Christmas,animportantfestival,isnowcelebratedinmanycoun...

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Christmas, an important festival, is now celebrated in many countries. On Christmas Eve last year people from every corner   41  into the streets. On the pavements, the street singers performed happily. Everyone was accompanied by someone else,   42  and cheerful. However, I was alone.

As one of eight kids of a Brazilian family, brought up in America's crowded apartment, I'd spent several years searching for aloneness. Now,   43  , at 27, a college student after the   44  with my girlfriend, every cell inside me wanted to be alone,   45  not at Christmas. My family had   46  to Brazil and my friends were   47  with their own lives. Dusk was approaching, and the fact that I had to return to my   48   home made me sad. lights from windows blinked (闪烁), and I hoped someone would   49  from one of those homes to invite me inside with a Christmas tree decorated with shiny fake snow and   50  presents.

At a market, I felt more   51  when people were buying lots of goods, which  52  the gifts we received as children in my mind. I missed my family and wanted to cry for wanting to be alone and for having achieved it.

Outside the church, a manger (小耶稣) had been set   53  . I stood with others watching the scene, some of them   54  themselves, praying. As I walked home, I realized that leaving Brazil was still a painful experience as I struggled with   55 I had become in 15 years in America. I'd mourned (悲叹) the   56  , but for the first time, I recognized what I’d gained. I was independent,   57  and healthy. My life was still ahead, full of   58  .

Sometimes the best gift is the one that you give yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself   59  for what I'd obtained up to now and promise to go forward. It is the best gift I've ever got, the one that I most   60  .

41．A. burst         B. got             C. put          D. flooded 

42．A. puzzled       B. worried         C. delighted    D. devoted

43．A. usually       B. eventually      C. really       D. extremely

44．A. breakup       B. concern         C. sympathy     D. date

45．A. so               B. and              C. but          D. or

46．A. moved            B. returned         C. came         D. slipped

47．A. occupied         B. satisfied        C. pleased      D. bored

48．A. shabby           B. comfortable      C. warm         D. empty

49．A. turn up          B. hang out         C. go away      D. break in

50．A. dealt            B. wrapped          C. discounted  D. donated

51．A. tired            B. nervous          C. upset        D. excited

52．A. called for       B. called up        C. called on    D. called in

53．A. up               B. down             C. aside        D. about

54．A. hugging          B. bowing           C. bending      D. crossing

55．A. how              B. what             C. which        D. that

56．A. cases            B. limits           C. worries      D. losses

57．A. educated         B. lonely           C. shy          D. wealthy

58．A. sight            B. possibility      C. sadness      D. hardship

59．A. surprise         B. defeat           C. credit       D. prize

60．A. select           B. save             C. value        D. admit

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DCBAC    BADAB    CBADB    DABCC

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