一、根据上下文内容，从方框中选择正确的单词或短语，并用其正确形式填空(每个单词或短语限用一次)
have no choice, bill, fall about, scissors, scarf, mutton, wallet, knee, afford, search through
I am Della. It was Christmas Eve. I counted the money in my 1. again and again—only one dollar and eighty-seven cents. I couldn’t 2. a present for Jim with so little money, so I sat down and cried.
Jim and I had two treasures. One was his gold watch, and the other was my long, beautiful hair. My hair 3. me and reached below my 4. . But I had to sell it. I put on my old brown jacket, my 5. and my hat, then went out to the street.
I stopped at a store that bought hair. “Will you buy my hair?” I asked. “Twenty dollars,” the woman said. I 6. —I needed the cash. Then the woman took out a pair of 7. . After that, I 8. the stores for a gift for Jim. Two hours later, I found a beautiful watch chain in a jeweller’s shop. The 9. was twenty-one dollars.
At seven o’clock, I made coffee and got the 10. chops ready to put in the oven. Jim was never late. I kept looking at the door, and my heart was beating fast with nervousness and excitement—would he like the watch chain? Would he still find me beautiful with short hair? I could hardly wait to see him.

1. wallet 2. afford 3. fell about 4. knees 5. scarf 6. had no choice 7. scissors 8. searched through 9. bill 10. mutton

【分析】
本题为选词填空题，解题思路为：先通读全文把握《麦琪的礼物》片段的语境，再结合每个句子的语义、语法结构，从方框给出的单词/短语中筛选合适选项，同时注意词形变化（如动词过去式、名词复数等），且每个词限用一次，确保所选内容符合上下文逻辑。
【解析】
1. 句意：我又一次数了钱包里的钱，仅1.87美元。此处需填表示“钱包”的名词，故选wallet。
2. 句意：这么少的钱我买不起给吉姆的礼物，couldn't后接动词原形，afford意为“买得起”，符合语境。
3. 句意：我的头发垂落下来，到膝盖下方。此处描述过去动作，用fall的过去式fell about，意为“垂落”。
4. 句意：头发垂到膝盖下方，膝盖通常用复数形式，故填knees。
5. 句意：我穿上旧夹克、戴上围巾和帽子，scarf意为“围巾”，符合语境。
6. 句意：我别无选择，需要现金，此处用过去式had no choice，意为“别无选择”。
7. 句意：然后女士拿出一把剪刀，a pair of后接复数名词scissors，意为“剪刀”。
8. 句意：我搜遍商店找给吉姆的礼物，此处用过去式searched through，意为“搜遍”。
9. 句意：账单是21美元，bill意为“账单”，符合语境。
10. 句意：我准备好羊排要放进烤箱，mutton chops意为“羊排”，故填mutton。
【答案】
1. wallet 2. afford 3. fell about 4. knees 5. scarf 6. had no choice 7. scissors 8. searched through 9. bill 10. mutton
【知识点】
词汇运用、动词时态、名词单复数
【点评】
本题结合经典文学片段，考查学生对词汇的语境运用能力，需结合上下文语义和语法规则选择合适的词并进行词形变化，是常见的基础题型。
【难度系数】
0.5

二、根据课文内容完成下面短文
I am Jim. My gold watch was my most valuable 1. p. It was 2. p down from my father and my grandfather.
When I came home that Christmas Eve evening, I walked in and stopped. I saw Della with short hair. My eyes were 3. f on her. I felt shocked, but I didn't tell her why. I just drew a box from my pocket and put it on the table.
Della opened it. Inside 4. l a 5. s of combs—the ones
she had always wanted. Now they were hers, but her hair was gone. She smiled and held out her gift to me—a beautiful watch 6. c. “I hunted all over town to find it. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it,” she said. But 7. i of obeying her, I sat down, put my hands behind my head and smiled. “Della,” I said, “I sold the watch to get the 8. c to buy you combs.”

1. possession 2. passed 3. fixed 4. lay 5. set 6. chain 7. instead 8. cash

【分析】
本题为根据课文内容及语境填空的英语题，需结合课文《麦琪的礼物》的情节，同时依据每个空的语法结构、固定搭配推导答案。先通读全文理解主旨：Jim和Della互相卖掉珍贵物品为对方买礼物的故事，再逐个分析每个空的词性、搭配及语境需求，确定对应单词。
【解析】
1. 空1：valuable为形容词，后需接名词，结合语境金表是Jim最珍贵的财产，故填possession；
2. 空2：固定短语pass down意为“传递”，此处为被动语态（was+过去分词），故填passed；
3. 空3：固定搭配one's eyes fixed on sb/sth表示“某人注视着……”，故填fixed；
4. 空4：地点状语Inside置于句首，句子用全部倒装，结合语境“里面放着一套梳子”，lie（放置）的过去式为lay，故填lay；
5. 空5：固定搭配a set of意为“一套”，符合“一套梳子”的表达，故填set；
6. 空6：结合后文Jim卖掉金表买的礼物，可知是表链，watch chain为固定表达，故填chain；
7. 空7：固定搭配instead of意为“而不是”，符合语境“我没有听她的，反而坐下”，故填instead；
8. 空8：get cash意为“筹钱”，结合语境Jim卖表是为了筹钱买梳子，故填cash。
【答案】
possession, passed, fixed, lay, set, chain, instead, cash
【知识点】
英语词汇运用、课文内容理解、固定搭配
【点评】
本题依托经典课文《麦琪的礼物》命题，既考查对课文情节的熟悉程度，又涵盖常用固定搭配、基础语法的运用，是兼顾知识识记与语境理解的基础题型。
【难度系数】
0.6