热点21 节假日活动及节日特征-备战2021年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练

备战2021年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练 热点21 节假日活动及节日特征 一、完型填空 1 The unused tissue (纸巾) in the bathroom always reminds me of my childhood. Christmas was drawing near. Feeling grown up, I decided that I was supposed to get a gift for my 1 . However, being only 8 years old, I had never bought a gift before. I wasn't sure what to buy or where to get it. I emptied the change from my piggy bank, and 2 the local store. I entered the store, carefully 3 each thing on every shelf. While walking in the store, I 4 my mother's expressions when she opened it on Christmas morning. There were so many nice things here, but I 5 that the change in my pocket wasn't enough to buy one. Soon I began to feel 6 , without hope of finding anything. At that time, I saw exactly what I was 7 . I think it was the 8 gift—a great big box of tissues. Now, a box of tissues may not sound like a 9 to you, but it was one thing we never had in our home when I was a child. With seven children and very little 10 , tissues were something really luxury (奢侈) for us. My mother 11 bought them. I smiled as I took the box from the shelf and 12 walked to the cash desk. My mom was going to 13 this. Christmas morning came, and my mother loved the tissues. That 14 feeling I had in the store returned again when I saw her happiness. The joy we felt couldn't have been any greater, even if it had been a necklace made of gold. 15 , it was her only gift. That year, I learned how to give a gift to someone special by choosing it carefully, and packing it with love. 1. A. myself B. mom C. father D. sister 2. A. drove to B. returned to C. left from D. headed for 3. A. moved B. considered C. recorded D. admired 4. A. worried B. noticed C. imagined D. discovered 5. A. realized B. suggested C. wondered D. forgot 6. A. proud B. excited C. warm D. sad 7. A. dealing with B. putting up C. looking for D. asking for 8. A. expensive B. same C. perfect D. traditio