内容正文:
The Christmas Story
一、读故事,结合提示完成文本语法填空:
A long time ago, in a town 1_________ (call) Nazareth, lived a young woman called Mary. One day she2_________ (visit) by an angel named Gabriel.Gabriel told Mary that she was going3_________ (have) a baby. The baby would be God’s son.Gabriel said that God wanted her to call the baby Jesus.
Mary was engaged 4_________ a carpenter called Joseph. Mary told Joseph what Gabriel had told her.
Joseph and Mary got 5_________ (marry ) and prepared for the 6_________ (arrive) of the special baby.
When it was time for the baby to arrive Mary and Joseph7_________ (travel) to Bethlehem.It was 8_________ long journey so Mary rode on a donkey.Joseph was from Bethlehem and they needed to go there to pay taxes.Bethlehem was very busy and Joseph and Mary could not find a place 9_________ (stay).
10_________(eventual) an innkeeper found them a place to rest in his stable.11_________ was in this stable that the Baby Jesus 12_________ (birth).At the same time some shepherds were sitting on a hillside 13_________(watch) their sheep.An angel appeared 14_________ the sky. She told them not 15_________(be) afraid.The angel told them that the Son of God had been born in Bethlehem.
The shepherds walked to Bethlehem to see 16_________ special baby.Far away in the East three wise men saw a very bright star.They knew it 17________(mean) that a new King had been born and followed the star to find him.
The star led them all the way to Bethlehem.The wise men thought the baby would be in King Herod’s palace, 18_________ they went there first.Herod was curious 19_________ this new king and asked the wise men 20_________(let) them know where he was.The wise men presented Baby Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense (乳香)and myrrh(没药). That night, in their 21_________(dream), an angel warned them not 22_________(tell) King Herod where Jesus was.When they awoke, they left for home and never23_________ (return) to Herod’s Palace.
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