The Christmas gift when I was seven years old has been a pleasant memory.
other gifts, it came without wrap（包装）.
On September 11
ththat year, Mum gave
to Richard. After she brought him home from
,she put him in my lap, saying, “I
you a gift, and here it is.” What a/an
! I
seven amonth earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night and told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was
! I cried for it. Mum wept（流泪）and told me that the
little thing had been sent to a hospital because of a fever. For several days, I heard mum andDad whispering such
as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded
.
Christmas was coming. “Don’t
any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the
I hung in the living room. “
your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d
seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to
it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He
and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”
“Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so
. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran
. My socks still hung there
, but I knew they were filled with
!
| 小题1: | | A．Like | B．Unlike | C．As | D．Except |
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| 小题2: | | A．life | B．treatment | C．freedom | D．birth |
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| 小题3: | | A．hospital | B．illness | C．shop | D．danger |
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| 小题4: | | A．bought | B．offered | C．promised | D．ordered |
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| 小题5: | | A．surprise | B．honor | C．wonder | D．pity |
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| 小题6: | | A．grew | B．got | C．became | D．turned |
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| 小题7: | | A．stolen | B．gone | C．broken | D．Hidden |
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| 小题8: | | A．nice | B．naughty | C．poor | D．Ugly |
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| 小题9: | | A．words | B．feelings | C．predictions | D．results |
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| 小题10: | | A．impossible | B．dangerous | C．fearful | D．difficult |
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| 小题11: | | A．think | B．expect | C．forget | D．buy |
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| 小题12: | | A．clock | B．pictures | C．socks | D．bag |
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| 小题13: | | A．Unless | B．If | C．Only | D．After |
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| 小题14: | | A．once | B．already | C．never | D．often |
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| 小题15: | | A．see | B．receive | C．hear | D．answer |
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| 小题16: | | A．hung up | B．held up | C．got up | D．stood up |
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| 小题17: | | A．anxious | B．worried | C．crazy | D．happy |
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| 小题18: | | A．downstairs | B．upstairs | C．outside | D．inside |
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| 小题19: | | A．alone | B．flat | C．high | D．untouched |
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| 小题20: | | A．dolls | B．thanks | C．kindness | D．love |
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