他們要求很嚴(yán)格。

39. D 由第一段可知，沒有錢買許多禮物。

40. D 
41. A 由句意可知對(duì)于孩子而言，圣誕節(jié)最大的快樂當(dāng)然是購(gòu)物了。
42. B. 句意：四個(gè)孩子彼此相問他們圣誕節(jié)想要的東西。
43. C. 句意：120元是我們五個(gè)人共同買禮物的錢。
44. A 圣誕節(jié)那天來(lái)臨了。
45. B.由句意可知，是提醒孩子買什么。
    A項(xiàng) 強(qiáng)迫   C項(xiàng) 邀請(qǐng)    D.項(xiàng) 乞求
46. D 由句意可知是回來(lái)集合。
47. C 每個(gè)孩子都情緒高漲，只有小女兒例外。
48. A 由上句可知。
49. D. not + …… until 句型。“ 直到…… 才 ”
50. B 由句意可知。
51. D 短語(yǔ)搭配 look around 環(huán)顧四周，look over 是檢查，檢閱C項(xiàng)缺 to Look forward to 是盼望，look out 是向外看，當(dāng)心。

52. B 根據(jù)句意可知，是停下來(lái)，讀許愿樹上的小卡片。
53. A 由句意可知，是她想要的圣誕節(jié)禮物。
54. C 根據(jù)句意可知，取下卡片給小女孩買個(gè)娃娃。
55. B 與第一段的money was always tight 相呼應(yīng)。

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