Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses 36 Anna's were washed away. Anna's house was high enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were __ 37 there with no roof and no walls and all covered with __ 38 , her house was 39 quite all right. Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children , 40 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 41 in the flood and she 42 her home with them until it was 43 for them to rebuild their houses. Anna's friends were 44 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give 45 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 46  . 'Well,' Anna 47 her friends, 'at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I 48 lived found herself very poor, because her husband 49 in the war and she had a lot of children, 50 I have now. The day before Christams, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for 51 this year, so I’m going to 52 only one present for all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back 53 a girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’ she said to her children. The children were 54 to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. 55 was that Christmas present. 小题1: A．down below B．just around C．next to D．above 小题2: A．rising B．appearing C．falling D．standing 小题3: A．water B．trees C．dust D．mud 小题4: A．just B．already C．yet D．still 小题5: A．so B．but C．for D．since 小题6: A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．something 小题7: A．made B．found C．shared D．built 小题8: A．possible B．necessary C．important D．valuable 小题9: A．worried B．disappointed C．puzzled D．impressed 小题10: A．them B．herself C．them all D．her 小题11: A．support B．supply C．grow D．keep 小题12: A．explained to B．asked for C．talked with D．spoke as 小题13: A．actually B．then C．before D．later 小题14: A．had killed B．might be killed C．had been killed D．killed 小题15: A．for B．as C．like D．that 小题16: A．you B．us C．Christmas D．your birthday 小题17: A．get B．send C．buy D．make 小题18: A．for B．from C．like D．with 小题19: A．sad B．happy C．worried D．sorry 小题20: A．It B．She C．Such D．I