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完形填空（共20小题：每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
It was to be our second Christmas in Germany and we decided to avoid the naked tree problem the year before. We wrote to my father, and he 1 to purchase a tree for us in States. He would ship it to us in several smaller 2 .
Two days before Christmas we were in a 3 .All the boxes had arrived except for one. The tree trunk and stand were still 4 .We decided to wait one more day.
5 , in Bremerhaven, a young mail clerk 6 a long thin box under a counter. He picked it up and saw the customs tag(标签)which 7 “artificial（人造的）Christmas tree trunk and stand”. He realized that someone in Mannheim would be 8 a tree for Christmas. He felt 9for them, but there wasn’t much he could do. There was no 10 on Christmas.
He put the package on the 11 shelf and headed for the coffee bar. The place was 12 and he ended up sharing a table. Two men were speaking and the clerk 13 that one of his companions at the table was stationed in Mannheim. He had just picked up the 14 he had shipped from the States and was driving back that afternoon. The clerk thought of the 15 and said to the man,“You could really 16 Santa for someone in Mannheim tonight if you’d like to.”He explained about the lost tree trunk and stand. The man agreed.
The following day, my husband was reaching for his coat 17 the doorbell rang. There stood a 18 holding a long thin carton, our tree trunk and stand. He explained about the clerk and the coffee bar meeting. We invited him in, 19 it was Christmas Eve and he left in a hurry.
The next day as we celebrated the Christmas with the beautiful tree, I whispered：“Bless those two strangers who 20 our Christmas with their kindness.”

A．agreed B．refused C．stopped D．failed

A．bags B．containers C．boxes D．parts

A．hope B．loss C．mess D．panic

A．broken B．separated C．unknown D．missing

A．Meanwhile B．However C．Therefore D．Afterward

A．hid B．forgot C．covered D．found

A．read B．wrote C．signed D．meant

A．except B．by C．along D．without

A．sure B．happy C．painful D．sorry

A．passage B．message C．delivery D．labor

A．safe B．high C．proper D．secret

A．taken B．ordered C．closed D．crowded

A．supposed B．discovered C．expected D．wondered

A．car B．mail C．passenger D．gift

A．difficulty B．family C．package D．accident

A．become B．play C．pretend D．assist

A．before B．while C．until D．when

A．postman B．santa C．stranger D．driver

A．but B．and C．so D．as

A．celebrated B．decorated C．confirmed D．brightened

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