Dad lost his job after arguing(爭吵) with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money at all. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket(毛毯) wrapped(卷繞) around me, so I offered to share        with Dad, but he said no thanks. We looked           at the sky. Those shining stars were one of the       treats for people like us who lived out in the wildness(荒涼). Rich city people, he’d say, live in fantastic flats, but their air was so polluted(污染的) that they could not even see the stars.
“        out your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas present. “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “Nobody       the stars.”
“Right,” Dad said, “But you can suppose it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”
I       my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out(斷定) which was the best one. Then, I found one.
“I       that one.” I said.
Dad smiled. “That’s Venus(金星),” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much       than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her own light. She shone only from reflected(反射)       .”
“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even       that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.”
Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I       your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave me Venus.
We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth(圣誕傳說) and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch(堆) of cheap plastic toys. “Many years later, when all the junk(廢物) they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “you will       have your star.”
小題1:
A．itB．meC．usD．him
小題2:
A．upB．forC．out D．a(chǎn)fter
小題3:
A．strangeB．specialC．importantD．impossible
小題4:
A．GoB．PutC．TakeD．Pick
小題5:
A．ownsB．seesC．likesD．reaches
小題6:
A．lowedB．putC．raisedD．rose
小題7:
A．needB．wantC．haveD．hope
小題8:
A．slowerB．fartherC．closerD．higher
小題9:
A．sunB．starC．planetD．light
小題10:
A．when B．beforeC．a(chǎn)fterD．until
小題11:
A．dislikeB．refuseC．a(chǎn)cceptD．consider
小題12:
A．evenB．still C．neverD．a(chǎn)lready

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:C
小題7:B
小題8:C
小題9:D
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:B

試題分析：這篇文章講了作者的父親在那年圣誕節(jié)來時失了業(yè)，雖然沒有了錢，但他們父子仍能夠樂觀的生活，并快樂的度過圣誕節(jié)，這種人生態(tài)度值得人們學(xué)習(xí)。
小題1:考查代詞與語境理解。A. it它；B. me我；C. us我們；D. him他，句意：我用一條毛毯圍著我，我提出來和父親共用它。根據(jù)句意此空指代毛毯，所以選A。
小題2:考查介詞與語境理解。A. up 向上；B. for 為了；C. out 外面；D. after在……之后，句意：我們向上看天空�！跋蛏峡础笔莑ook up，故選A
小題3:考查形容詞與語境理解。A. strange  奇怪；B. special特殊；C. important重要；D. impossible不可能，句意：那些閃亮的星星是對象我們生活在外面荒涼之中的人們的特殊待遇之一。根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選B。
小題4:考查動詞與語境理解。A. Go去；B. Put放下；C. Take帶走 D. Pick撿起來，句意：挑揀出你最喜歡的星星。根據(jù)句意此空應(yīng)用動詞pick，故選 D。
小題5:考查動詞與語境理解。A. owns擁有；B. sees看到 C. likes喜歡；D. reaches 到達，句意：沒有人擁有星星。根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選A。
小題6:考查動詞與語境理解。A. lowed放低；B. put放下；C. raised舉起，抬起；D. rose升起，句意：我抬起了頭，根據(jù)句意此題選 C。
小題7:考查動詞與語境理解。A. need   需要；B. want想要；C. have有；D. hope希望，句意：我想要那一顆。根據(jù)句意此題選 B。
小題8:考查形容詞的比較級與語境理解。A. slower較慢的； B. farther較遠的； C. closer較近的；D. higher較高的，句意：她看起來又大又亮是因為她比其他星星離我們近得多。根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選C。
小題9:考查名詞與語境理解。A. sun太陽；B. star星星；C. planet行星；D. light 光，句意：她發(fā)出的只是來自反射的光。根據(jù)句意此題應(yīng)選D。
小題10:考查連詞與語境理解。A. when 當(dāng)……時候； B. before   在……之前； C. after在……之后；D. until直到，句意：在那個圣誕節(jié)之前我就喜歡金星了。根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選B。
小題11:考查動詞與語境理解。A. dislike不喜歡； B. refuse拒絕； C. accept接受；D. consider認(rèn)為，句意：好吧，今天是圣誕節(jié)，我接受你的決定。根據(jù)句意此題選C。
小題12:考查副詞與語境理解。A. even甚至；B. still仍然；C. never從不；D. already已經(jīng)，句意：你將仍然擁有你的星星。根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選B。
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