20144清华附中高二第二学期期中试卷英语.docxVIP

完形填空Bob May was often bullied by other boys when he was a kid. From childhood, Bob was 36 and never seemed to fit in. He completed college and was grateful to get a job as a typewriter at Montgomery Ward during the Great Depression. Later he married Evelyn and they were 37 with a little baby girl, Barbara. But that happy time was all short-lived. Evelyns cancer 38 the family all their savings and then Bob and his daughter were 39 to live in a two-room apartment in the Chicago slums.(贫民窟) Evelyn died just days before Christmas in 1938.Bob 40 to give hope to his child, for whom he couldnt 41 afford to buy a Christmas gift. He decided to make one for her—a storybook! Bob created a character and told the animals story to little Barbara to give her 42 and hope.The story Bob May created was his own autobiography in fable form. The 43 he created was a social misfit like he was. He was a little reindeer named Rudolph with a big shiny nose.Bob finished the book just 44 time to give it to his little girl on Christmas Day. 45 the story didn’t end there. The general manager of Montgomery Ward offered Bob May a nominal (有名无实的) fee to purchase the 46 to print the book. Ward went in to print Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and give it 47 to children visiting Santa Claus in their stores. By 1946 Ward had printed and distributed more than 6 million copies of Rudolph. That same year, a major publisher wanted to purchase the rights from Ward to print a(an) 48 version of the book.In an unprecedented (史无前例的) gesture of 49 , the CEO of Ward returned all rights back to Bob May. The book became a best seller. Many toy and marketing 50 followed and Bob May became 51 . But the story didn’t end there either.Bob’s brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, made a strong 52 of the Rudolph story. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, recorded by the singing cowboy, Gene Autry, was 53 in 1949 and became a(an) 54 Christmas song.The gift of love t