（广东省汕头市苏北中学2010届高三第四次月考）Iwasasingleparentoffoursmallchildrenworkingatalow-paidjob.Moneywasalwaystightbutwehada21overourheadfoodonthetableclothesonourb

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（广东省汕头市苏北中学2010届高三第四次月考）

I was a single parent of four small children working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight but we had a    21    over our head food on the table clothes on our backs and if not a lot always    22   . Not knowing we were poor my kids just thought I was strict. I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time and although there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   23   for the kids was the fun of Christmas. Fortunately I had saved $120 for    24    to share by all five of us.

The big    25   arrived. I gave each kid a twenty – dollar bill and    26    them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered. We had two hours to shop; then we would meet back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home everyone was in high Christmas spirits except my younger daughter Ginger who was unusually    27   . She had only one small flat bag with a few candies － fifty – cent candies! I was so angry but I didn’t say anything until we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed as the door ready to be angry again. This is what she told me.

“ I was looking around    28   of what to buy and I stopped 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    29   the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so   30   as I did that day.

21.    A. roof                  B. hat                    C. sky                   D. star

22.    A. little                   B. less                   C. enough              D. more

23.    A. improvement      B. problem             C. surprise             D. excitement

24.    A. toys                  B. clothes              C. presents            D. bills

25.   A. day                   B. chance              C. cheque              D. tree

26.    A. forced               B. reminded           C. invited               D. begged

27.    A. quiet                  B. excited              C. happy                D. ashamed

28.   A. learning             B. thinking             C. knowing            D. telling

29.    A. made                 B. searched            C. bought              D. fetched

30.    A. angry                B. rich                   C. patient               D. bitter

Answer 1

答案：21- 25 ACDCA  26-30 BABCB