ThereReallyWasaSantaClausAnnworkedforabigcompany．Oneofthedutiesofher（41）wastogotothepostofficeeverydayand（42）thecompanymail．OnedayinDecember，she（43）abeggarmakinghimselfupasaSantaCla

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There Really Was a Santa Claus
Ann worked for a big company．One of the duties of her （41）___ was to go to the post office every day and （42）___the company mail．One day in December，she  （43）___a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus（44）___  on the corner of the street．Each day she（45）___ her coins and dropped them in his bowl．He would smile and （46）___ her a Merry Christmas．
At night the temperature dropped below 0℃，but the Santa Clause（47）___stood in the cold wind．（48）___  she dropped her coins into his bowl，she handed him a pair of gloves．
A week later，a（n）（49）___ Santa Claus was standing there．"What happened to the other Santa Claus？"she asked．He told her，"He's very （50）___ today．"She prayed for his health．
Later that day，a colleague came into her office （51）___．"I don't know what I'm going to do．""What's wrong？"she asked．"It's my ex-husband，"her colleague （52）___，"I don't have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas，（53）___ my ex-husband refuses to send money to them．It breaks my heart that they won't have anything this year．"The lady（54）___her colleague，"I'm sure everything will （55）___．It's Christmas．Believe in miracles（奇迹）．"
That evening，she told her husband about her colleague's （56）___，"I know we don't have much money to（57）___，but I'd like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars．We'll just get ourselves less this year．Last year we couldn't afford to buy anything for （58）___but we still had a wonderful Christmas．"Her husband smiled，"Give her one hundred dollars．She needs it more than we do．"
She reached up and held him．Warmth spread（59）___ her body．He held her and realized that there really was a Santa Claus-and he had （60）___her!

41．A．family	B．job	C．life	D．religion
42．A．receive	B．go through	C．answer	D．pick up
43．A．spotted	B．watched	C．sensed	D．followed
44．A．standing	B．waiting	C．playing	D．performing
45．A．earned	B．counted	C．saved	D．threw
46．A．send	B．wish	C．offer	D．tell
47．A．even	B．just	C．still	D．yet
48．A．Although	B．If	C．Since	D．After
49．A．honest	B．new	C．considerate	D．strong
50．A．sad	B．poor	C．cold	D．sick
51．A．in tears	B．in shock	C．in horror	D．in trouble
52．A．concluded	B．decided	C．continued	D．commented
53．A．or	B．but	C．so	D．otherwise
54．A．reminded	B．amused	C．teased	D．comforted
55．A．work out	B．come back	C．run out	D．open up
56．A．message	B．suggestion	C．situation	D．example
57．A．lend	B．help	C．lose	D．pay
58．A．ourselves	B．themselves	C．us	D．others
59．A．off	B．to	C．among	D．through
60．A．relaxed	B．doubted	C．married	D．shaped

Answer 1

41．B 上下文理解．由前后句可知，这部分是讲述Ann工作的具体内容，故答案为job，表示"她工作中的一部分职责"．42．D 动词辨析．recieve表示被动地接受；go through通过，审阅；answer 回答；pick up 获取．...