No. 1
（2020. 江苏省盐城市高三模拟考）It was Christmastime, and I had promised my son a bicycle. But life’s little catastrophes had ___1___ my bike savings again and again. I stood at the bicycle display and my heart __2___ .
But, ___3___, there must be one that I could afford. I walked back and forth in front of the ___4___, as if I could will one into ___5___. “Please God,” I prayed silently. “I promised him a bicycle.”
I stopped and stared as the truth became ___6___: there was not a single bike within my ___7___ .
A man walked up beside me and was excited about making his __8__. He wanted to know which one I was getting. I pointed to a green one, my son’s favorite color1 and explained to him the promise and my ___9___ .
He stared at it for a moment and then said to me, “I’ll carry this to the ___10___ for you.”
“I can’t!” I said. “I don’t have enough money.”
“I know,” he said, “I’m ___11___ it for you.”
“What? You can5t get this for me.”
He ___12__ me and walked to the checkout line and paid.
“Now which way to your car?” he asked, walking out of store.
A million concerns as to his motives ___13__through my head, but I walked to my car, full of __14___ and gratitude.
He ___15___ the big box into the trunk. Then he turned to me, said, “Merry Christmas!” and quickly disappeared in the parking lot.
I ___16___ the generosity of that man’s deed in my heart, and over the years tried to be ___17___ to what I could do for others.
Fifteen years later, in that same store I heard a ___18__ woman in the next line whispering that she couldn’t ___19__ what she needed for her unborn baby. I ___20__ and said to myself “I’m on it, God!”
1. A. lost B. claimed C. deposited D. wasted
2. A. failed B. hammered C. beat D. sank
3. A. surely B. fortunately C. surprisingly D. eventually
4. A. car B. counter C. display D. store
5. A. existence B. life C. practice D. power
6. A. specific B. obvious C. complex D. unbelievable
7. A. budget B. sight C. income D. authority
8. A. collection B. selection C. achievement D. movement
9. A. dream B. schedule C. dilemma D. option
10. A. garage B. exit C. entrance D. register
11. A. fetching B. getting C. carrying D. wrapping
12. A. observed B. escaped C. ignored D. teased
13. A. raced B. lived C. jumped D. saw
14. A. regret B. panic C. disbelief D. sympathy
15. A. threw B. folded C. separated D. slid
16. A. planted B. showed C. rewarded D. measured
17. A. reduced B. allergic C. superior D. sensitive
18. A. working B. pregnant C. wealthy D. greedy
19. A. charge B. choose C. afford D. move
20. A. sighed B. hesitated C. waited D. smiled
