8.18英语演习题.doc

My mother told us that we would not be__1__ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad saying nothing. Just when I started to __2__ that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women__3__ at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I suddenly realized that I wasn’t __4__. Somebody had thought enough of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my__5__Christmas special and memorable, I instantly remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of __6__ for as many children as I could possibly reach. So I __7__ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies，__8__ with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were__9__ . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I __10__ them that they couldn’t open their presents__11__ every child had come forward. Finally the moment they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents！” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles __12__ up the room. The __13__ in the room was obvious, and __14__ wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling—the feeling I knew __15__ that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. (　　)1. A．sending　　B．receiving C．making D．exchanging (　　)2.A. doubt B．hope C．suggest D．accept (　　)3.A. broke in B．settled down C．turned up D．showed off (　　)4.A. blamed B．loved C．forgotten D．affected (　　)5.A. present B．first C．recent D．previous (　　)6.A. strength B．independence C．importance D．safety (　　)7.A. kept up with B．caught up with C．came up with D．put up w