题目内容：

    When I was a boy of nine. I used to mow the lawn(草坪) of Mrs. Long, an elderly lady. She paid me very little. But she did promise me, “when Christmas come, I shall have a present for you. ” I spent much time_______what it would be.

“It would not be a _______glove,” I_______with myself. “She wouldn't know much about baseball.” Since she was a fragile little person, I also_______ the bicycle, for how could she_______such a big thing?

As December arrived and ice began to form on the_______. I began to imagine myself upon the_______, trying my_______on the surface of it. On the 22st of December, couldn't wait any more and marched down the street, _______myself at the door of the house whose lawn I had________________all summer. What she had was a(n)________________parcel. When I________________ it from her, I found it weighed almost nothing. I was________________ disappointed. “A kind of magic. Do open it on Christmas morning.” Mrs. Long said. Anyway, her words again set my mind________________with new possibilities.

How long the________________was! On Christmas morning, with great________________, I opened the package and found a________________box. in which I only saw ten________________of black paper. Was it magic? Aunt Laura who taught school, said “It really is!” . She showed me how to write.

That a pencil could write on one piece of paper and mysteriously record on another was a magic which satisfied my childish mind. It reached me at that________________Christmas when I was able to comprehend it.

Since then I have received some pretty thundering Christmas presents but none that ever came close to the________________ of this one.

1.A.wondering B.acquiring C.accessing D.conducting

2.A.football B.baseball C.swimming D.boxing

3.A.added B.described C.reasoned D.explained

4.A.made out B.checked out C.looked out D.ruled out

5.A.discover B.handle C.decide D.advocate

6.A.equipment B.grass C.ponds D.stones

7.A.skates B.knees C.hands D.boats

8.A.atmosphere B.luck C.conflict D.experience

9.A.presented B.observed C.explored D.regarded

10.A.matched with B.lived in C.counted on D.attended to

11.A.quiet B.ordinary C.clean D.fresh

12.A.lifted B.gathered C.cleared D.permitted

13.A.obviously B.easily C.extremely D.finally

14.A.dancing B.blowing C.spreading D.saving

15.A.trip B.reason C.purpose D.wait

16.A.astonishment B.entertainment C.excitement D.movement

17.A.nice B.permanent C.similar D.flat

18.A.ropes B.strings C.sheets D.bunches

19.A.eventual B.very C.complete D.adequate

20.A.quality B.drawback C.extension D.significance