On this Christmas Day I had the wonderful opportunity to see the true spirit of Christmas.
My big family always  ____ presents together at the start of the New Year and have done so in this way for more than 40 years. Since the beginning, my grandfather and grandmother have ____ their children and cousins on this day in their small farmhouse.
With 13 ____ and uncles and more than 30 cousins in this group, there were usually more than 50 people in the room to exchange gifts. Because of the activity, the flying wrapping paper, so many people and the limited space of a 65-year-old farmhouse living room, most of the individual moments went ____.
My nephew, Jack (9 year old), who was walking by my 5-year-old cousin, Seth, in the Christmas chaos, noticed that Seth was crying. Jack ____ to ask him what was wrong and why he was crying. Seth ____ that he didn’t receive any toys!
Almost without _____, Jack looked down to the only two toys he had received, and _____ Seth with his best toy! He said, “Here, you can have this one. I don’t have to have it. I have other toys I can play with at home.”
Tears were welling up in my eyes! I was moved by this huge act of _____. I was so _____ of my nephew and what he had done when he thought no one else was looking.
I gave him a huge _____ and told him that he had demonstrated(演示) the true _____ of Christmas!
小題1:
A．chooseB．exchangeC．returnD．borrow
小題2:
A．entertainedB．celebratedC．praisedD．a(chǎn)dvertised
小題3:
A．leadersB．guidesC．a(chǎn)untsD．partners
小題4:
A．undoubtedB．unnoticedC．unfinishedD．unchanged
小題5:
A．changed B．forgotC．steppedD．stopped
小題6:
A．reacted B．respondedC．a(chǎn)pplaudedD．disturbed
小題7:
A．smileB．gestureC．happinessD．thought
小題8:
A．introducedB．producedC．describedD．presented
小題9:
A．kindnessB．honestyC．courageD．strength
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)wareB．proudC．certainD．a(chǎn)shamed
小題11:
A．dutyB．painC．hugD．pity
小題12:
A．meaningB．feelingC．endingD．greeting

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:D
小題6:B
小題7:D
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:A

試題分析：文章大意：圣誕節(jié)的時候，我的外甥把自己收到的禮物送給了美元收到禮物的Seth，演繹了圣誕的真諦。
小題1:考查動詞。A. choose選擇；B. exchange 交換；C. return返回；D. borrow借。我的大家庭總是在新年初交換禮物，這樣做已經(jīng)超過40年了。根據(jù)句意故選B。
小題2:考查動詞。A. entertained娛樂，招待；B. celebrated 慶祝；C. praised贊揚；D. advertised廣告。這一天我的爺爺奶奶在他們的小農(nóng)舍里招待他們的孩子和兄弟姐妹們。根據(jù)句意故選A。
小題3:考查名詞。A. leaders領(lǐng)導(dǎo)；B. guides向?qū)�；C. aunts阿姨； D. partners伙伴。在這個家族里有13位叔叔阿姨和30多位兄弟姐妹。根據(jù)句意故選C
小題4:考查動詞。A. undoubted不懷疑；B. unnoticed沒注意；C. unfinished未完成；D. unchanged為改變。大多數(shù)個人之間的活動沒有結(jié)束。根據(jù)句意故選B。
小題5:考查動詞。A. changed改變；B. forgot忘記；C. stepped踏；D. stopped停止。杰克停下來問他怎么啦，為什么哭？根據(jù)句意故選D.
小題6:考查動詞。A. reacted反應(yīng)；B. responded回應(yīng)；C. applauded鼓掌；D. disturbed打擾。Seth回答說，他沒有收到任何的玩具。故選B。
小題7:考查動詞。A. smile微笑；B. gesture手勢；C. happiness幸福；D. thought思考。幾乎想都沒想，杰克俯身看自己剛收到的兩個玩具。故選D。
小題8:考查動詞。A. introduced介紹；B. produced生產(chǎn)；C. describe描述；D. presented遞交。并把他最好的玩具遞給Seth。根據(jù)句意故選D
小題9:考查名詞。A. kindness善意；B. honesty誠實；C. courage勇氣；D. strength力量。 我被這巨大的善舉所感動。故選A。
小題10:考查形容詞。A. aware意識到；B. proud自豪的；C. certain肯定的；D. ashamed羞愧的。我對我外甥的行為感到自豪。故選B。
小題11:考查形容詞。A. duty責(zé)任；B. pain疼痛；C. hug擁抱；D. pity可惜。我為他一個大大的擁抱。故選C。
小題12:考查名詞。A. meaning意思；B. feeling感覺；C. ending結(jié)局；D. greeting打招呼。他演示了圣誕的真諦。根據(jù)句意故選A
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D．The whites carried serious diseases into where the Indians lived.
74．It is implied in the passage that______.
A．the Indians had many great successes in the Indians war
B．the Indians had no doubt that they would win the war
C．a(chǎn)fter the war the Indians stayed where they were before
D．the Indians were too weak to win the struggle
75．The last sentence of the passage______.
A．serves as the author's comment on the historical event described above
B．gives the reader the impression that injustice is everywhere in the US
C．makes a conclusion that such events talked above will never happen again
D．brings about the topic that how the US government will deal with the problem

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