题目内容：

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题中所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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.

1.A. roof             B. hat            C. sky            D. star

2.A. little           B. less            C. enough        D. more

3.A. busy            B. serious         C. strict         D. kind

4.A. effort          B. room           C. time           D. money

5.A. improvement      B. problem         C. surprise       D. excitement

6.A. shopping         B. travelling      C. parties        D. greetings

7.A. the other      B. each other      C. one by one     D. every other one

8.A. toys            B. clothes       C. presents       D. bills

9.A. day             B. chance          C. cheque         D. tree

10.A. forced         B. reminded        C. invited        D. begged

11.A. draw            B. stay            C. move           D. meet

12.A. including      B. besides        C. except        D. regarding

13.A. quiet           B. excited         C. happy          D. ashamed

14.A. since           B. after           C. while          D. until

15.A. waiting       B. ready          C. hoping        D. afraid

16.A. out            B. over            C. forward        D. around

17.A. forgot        B. stopped         C. failed        D. hated

18.A. wanted          B. did             C. got            D. played

19.A. made           B. search         C. bought         D. fetched

20.A. angry          B. rich            C. patient        D. Bitter