Question

       Bobby was getting cold in his backyard in the snow with no boots. The   36   sneakers he wore had a few holes in them and they did a poor job of keeping   37   the cold. Bobby had been in his backyard for about an hour already.

       And, try   38   he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother’s Christmas gift. He shook his head as he thought, “This is   39  ; even if I do come up with an idea, I don’t have any money to   40  .”

       It was starting to get dark and Bobby   41   turned to walk home when suddenly his eyes 42   the glimmer (閃光) of the   43   sun’s rays reflecting off something along the roadside. He reached down and discovered a shiny dime (一角硬幣).

       Never before has anyone felt so   44   as Bobby felt at that moment. As he held his new found treasure, a   45   spread throughout his entire body and he walked into the first store he saw.

       His excitement quickly turned   46   after being told that he couldn’t buy anything with only a dime. He saw a flower shop and went inside. Bobby   47   the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother’s Christmas gift. The shop owner looked at Bobby and his ten-cent   48  . Then he said, “You just wait here and I’ll see what I can do for you.” As Bobby waited, he looked at the beautiful flowers and even though he was a boy, he could see why mothers and girls   49   flowers.

       The sound of the door closing as the last customer left, turned Bobby back to   50  . All alone in the shop, Bobby began to feel alone and afraid.

       Suddenly the shop owner came out. There, before Bobby’s eyes,   51   twelve red roses, with leaves of green and tiny white flowers all tied together with a big silver bow. “That will be ten cents, young man.” The shop owner said reaching out his hand for the dime.

       Could this be true? No one else would give him a thing for his dime!

         52   the boy’s hesitation, the shop owner   53  , “I just   54   to have some roses on sale for ten cents a dozen. Would you like them?”

       This time Bobby did not   55  , and when the man placed the bunch of roses into his hands, he knew it was true. Walking out of the door, Bobby heard the shop owner say, “Merry Christmas, son.”

36.   A. general      B. thin    C. super  D. comfortable

37.   A. out     B. on      C. up      D. back

38.   A. as       B. when  C. because      D. while

39.   A. reasonable  B. acceptable  C. useless       D. urgent

40.   A. save    B. take    C. cost    D. spend

41.   A. unwillingly       B. temporarily       C. seriously    D. anxiously

42.   A. observed    B. caught C. kept    D. glared

43.   A. rising  B. baking       C. setting D. burning

44.   A. ridiculous   B. confident    C. wealthy      D. annoyed

45.   A. sadness      B. confusion   C. warmth      D. sympathy

46.   A. wild   B. high    C. pale    D. cold

47.   A. presented   B. participated       C. persuaded   D. purchased

48.   A. offering     B. supplying   C. providing   D. spending

49.   A. produced    B. enjoyed      C. bought       D. envied

50.   A. normal       B. home  C. present       D. reality

51.   A. lay     B. displayed    C. placed D. laid

52.   A. Approving  B. Believing   C. Proving      D. Sensing

53.   A. remarked   B. argued       C. pointed      D. added

54.   A. hoped B. happened    C. occurred     D. provided

55.   A. misunderstand   B. hesitate      C. request       D. prohibit

Answer 1

36—40 BAACD  41—45 ABCCC    46—50 DAABD  51—55 ADDBB