Christmas was coming and my ten-year-old Alice told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her bike was too_______, and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas_______, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, we thought, for she didn't say it again. We were busy_______some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than_______
Now we didn't know_______to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing_______presents, parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight. So there was_______time to take to buy the "right bike" for our little girl. Thinking we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we felt sorry and_______
Suddenly my husband had an idea. "What about making a little bike with clay (黏土) and writing a note that she could trade in (交换) the model bike for a real one?" So he spent the next five hours carefully_______with clay to make a small bike.
________Christmas morning, we were so excited for Alice to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the________loudly. She looked at me and said, "So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real________?" Smiling, I said, "Yes!" Alice had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I would________trade in this beautiful bike Daddy made me. I________keep it than get a real bike. This is the best Christmas present________I have ever got in my life!"【小题1】

A．new

B．old

C．beautiful

D．modern

【小题2】

A．came nearer

B．was over

C．went by

D．passed

【小题3】

A．buy

B．bought

C．to buy

D．buying

【小题4】

A．something else

B．anything else

C．else something

D．else anything

【小题5】

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．where

【小题6】

A．children

B．children's

C．boy

D．girls

【小题7】

A．enough

B．no

C．much

D．still a little

【小题8】

A．happy

B．excited

C．sad

D．angry

【小题9】

A．works

B．worked

C．working

D．to work

【小题10】

A．In

B．On

C．At

D．For

【小题11】

A．book

B．story

C．note

D．newspaper

【小题12】

A．one

B．ones

C．some

D．any

【小题13】

A．usually

B．certainly

C．never

D．of course

【小题14】

A．am going to

B．would like to

C．had better

D．would rather

【小题15】

A．who

B．those

C．what

D．that