阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入
对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I was a ten-year-old girl living with my parents and four-year-old brother in Madrid, Spain. We had our country Cuba just a few months before. The Christmas season arrived.
The Corte Ingles Department store had a shiny red that circled the town, its horn (喇叭) at every turn. My younger brother, Santiago, had never seen it. However, were considered a luxury(奢侈)then for my family and were very hard to . My brother fell in love with it. Every day he would push his nose the glass in the window. My parents’ pain was as they looked at their son’s face. But I didn’t want to the innocence of a four-year-old. So next time, I pulled him aside.
“Santiago, you know that we left our country and we are in a strange land” I said. “35 we are only here in Madrid for a little while, Santa probably doesn’t have our .”
I also told him that once we in the United States, Santa would find us once again. Much to my surprise, he accepted my without question. A year later, we lived in Union City, New Jersey. Both my parents were working in factories to make ends meet. Santiago and I were a new school and quickly learning English.
That Christmas was , but my parents bought a silver-colored Christmas tree. On Christmas Day, I woke up early, and to my surprise and , I found several presents under the tree. My brother
a square box. Inside was a shiny, brand-new train! It the one that had so attracted my brother a year before. Santiago’s face like the Christmas tree. He looked at my parents and me, happy and surprised.
“You were !” my brother told me eagerly, “Santa found our address.”
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A.reached |
B.visited |
C.left |
D.missed |
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A.light |
B.car |
C.bike |
D.train |
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A.sounding |
B.pressing |
C.turning |
D.making |
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A.clothes |
B.decorations |
C.meals |
D.toys |
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A.find |
B.get |
C.search |
D.exhibit |
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A.beneath |
B.against |
C.above |
D.under |
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A.obvious |
B.weak |
C.strange |
D.puzzling |
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A.fearful |
B.hopeful |
C.ambitious |
D.nervous |
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A.realize |
B.solve |
C.expect |
D.destroy |
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A.Since |
B.Whether |
C.Although |
D.When |
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A.telephone |
B.names |
C.address |
D.permission |
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A.allowed |
B.determined |
C.settled |
D.devoted |
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A.directions |
B.instructions |
C.excuse |
D.explanation |
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A.applying for |
B.adapting to |
C.looking for |
D.waiting for |
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A.expensive |
B.depressing |
C.colorful |
D.simple |
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A.sorrow |
B.worry |
C.care |
D.delight |
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A.threw |
B.designed |
C.opened |
D.hid |
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A.resembled |
B.meant |
C.recognized |
D.called |
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A.turned up |
B.came up |
C.lit up |
D.went up |
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A.surprised |
B.right |
C.wrong |
D.kind |
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