One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift . Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包裝).
On September 11th ，1958，Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift , and here it is.” What an honor！I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories .I told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing bad been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days I Heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before .
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home !”
“Thank God !” I heard Mum cry .
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
小題1:what happened to the author on September 11th , 1958?
A．He got a baby brother.B．He got a Christmas gift
C．He became four years old.D．He received a doll.
小題2:What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？
A．Impossible.B．BoringC．DifficultD．Fearful
小題3:Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A．Excitement.B．Happiness.C．Sadness.D．Disappointment.
小題4:What is the passage mainly about ?
A．A sad Christmas dayB．Life with a lovely baby
C．A special Christmas gift.D．Memories of a happy family

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:C
這篇文章是簡單的敘事文，是一篇關于親情的文章。筆觸平實，情感動人。故事發(fā)生在圣誕節(jié)前后，為了拯救出生不久的患病的孩子（作者的弟弟），全家都承受了巨大的心理壓力。文章用一個小孩簡單的感受，通過對父母的語言描寫和神態(tài)動作觀察和描寫，表達了親情在這個并不富裕的家庭里的巨大感召力。孩子的康復出院，實在是給這個家庭、給作者最好的圣誕禮物。
小題1:從第二段第一句“On September 11th ，1958，Mum gave birth to Richard.”，我們可以看出作者的弟弟誕生了。這個弟弟并非是真正的doll洋娃娃，這點同學們千萬要讀懂。
小題2:ominous本意是“不吉利的；兇兆的”，這道題就要考查考生們的理解能力了。作者當時還是個孩子， “For several days I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying””，在他幼小而懵懂的心里，這些詞是有一定的驚嚇作用的。故選D。
小題3:根據(jù)短文，在圣誕節(jié)即將來臨之際，作者的弟弟仍然在住院而且情況不容樂觀，為此，作者的父親感到悲傷。因此，正確答案為C選項。
小題4:容易選成D。我相信這個家庭因為有親情，他們內(nèi)心肯定是快樂的，但是但從文章來看，這件事并不是快樂的。同理，這個圣誕節(jié)雖然過得提心吊膽、愁云密布，但最終的結果卻是快樂和令人欣慰的，故不選A。
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