I moved into a new house in July. Since then I have met a few of my neighbors who are very nice people. For Christmas, I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbors I know. There were nine neighbors whom I knew by name or spoke with often when I was out in my yard. I knew which houses they lived in.
I decided to add one more to my list. This lady I decided to add lives down the street from me. I meet her every morning walking to work as I drive down the street. She always smiles to me. But I had no idea who she was and which house she lived in.
I planned to make small fruit baskets and leave them on my neighbor's front porches (門廊) on Christmas Eve. I signed the cards: “Happy Holidays from 5104 Northumberland Road.”
I saved the last for the friendly lady. I finally decided on a house where I met her each morning and guessed that it was hers.
My neighbors really appreciated the baskets and would tell me as they saw me in the yard or they would call, and a couple even came by to thank me.
This morning I found a small note in the mailbox. It was addressed simply: Resident, 5104 Northumberland Road.
The Thank You card really caught me by surprise. I opened it and read the message, “Thank you for the lovely fruit basket you left on our porch. It was very thoughtful. Richard Kelly passed away last week. He talked a lot about how nice it was that someone remembered him in his time of illness. He really appreciated it.”
I had no idea who Richard Kelly was and that he had been seriously ill. I had left that nice lady’s basket on his porch by mistake. I wanted to say sorry, but that would be wrong. I believe that Mr. Kelly was meant to have that basket because he was dying. I hate that the nice lady did not get to receive a fruit basket on Christmas, but I believe if she knew what had happened, she would be happy. I feel pleased to have helped Richard Kelly's last days be more cheerful.
小題1:How many Christmas gifts did the author intend to send?
A．9.B．8C．10D．11
小題2:Where did the friendly lady live?
A．She lived at the end of Northumberland Road.
B．Her address was 5104 Northumberland Road.
C．She was thought to share a house with Mr. Kelly.
D．The author was not sure about her address at all.
小題3:How did the author’s neighbors respond to his gifts?
A．They liked the gifts very much and were thankful.
B．They were thankful that they wanted to be friends.
C．They all made phone calls to say “Thank You”.
D．They all visited him by person to show gratitude.
小題4:What does the author mean in the last paragraph?
A．He was regretful that the nice lady didn’t receive his gift.
B．He was glad to have made Mr. Kelly's life more pleasant.
C．He thought Richard Kelly deserved to receive that basket.
D．The old lady was happy to sacrifice to make Kelly happy.

小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:B

小題1:細節(jié)理解。第一段There were nine neighbors…，及第二段的第一句話表明作者要送10份圣誕禮物。
小題1:推理判斷。5104 Northumberland Road是作者的地址，A項錯誤；作者推測那位老太太住在他們通常在早上見面的地方，但是下文說花籃放錯了地方，可見她并不在那里住，故B項也錯誤。由于作者放錯花籃，病中的Mr. Kelly收到了圣誕節(jié)禮物，但是文中沒有談到那位老太太和Mr. Kelly同住一室，因此C項也錯誤�？梢娮髡卟恢滥俏焕咸骄烤棺≡诤翁�。
小題1:推理判斷。在第五、六中談到了作者的鄰居在收到禮物之后的種種反應：有的當面感謝、有的打電話感謝、有的寄來賀卡，那么概括起來就是：鄰居對作者的舉動充滿感激。
小題1:主旨大意。最后一段的最后一句話為主題句，概括了本段主旨大意，選項B的陳述與最后一句同義。
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B．You find everything seems strange.
C．You are not feeling quite well.
D．You have all your friends against you.
小題2:What did the author dream of doing?
A．Getting his own book publishedB．Owing a colledge degree
C．Becoming a writerD．Publishing his own magazine
小題3: What do we learn from Paragraph 5?
A．It takes money to fulfill our dream.
B．The first step is to know our dream.
C．It is important for us to take action.
D．We should not listen to the call of our heart.
小題4: The words of Yolanda Adams’song are mentioned in the text     .
A．to support his main point
B．to make his writing interesting
C．to show they share the same view
D．to mean Yolanda Adams is popular

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