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Colby Point is a small town. A little girl named Margie lived there with her grandparents,   Bill and
Cleo.
Margie always looked forward to the __1__ of Christmas and this year was no __2__ as winter
began to settle like a warm blanket around the small town. Everyone was __3__ at the church; the
congregation(教堂的会众) were__4__ to share their Christmas wishes with each other. __1__ Cleo
couldn't make it to the church,   and Bill didn't like to __6__ her alone for long,   he dropped Margie
off at the church early that morning.
As Margie sat in church,   she __7__ in her mind over and over what she would say. The pastor
said,   "This is a __8__ time of year and we want to __9__ your Christmas wishes. We cannot   10  
everyone's wish,   but we would like to try and help you realize a few. As I call your name,   please
  11   and tell us about your Christmas  12   ."
One after another,   the church members  13  their wishes,   large and small. Margie was  14   and
the youngest to speak. As she looked at the congregation,   she spoke  15  ,   "I would like my grandma
to come to the church. She cannot walk,   and she and my grandpa have to stay at home. They  16 
coming so much. So that is  17  I wish for. And please don't tell them,   for it needs to be  18   ."
Grandpa was getting on his coat  19  he happened to look out the front window. He saw some cars
coming down the dirt road. Now at this time of the year there wasn't too much  20  ,   so this was really
amazing. Grandpa looked at Grandma,   and they both looked at Margie. Grandpa asked,   "Just what
did you wish for,   Margie?"
"I wished that you and Grandma could go to the church."

(     )1. A. speech         (     )2. A. expression     (     )3. A. worried         (     )4. A. begging         (     )5. A. Therefore       (     )6. A. take           (     )7. A. practiced       (     )8. A. characteristic (     )9. A. realize         (     )10. A. complete       (     )11. A. look forward   (     )12. A. wish           (     )13. A. shared         (     )14. A. the first     (     )15. A. anxiously     (     )16. A. mind           (     )17. A. what           (     )18. A. a promise     (     )19. A. where         (     )20. A. arrangement

B. arrival     B. example     B. excited     B. coming       B. Once         B. keep         B. watched     B. special     B. notice       B. finish       B. come across B. intention   B. preferred   B. the last     B. properly     B. miss         B. why         B. a pleasure   B. which       B. attention

C. praise       C. exception     C. determined   C. preparing     C. Until         C. leave         C. waited       C. similar       C. hear         C. achieve       C. come through C. attempt       C. showed       C. the earliest C. confidently   C. forget       C. how           C. an offer     C. when         C. service

D. presentation D. extinction   D. bored         D. regretting   D. Since         D. force         D. conducted     D. particular   D. announce     D. fulfill       D. come forward D. present       D. said         D. the best     D. seriously     D. avoid         D. that         D. a surprise   D. before       D. traffic

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