Ⅳ. Read and complete the cloze test.
It was party time. Christmas was so close, and so was Ann’s birthday. All her 1 were talking only of Christmas celebrations.
“My 2 aunt is surely going to give me a pretty branded doll again,” said Ria. “I bet I’ll get that costly watch from 3 parents,” told Tessie. Ann wished she could get a new 4 as a wonderful Christmas gift, but she neither had rich parents nor a rich aunt or uncle. Maybe she could make a 5 — maybe Santa Claus would come.
The days passed and soon it was Christmas Eve. 6 everyone’s, except Ann’s, house was a Christmas tree. In the kitchens there were lovely cakes and turkey. Every child went to bed eagerly 7 the lovely gifts that they would receive the next day. Ann went to bed with a heavy heart. She knew that there would be 8 lovely for her. She wished with her whole heart that at least she would get a gift from Santa Claus. She 9 Santa Claus riding in the snow.
Ring ... Ring ... Ann jumped, hearing the alarm.
She suddenly remembered that it was Christmas Day. Without much 10 she looked if there were any gifts for her. Wonder of wonders! There lay a beautiful package tied with a red ribbon(丝带).
Ann excitedly opened the package. It was a pretty white dress. 11 she was wondering who gave her this beautiful dress, a small piece of paper fell out. Ann started 12.
Dear Ann,
This dress is gifted to you for being a good girl. Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother.
Your loving friend, Santa Claus
Ann looked at the note 13. Then something struck(触动) her. It was her 14 handwriting. Her mother had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. Ann was 15 beyond words. She knew that she was the luckiest girl to have such a wonderful mother as a wonderful Christmas gift.
()1. A. friends B. neighbours C. relatives D. students
()2. A. beautiful B. honest C. kind D. rich
()3. A. her B. his C. my D. your
()4. A. doll B. dress C. shoes D. watch
()5. A. cake B. card C. plan D. wish
()6. A. In B. Near C. On D. Around
()7. A. looking for B. putting up C. talking about D. waiting for
()8. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
()9. A. dreamed of B. heard of C. suggested D. saw
()10. A. food B. hope C. money D. success
()11. A. Because B. If C. Since D. When
()12. A. to cry B. to draw C. to read D. to run
()13. A. carefully B. quickly C. quietly D. suddenly
()14. A. aunt’s B. father’s C. mother’s D. uncle’s
()15. A. happy B. disappointed C. surprised D. serious

1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. A
10. B 11. D 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. A

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述Ann在圣诞与生日时渴望礼物，最终收到妈妈以圣诞老人名义赠送裙子的暖心故事），再逐空结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配等逐一分析选项，排除不符合语境的答案，选出最贴合文意的选项。
【解析】
1. 句意：她所有的朋友都只谈论圣诞庆祝。Ria、Tessie是Ann的同龄人，属于朋友范畴，A符合语境；B邻居、C亲戚、D学生均不符合，故选A。
2. 由“branded doll（名牌娃娃）”可知，Ria的阿姨能送名牌娃娃，说明阿姨有钱，D（rich）符合语境，故选D。
3. 此处是Tessie的直接引语，用第一人称“my”指代“我的父母”，C符合，故选C。
4. 后文提到Ann收到的礼物是“pretty white dress（漂亮的白裙子）”，可知她想要的礼物是裙子，B符合，故选B。
5. make a wish是固定搭配，意为“许愿”，符合Ann希望圣诞老人来的语境，故选D。
6. “in + 地点”表示“在某地”，此处指“在每个人的房子里”，A符合，故选A。
7. 每个孩子急切上床是为了等待次日的礼物，wait for意为“等待”，D符合；A寻找、B张贴、C谈论均不符合，故选D。
8. 前文提到Ann没有富裕的父母或亲戚，所以她知道自己不会有礼物，nothing符合语境，故选C。
9. dream of意为“梦到”，符合Ann渴望礼物时梦到圣诞老人的情境，故选A。
10. 前文Ann知道自己大概率没礼物，所以她没抱太多希望，hope符合，故选B。
11. when引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时”，符合“她想知道礼物来源时纸条掉落”的语境，故选D。
12. 后文出现纸条内容，说明Ann开始读纸条，read符合，故选C。
13. Ann想知道礼物来源，所以仔细看纸条，carefully符合，故选A。
14. 后文提到妈妈加班攒钱买礼物，可知字迹是妈妈的，mother’s符合，故选C。
15. 收到妈妈的用心礼物，Ann非常开心，happy符合，故选A。
【答案】
1.A 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.D 6.A 7.D 8.C 9.A 10.B 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.C 15.A
【知识点】
完形填空语篇理解、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文是一篇温情类完形填空，围绕圣诞礼物展开，贴近学生生活，逻辑清晰，主要考查学生对语篇语境的把握和词汇运用能力，解题需结合上下文细节与词义辨析，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6