阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was . I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big for the kids was the fun of Christmas .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for to share by all five of us.
The big arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies— fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, to be angry again. This is what she told me：
“I was looking thinking of what to buy, and I to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees’.One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so as I did that day.
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| A．roof |
B．hat |
C．sky |
D．star |
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| A．little |
B．less |
C．enough |
D．more |
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| A．busy |
B．serious |
C．strict |
D．kind |
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| A．effort |
B．room |
C．time |
D．money |
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| A．improvement |
B．problem |
C．surprise |
D．excitement |
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| A．shopping |
B．travelling |
C．parties |
D．greetings |
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| A．the other |
B．each other |
C．one by one |
D．every other one |
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| A．toys |
B．clothes |
C．presents |
D．bills |
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| A．day |
B．chance |
C．cheque |
D．tree |
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| A．forced |
B．reminded |
C．invited |
D．begged |
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| A．draw |
B．stay |
C．move |
D．meet |
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| A．including |
B．besides |
C．except |
D．regarding |
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| A．quiet |
B．excited |
C．happy |
D．ashamed |
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| A．since |
B．after |
C．while |
D．until |
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| A．waiting |
B．ready |
C．hoping |
D．afraid |
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| A．out |
B．over |
C．forward |
D．around |
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| A．forgot |
B．stopped |
C．failed |
D．hated |
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| A．wanted |
B．did |
C．got |
D．played |
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| A．made |
B．searched |
C．bought |
D．fetched |
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| A．angry |
B．rich |
C．patient |
D．bitter |
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