I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be 1 Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d 2 ?” Just when I started to 3 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 4 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 5 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t 6 . Somebody had thought enough of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 7 Christmas there special and memorable, I 8 remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 9 for as many children as I could possibly reach. So I 10 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans ( 孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 11 with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were special. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 12 them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward. Finally the 13 they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 14 up the room. The 15  in the room was obvious, and it wasn ’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 小题1: A．sending B．receiving C．making D．exchanging 小题2: A．found B．prepared C．got D．expected 小题3: A．doubt B．hope C．suggest D．accept 小题4: A．broke in B．settled down C．turned up D．showed off 小题5: A．relief B．loss C．achievement D．justice 小题6: A．blamed B．loved C．forgotten D．affected 小题7: A．present B．first C．recent D．previous 小题8: A．hardly B．instantly C．regularly D．occasionally 小题9: A．strength B．independence C．importance D．safety 小题10: A．kept up with B．caught up with C．came up with D．put up with 小题11: A．none B．few C．some D．each 小题12: A．reminded B．guaranteed C．convinced D．promised 小题13: A．chance B．gift C．moment D．reward 小题14: A．lit B．took C．burned D．cheered 小题15: A．atmosphere B．sympathy C．calmness D．joy