It was the last evening of the old year．In the cold and darkness there went （31）　　the street a poor little girl，with bare feet．

    She carried a small bundle of matches in her hand，and a lot （32）　　in her broken apron（围裙）．No one

had bought any all day long．Trembling with cold and hunger，the girl walked on and on（33）　__　poor little child！

    In a corner，she sat down，but she could not warm herself．She was （34）　　to go home，she had earned（赚）not a coin，and perhaps her father would （35）　　her，and her home was almost as cold as the street．Her hands were nearly dead with cold．She struck one match against the wall，and held her hands （36）　　the flame（火焰）．She wanted to warm her small hands．It was quite a magic light．She found herself （37）　　before a large iron﹣stove．How warm it was!As the child wanted to warm her feet，the flame （38）　　，and the stove disappeared．The little girl sat cold and hungry，with the burnt match in her hand．

    A second match was lighted．She saw a table （39）　　delicious food．The roast goose stood at one end，with knife and folk in her breast，jumped down from the dishes，and came to the poor child．The match was burnt out and only the thick，（40）　　wall was beside her．

    She struck （41）　　match，this time，her gentle and loving grandmother came up，bright and happy as she had never looked during her lifetime．

"Grandma!"（42）　　the child，"Oh，take me with you!I know that you will leave me （43）　__　the match goes out．"And she lighted all the matches hurriedly；she would like （44）　__　her old grandmother disappearing．Her kind，old and beautiful grandmother took the little girl in her arms，and they both flew high together，until they were in that place where neither cold，nor hunger，nor （45）　　is ever known．

    The next morning，the little girl was found dead in the corner，with a smile on her face．

31．A．away	B．along	C．off	D．out
32．A．many	B．much	C．most	D．more
33．A．What a	B．What	C．How a	D．How
34．A．happy	B．willing	C．afraid	D．ready
35．A．worry	B．beat	C．pay	D．praise
36．A．in	B．across	C．below	D．over
37．A．sit	B．sitting	C．sits	D．sat
38．A．died down	B．put off	C．broke away	D．turned down
39．A．made of	B．next to	C．full of	D．close to
40．A．hard	B．warm	C．deep	D．soft
41．A．another one	B．other	C．another	D．the other
42．A．asked	B．talked	C．nodded	D．cried
43．A．as soon as	B．as if	C．even though	D．so that
44．A．stopping	B．to keep	C．to stop	D．keep
45．A．hope	B．pain	C．feeling	D．anger