CIt was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her fathe

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It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else.
Now we didn’t know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad.
Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note(便条) that she could trade in(交换) the model bike for a real one?” So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike.
On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly.
She looked at me and Ron and said, ”So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”
Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth.
【小题1】Rose’s wish was to on Christmas Day.A．get a new bikeB．make a clay bikeC．receive a doll houseD．repair her old Barbi bike【小题2】Rose’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she .A．didn’t want a bike any moreB．changed her idea to some story booksC．didn’t mention it in the last tow monthsD．asked for it only on December 24【小题3】The word “guilty” in the third paragraph(段落) means .A．unhappyB．worriedC．happyD．sorry【小题4】Rose’s father got a good idea to .A．spend five hours finishing making a small bike with clayB．make a small bike red and whiteC．make her old bike red and whiteD．put the present in the box【小题5】From Rose’s words in the last passage , we know that she A．still wanted to get a real bikeB．didn’t know the meaning of the noteC．preferred a real bike to a model bikeD．was greatly moved by what her father had doneA

(答案→)A 解析：这篇短文中描述了一对忙碌的父母因为忽视了以前表达过的愿望，没有准备好圣诞礼物，而临时想出了一个好主意来解决这个问题。结果因此让女儿被深深地感动了。【小题1】根据第二段It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike.描述，可知他的愿望是在圣诞节那天得到一辆自行车。故选A。【小题2】根据As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again.描述，可知是因为她在最后两个月中没有提这件事。故选C。【小题3】联系上下文让孩子不高兴及伤心，可知这个单词意思是内疚的，故选D，遗憾的。【小题4】根据第四段描述，可知他们相处了一个用泥土做一个自行车模型的好主意。故选A。【小题5】根据Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied,及下文描述，可知她被父母深深地感动了。故选D。

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