题目内容：

I had never known a Christmas when we could ask for a special gift and actually expect to get it. The Great Depression (大萧条) of the 1930s really___ our farming community of Belleville, Michigan. Then came 1940; I was 7 years old and my brother, David, was 8. That year my father got a(n)___ job, and David and I were asked to choose the one ___we most wanted to get that year. I __ a teddy bear. David asked for a bicycle.

___, Christmas morning arrived. There under the tree, with a big red bow around his neck, was my teddy bear. David’s___ , however, was not there. I___ how my parents could make my wish come true but not my brother’s.

“I____something,” my father said, as he went into the other room. When he came back he was____a bicycle.

On David’s face was a look of both delight and____. The bike was secondhand, which David didn’t___ , but it was a girls’ bike. Boys did not ride girls’ bikes. Personally, I wouldn’t have ___if it had come with pink bows on it – it was still a bicycle.

David and I had been learning to ride on bicycles____from friends in the neighborhood. I was not as____a rider as he was, but I could____to get from point A to point B.

David was very____, letting me ride his new wheels often. He even____out a way to tie our Radio Flyer wagon to the bike so he could pull me and other kids up and down our road.

Now we could___ places that were once beyond convenient walking distance. That winter we took many long rides down the snowy back roads, with me on the handlebars or____behind in the wagon. That bicycle was the Christmas present and truly gave us an exciting new __.

1.A. defeated    B. hurt    C. advanced    D. helped

2.A. well-paying    B. hard    C. interesting    D. easy

3.A. toy    B. Tool    C. gift    D. package

4.A. took    B. held    C. got    D. chose

5.A. Luckily    B. Finally    C. Hopefully    D. Certainly

6.A. bicycle    B. bear    C. tree    D. bow

7.A. understood    B. wondered    C. realized    D. noticed

8.A. forgot    B. missed    C. prepared    D. found

9.A. riding    B. removing    C. pushing    D. dragging

10.A. regret    B. anger    C. anxiety    D. disappointment

11.A. mind    B. expect    C. like    D. ignore

12.A. liked    B. accepted    C. cared    D. reacted

13.A. lent    B. borrowed    C. sent    D. bought

14.A. untrained    B. shy    C. awkward    D. skillful

15.A. offer    B. agree    C. manage    D. happen

16.A. kind    B. careful    C. polite    D. busy

17.A. put    B. helped    C. picked    D. figured

18.A. attack    B. explore    C. recognize    D. protect

19.A. jumping    B. hiding    C. riding    D. walking

20.A. comfort    B. faith    C. support    D. freedom