【題目】 I knew I was not supposed to be quite so excited. I was too old for that. At age eleven, the oldest and my mom’s “grown up” girl, I had to keep calm. I was in middle school after all. But every chance I got, when I was alone, I_______ each present under the tree. I read every tag（標(biāo)簽）and felt every bag, guessing at the things within. I had examined each gift so often that I could tell which ______ went to which person without looking at the tags.

It had been a hard year for my family. Whenever my mom looked over at the tree and presents, she would sigh（嘆氣）and warn us, “There won’t be as much for Christmas this year. Try not to be______ .” Christmas had been a time for my parents to spoil（寵愛）us. I had heard the phrase “giving is better than receiving”, but getting presents was the whole point!

On Christmas morning, we ______waited in the hallway until Dad told us everything was ready. We rushed into the living room and had to wait and ______ while other family members opened their presents, but as the time passed we lost our self-control.

“Here’s another one for you,” said Mom as she handed me a bag. I looked at it, confused. Having spent so much time examining the presents before Christmas, I______ this one. It was for my mom!

It was a blow dryer. While this may seem only a simple gift, to me it was so much more. But, in my world, where receiving was more important than giving, my mom’s act of selflessness was difficult to_______. I thought in disbelief about how much my mom must love me to do that.

I have always remembered that Christmas with love. As an adult with children, I can now see my mom was finding an even greater_______in her Christmas because giving truly is better than receiving. To me, my mom’s simple act meant the world.

【1】A.changedB.openedC.filledD.checked

【2】A.childB.presentC.treeD.word

【3】A.disappointedB.excitedC.worriedD.satisfied

【4】A.carefullyB.hopelesslyC.eagerlyD.nervously

【5】A.complainB.argueC.watchD.choose

【6】A.receivedB.recognizedC.refusedD.expected

【7】A.understandB.predictC.proveD.express

【8】A.challengeB.roleC.pleasureD.influence

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【解析】

短文大意：本文是記敘文，作者描述了小時候自己收到圣誕節(jié)禮物的故事，等自己做了媽媽才體會到一個母親對孩子付出的快樂。

【1】句意：但每次有機(jī)會，當(dāng)我一個人的時候，我都會檢查樹下的禮物。

change改變；opened打開；fill充滿；check檢查。根據(jù)下文“I had examined each gift我檢查每一件禮物”，可知前面三項意思都與句意不合，故選D。

【2】句意：我經(jīng)常檢查每一件禮物，以至于不用看標(biāo)簽就能知道哪件禮物送給了誰。

child孩子；present禮物；tree樹；word字。根據(jù)上文“I had examined each gift so often我經(jīng)常檢查每件禮物”，可知選B。

【3】句意：盡量不要失望。

disappointed失望的；excited興奮的；worried擔(dān)心的；satisfied滿意的。根據(jù)上文“There won’t be as much for Christmas this year今年的圣誕節(jié)不會有這么多禮物了”，可知本來會比較失望，BCD三項不合句意，故選A。

【4】句意：圣誕節(jié)的早晨，我們在走廊里焦急地等著，直到爸爸告訴我們一切都準(zhǔn)備好了。

carefully細(xì)心地；hopelessly絕望地；eagerly渴望地；nervously緊張地。根據(jù)上文“but getting presents was the whole point但收到禮物才是最重要的”，可知心情急切，故選C。

【5】句意：我們沖進(jìn)客廳，不得不等著察看其他家庭成員打開他們的禮物。

complain抱怨；argue爭論；watch觀察；choose選擇。根據(jù)下文“while other family members opened their presents當(dāng)其他家庭成員打開他們禮物的時候”，可知都想看看是什么，故選C。

【6】句意：在圣誕節(jié)前花了那么多時間檢查禮物之后，我認(rèn)出了這一件。

received收到；recognized意識到/辨別出；refused拒絕；expected期待。根據(jù)上文“Having spent so much time examining the presents before Christmas在圣誕節(jié)前花了那么多時間檢查禮物之后”，可知找到了給媽媽的，ACD三項不合句意，故選B。

【7】句意：但是，在我的世界里，接受比給予更重要，我媽媽的無私行為很難理解。

understand理解；predict預(yù)測；prove證明；express表達(dá)。根據(jù)上文“in my world, where receiving was more important than giving在我的世界里，接受比給予更重要”，可知“我”不太理解媽媽的無私關(guān)愛，故選A。

【8】句意：我現(xiàn)在可以看到我的媽媽在她的圣誕節(jié)中找到了更大的快樂。

challenge挑戰(zhàn)；role角色；pleasure快樂；influence影響。根據(jù)下文“because giving truly is better than receiving因為真正的給予比接受更好”，可知給予是快樂的，故選C。

完形填空。主要題型有（1）考查詞義辨析：名詞辨析，形容詞副詞辨析，冠詞辨析，介詞連詞辨析等；（2）考查句子時態(tài)，語態(tài)，要根據(jù)語境，選擇正確的時態(tài)和語態(tài)的選項；（3）考查從句（賓語從句，定語從句，主語從句等）；（4）根據(jù)固定句型或短語結(jié)合語境選擇正確的選項。

本文作者通過自己的經(jīng)歷說明一個母親對自己的孩子付出的快樂，做題時要知道每一個詞的意義和用法，根據(jù)上下文語境，然后結(jié)合句子結(jié)構(gòu)選擇適合語境或語法的選項。例如小題3，四個選項都是形容詞：disappointed失望的；excited興奮的；worried擔(dān)心的；satisfied滿意的。根據(jù)上文“There won’t be as much for Christmas this year今年的圣誕節(jié)不會有這么多禮物了”，禮物減少本來會讓人失望，可知BCD三項不合句意，故選A。

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