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There Really Was a Santa Claus Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her   41   was to go to the post office every day and   42   the company mail. One day in December, she   43   a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus   44   on the corner of the street. Each day she   45   her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and   46   her a Merry Christmas.        At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Clause   47   stood in the cold wind.   48   she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.        A week later, a(n)   49   Santa Claus was standing there. “What happened to the other Santa Claus?” she asked. He told her, “He’s very   50   today.” She prayed for his health.        Later that day, a colleague came into her office   51  . “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “It’s my ex-husband,” her colleague   52  , “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas,   53   my ex-husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year.” The lady   54  her colleague, “I’m sure everything will   55  . It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles(奇迹).”        That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s   56  , “I know we don’t have much money to   57  , but I’d like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t afford to buy anything for   58   but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”        She reached up and held him. Warmth spread   59   her body. He held her and realized that there really was a Santa Claus – and he had   60   her! 41. A. family               B. job                  C. life                  D. religion 42. A. receive                   B. go through           C. answer           D. pick up 43. A. spotted                   B. watched         C. sensed           D. followed 44. A. standing                 B. waiting             C. playing           D. performing 45. A. earned                    B. counted         C. saved             D. threw 46. A. send                B. wish                C. offer               D. tell 47. A. even                B. just                 C. still                 D. yet 48. A. Although                 B. If                C. Since              D. After 49. A. honest                    B. new                C. considerate          D. strong 50. A. sad                   B. poor               C. cold                D. sick 51. A. in tears                   B. in shock         C. in horror        D. in trouble 52. A. concluded              B. decided         C. continued             D. commented 53. A. or                     B. but                  C. so                   D. otherwise 54. A. reminded               B. amused            C. teased            D. comforted 55. A. work out                 B. come back              C. run out           D. open up 56. A. message              B. suggestion         C. situation        D. example 57. A. lend               B. help                     C. lose                D. pay 58. A. ourselves                   B. themselves        C. us                   D. others 59. A. off                  B. to                  C. among            D. through 60. A. relaxed                 B. doubted              C. married          D. shaped 答案： BDAAC  BCDBD ACBDA CBADC

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