题目内容：

The Christmas gift when I was seven years old has been a pleasant memory.     other gifts, it came without wrap（包装）.

  On September 11th that year, Mum gave      to Richard. After she brought him home from       , she put him in my lap, saying, “I      you a gift, and here it is.” What a/an       ! I      seven a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night and told it over and over how much I loved it!

  One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was      ! I cried for it. Mum  wept（流泪）and told me that the        little thing had been sent to a hospital because of a fever. For several days, I heard mum and Dad whispering such        as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded       .

  Christmas was coming. “Don’t      any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the      I hung in the living room. “       your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d      seen him cry before.

  The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to     it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He      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       . And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran      . My socks still hung there    , but I knew they were filled with    !

1.A. Like               B. Unlike                    C. As                       D. Except

2.A. life                   B. treatment               C. freedom              D. birth

3.A. hospital            B. illness                    C. shop                    D. danger

4.A. bought             B. offered                  C. promised             D. ordered

5.A. surprise            B. honor                     C. wonder               D. pity

6.A. grew                B. got                         C. became              D. turned

7.A. stolen               B. gone                       C. broken               D. Hidden

8.A. nice                  B. naughty                 C. poor                    D. Ugly

9.A. words                B. feelings                  C. predictions           D. results

10.A. impossible       B. dangerous              C. fearful               D. difficult

11.A. think                B. expect                    C. forget                  D. buy

12.A. clock                B. pictures                  C. socks                    D. bag

13.A. Unless             B. If                           C. Only                   D. After

14.A. once                 B. already                   C. never              D. often

15.A. see                   B. receive                   C. hear                    D. answer

16.A. hung up           B. held up                  C. got up                   D. stood up

17.A. anxious            B. worried                  C. crazy                   D. happy

18.A. downstairs       B. upstairs                  C. outside                  D. inside

19.A. alone                B. flat                         C. high                      D. untouched

20.A. dolls                B. thanks                    C. kindness              D. love