2014届高考英语第一轮复习课时练习题9_高考复习指南

2014届高考英语第一轮复习课时练习题9

　　Ⅲ.阅读表达阅读下面短文并回答问题。 [1]One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装)．[2]On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!

　　[3]One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”， “pitiful”， and “dying”， which sounded ominous(不吉利的)．[4]Christmas was coming. “Don't expect any presents this year，” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. If your baby brother lives, that'll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I'd never seen him cry before.

　　[5]The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it.From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He's all right？” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home！”[6] “Thank God！” I heard Mum cry.

　　[7]From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. ________； they were filled with love!