Untillastyear，thesaddestthingofmylifewasthatmywifeAliceandIcouldn’thaveanychildren．Sowealways（36）allthechildreninourstreettoourhouseforChristmasbreakfast．Lastyear，Alicedied．Iwasvery（37）

Question

Until last year，the saddest thing of my life was that my wife Alice and I couldn’t have any children．So we always（36）___all the children in our street to our house for Christmas breakfast．
    Last year，Alice died．I was very（37）___ and decided not to invite the children for Christmas breakfast．But Kathy and Peter，my next door neighbors，asked me to（38）___them for dinner on Christmas Eve．
    As soon as I arrived，Kathy asked me，“Do you have any milk at your house？”
“Yes，”I replied．“（39）___you need some，I’ll go and get it right away．”
“Oh，that’s all right．Come and sit down．Just give Peter your（40）___ and let him do it．”
    After a happy dinner with them，I went home．When I opened my door，I found my house had been decorated by Peter!It was  just as（41）___ as each Christmas before．At that moment，I wished that I could still （42）___ the Christmas breakfast，but I had made no preparations．
    Early the next morning，a little boy with a bag of candies （43）___my bell．Before I could ask him what was（44）___，he was joining by two of his friends．Within fifteen minutes，my house was full of （45）___，and I had all the food I needed．I had a happy breakfast with the children again．

36．A．took           B．invited        C．sent          D．led
37．A．happy          B．lazy          C．sad           D．poor
38．A．help           B．join          C．pay           D．meet
39．A．Unless         B．As           C．Since          D．If
40．A．money         B．milk          C．keys          D．things
41．A．beautiful        B．dirty         C．colorless       D．empty
42．A．buy            B．enjoy         C．sell           D．serve
43．A．rang           B．answered      C．required       D．painted
44．A．boiling         B．ending        C．singing        D．happening
45．A．gifts           B．children       C．flowers        D．candies．

Answer 1

36．B．took表示带走；invited表示邀请；sent表示送；led表示领．根据语境和句意我们总是邀请所有在我们街上的孩子们来．故选：B
37．C．happy表示开心；lazy表示懒惰的；sad表示难过的；poor表示贫穷的．根据语境和句意我非常难过．
故选：C
38．B．help表示帮助；join表示加入；pay表示付费；meet表示遇见．根据语境和句意请我加入在圣诞夜吃晚餐．故选：B．
39．D．Unless表示除非As表示由于；Since表示自从；If表示如果．根据语境和句意如果你需要．故选：D．
40．C．money表示钱；milk表示牛奶；keys钥匙；things表示东西．把你的钥匙给皮特．故选：C．
41．A．beautiful表示美丽的；dirty表示脏的；colorless苍白的；empty表示空的．根据语境和句意它就像每个圣诞节一样美丽．故选：A．
42．D．buy表示买；enjoy表示喜欢；sell表示卖；serve表示服务．根据语境和句意我希望我能为圣诞早餐服务．故选：D．
43．A．rang表示按门铃；answered表示回答；required表示需要；painted表示画画．根据语境和句意一个小男孩带着一袋糖果摁响了我的门铃．故选：A．
44．D．boiling表示沸腾；ending 表示结束；singing表示唱歌；happening表示发生．根据语境和句意在我问他发生了什么之前．故选：D．
45．B．gifts表示礼物；children表示孩子们；flowers表示花；candies表示糖果．根据语境和句意我的房子里满是孩子们．故选：B