Question

That Christmas Eve ， the streets of Boston were crowded with people dressed in wool and flannel (法蘭敏). Jingle Bells was playing in stores. Everyone? it seemed, was   5  by someone else smiling or    6   . I was alone.

The eldest of a Puerto Rican family of 11 children, growing up in one of New York's 7   apartments, I'd spent much of my life    8    solitude (獨處).Now,9   ， at 27， I was enduring the last break-up of a sev?en-year relationship.  Every part of me wanted to be 10    ， but not at Christmas.My family had returned to Puerto Rico, and my 11  were involved in their own lives. Dusk was falling,and the unavoidable return to my 12 apartment brought tears to my eyes.

I stopped at the local market? feeling even more 13 when I saw all the people there filling their bas?kets with gifts. I 14 my family, my friends and the noisy parties at home, filled with laughter and dancing. I wanted to cry for having wanted to be alone and for having   15 it.

In front of the church down the street, a manger (馬槽)had been set up, with Mary, Joseph, and the barn animals in 16 of the arrival of baby Jesus. As I walked home, I 17 that the story of Joseph and Mary wandering from door to door seeking shelter was much like my own. Leaving Puerto Rico was still a  18 in my soul and I was struggling with whom I had become in my 15 years in theUnited States. I'd mourned my losses, 19  for the first time, I recognized what I'd gained. I was 20 .educated and healthy. My life was still before me, full of  21  Sometimes the best    22   is the one you give yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself credit  23  I'd accomplished so far and permission to go   24  unafraid. It was the best gift I've ever received, the one that I most treasure.

5.A. chosen       B. bothered

C.allowed   D. accompanied

6.A.working  B.laughing

C.studying  D.thinking

7.A.crowded  B.expensive

C.cheerful   D.large

8.A.looking for     B. looking at

C.looking through    D.looking over

9.A.finally     B.easily

C.quickly    D.likely

10.A. patient       B. strict

C.alone       D. private

11.A. friends       B. dreams

C.guests      D. customers

12.A. beautiful    B. interesting

C.clean       D. empty

13.A. pleased      B. upset

C.surprised       D. curious

14.A. hated  B. loved

C.missed     D. forgot

15.A. achieved    B. refused

C.preferred D. offered

16.A. search B. expectation

C.position   D. control

17.A. imagined    B. sighed

C.realized   D. expressed

18.A. effort  B. belief

C.wound   D. wish

19.A. but     B. so

C.because    D. though

20 A. excited       B. independent

C.ordinary  D. worthless

21.A. desires       B. possibilities

C.ideals     D. advantages

22. A. gift     B. lesson

C.purpose   D. memory

23.A. on      B. in

C.at     D. for

24.A. upward      B. down

C.around     D. forward

Answer 1

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者分享了他獨自在外過圣誕節(jié)的經(jīng)歷和感受。有時候，最好的禮物不是那些你夢寐以求的東西，而是你在內(nèi)心給自己的贊許和肯定。

D choose選擇；bother打擾；allow允許；accompany陪伴。似乎每個人都有人陪伴。故選D。

B work工作；laugh大笑；study學(xué)習；think思考。似乎每個人都有人陪伴，臉上綻放出幸福的笑容。這里用laughing 和前面的smiling搭配，符合語境。故選B。

A crowded擁擠的；expensive昂貴的；cheerful快樂的； large大的。作為一個波多黎各家庭里11個孩子中的長子， "我"在紐約的一個擁擠的公寓里長大。一個家族有11個孩子，應(yīng)該選crowded(擁擠的），故選A。

A look for尋找；look at看；look through瀏覽；look over 檢査，察看，從……看過去，原諒。從語境看，"我"生長于一個大家庭，所以"我"一直在尋找一個人獨處的機會，故選A。

A finally終于；easily容易地；quickly快速地；likely很可能。此時.此刻，終于，在作者27歲時，作者結(jié)束了一段7年的戀情之后得到了他想要的孤獨，可他卻怎么也高興不起來。故選A。

C patient耐心的；strict嚴格的；alone —個人；private私人的。句意："我"想一個人獨處，但不是在圣誕節(jié)。故選C。

A friend朋友s dream夢想；guest客人；customer顧客。前面提到："我"的家人已經(jīng)返回了波多黎各，故這里說"我" 的朋友們都忙于自己的生活。故選A。

D beautiful漂亮的；interesting有意思的；clean干凈的； empty空的。天色晚了，想到要回去那空落落的公寓，"我" 的眼淚就涌了出來。故選D。

B pleased高興的i upset心煩的；surprised吃驚的；euri-ous好奇的。"我"在集市邊停下腳步，看到人們往籃子里裝著禮物，心中感到更加沮喪。故選B。

C hate恨；love愛；miss想念；forget忘記。"我"想念起家人、朋友和家里熱熱鬧鬧的聚會，聚會充滿了笑聲和舞蹈。節(jié)日會令人思念親人。故選C。

A achieve獲得，實現(xiàn)；refuse拒絕；prefer更喜歡；offer提供。"我"得到了想要的孤獨，卻忍不住想哭出來。故選A。

B search尋找；expectation期待；position位置；control控制，管理。在街道盡頭的教堂前，布置好了一條馬槽，瑪麗、約瑟夫和馬廄里的動物們都在期待著耶穌降臨。故選B。

C imagine想象；sigh嘆息；realize意識到；express表達�；丶业穆飞�，"我"意識到約瑟夫和瑪麗挨家挨戶尋求庇護的故事就如同"我"自己的經(jīng)歷。故選C。

C effort努力；belief信念；wound傷痛；wish愿望。離開波多黎各始終是"我"心頭難以化解的痛楚，"我"一直在想， 15年的美國生活讓"我"變成了一個什么樣的人。帶人四個選項分析可知，選C。

A but但是；so因此；because因為；though雖然。"我"本應(yīng)為"我"所失去的感到難過.但"我"第一次認識到"我"獲得了什么。故選A.

B excited激動的；independent獨立的；ordinary平凡的； worthless—文不值的。"我"是一個獨立的、受過良好教育的、健康的青年。結(jié)合前面的家人、朋友離開，以及和女朋友分手可知，"我"現(xiàn)在是一個人。故選B。

B desire心愿，欲望；possibility可能性；ideal理想；advan?tage 優(yōu)勢。 生活道路就在"我"的腳下，充滿了無盡的可能性。未來什么都有可能發(fā)生。故選B。

A gift禮物；lesson課；purpose目的；memory記憶。有時候，最好的禮物是你送給自己的禮物。故選A。

D on關(guān)于；in在……內(nèi)；at在；for因為。那個圣誕節(jié)， "我"送給自己的是肯定和許諾，肯定自己過去的努力，許諾自己將不懼一切，奮勇向前。give... credit for的意思是：相信某人有……。故選D。

D upward向上；down向下 around大約，到處；forward 向前。"我"許諾自己將不懼一切，奮勇向前。故選D。