Intheearly1800’saboynamedJohnlivedinanorphanage(孤儿院)withseveralotherchildren.Everydaywas36workingandChristmaswastheonedayoftheyear37thechildrendidnotworkandreceivedagift—anorange.

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In the early 1800’s a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was  36  working and Christmas was the one day of the year  37  the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children  38  it so much that they kept it for weeks and even  39 — smelling it  40  it and loving it. Usually they tried to preserve(保护) it for so  41  that it often went bad before they ate it.

This year John knew he would soon be  42  enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it  43 he might be able to eat it on his birthday. 

Christmas day finally came. The children were so  44  as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement John knocked over something causing a big  45 . Immediately the master shouted “John leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John's heart  46 . He turned and ran back to the  47  room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears. 

Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a  48  on her face held out her small hands. “Here John ” she said “this is for you.” As John  49  his head he saw a big juicy  50  all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed(舍弃) their own orange by 51  a quarter and had created a big beautiful orange for him. 

John never forgot the sharing love and personal  52  his friends had shown him that Christmas day.  53  that day after he became rich every year he  54  send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His  55  was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit! 

A. forced          B. passed           C. taken            D. spent

A. as             B. when            C. while            D. which

A. needed        B. wanted           C. valued           D. liked

A. months        B. days             C. years           D. seasons

A. tasting         B. watching         C. pressing         D. touching

A. much          B. soon           C. long            D. far

A. old           B. strong         C. tall             D. experienced

A. seriously      B. carefully        C. secretly          D. softly

A. nervous       B. excited           C. pleasant          D. eager

A. cry            B. disappointment  C. surprise          D. noise

A. jumped        B. stopped          C. broke          D. settled

A. cold         B. small            C. old             D. lonely

A. look           B. tears             C. comfort          D. smile

A. shook          B. lifted          C. put             D. turned

A. gift          B. surprise          C. orange           D. wonder

A. sharing         B. breaking         C. eating            D. taking

A. feelings         B. affairs         C. relation          D. sacrifice

A. In return for   B. In case of       C. In memory of    D. In search of

A. must               B. would         C. might           D. should

A. desire          B. idea            C. meaning         D. thinking

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