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2014初三英语期末试题（房山）五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight(紧), but we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always enough. Not knowing we were 35 , my kids just thought I was strict. I’ve always been glad about that.It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t 36for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas 37 .They planned weeks ahead of time, asking each other what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for gifts to __38 by all five of us.The big day 39 . I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and reminded them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered (散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would _40_ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, _41 my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually _42 . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies — fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything _43 we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ready to be angry again. This is what she told me:“1 was looking around thinking of what to buy, and I _44 to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll . So I took the card off the tree and _45 the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”I never felt so 46_ as I did that day.( ) 35. A. serious B. poor C. busy D. kind( ) 36. A. effort B. room C. time D. money( ) 37. A. shopping B. travelling C. parties D. greetings( ) 38. A. show B. keep C. share D. choose( ) 39. A. arrived B. went C. changed D. flew( ) 40. A. draw B. stay C. move D. meet( ) 41. A. including B. besides C. e