Two weeks before Christmas, Mother told me we were going to my grandmother's house for the holiday. Grandma and Uncle Henry lived on a farm some 15 miles out of town They had no electricity or running water and _ what I considered the good things in life. They made no plans for Christmas When Christmas Eve arrived, Mom told me in her best I-mean-it voice to _ all the decorations from our tree. She packed those up all the materials for a _ turkey dinner.
Christmas morning perfectly with the sun shining brightly across a fresh blanket of snow. _ I was angry silently in the backseat of the car as we made our _ to grandma's. This was going to be the _ Christmas ever! Grandma was _ to see us as we walked up to her door. What on earth are you doing here? she said. We weren't expecting . It's Christmas, and I don't even have a turkey to cook for you. I knew . Mom said as we set boxes of goodies(好吃的) on the kitchen table. That's _ we brought all with us. We _ have a tree Mom insisted what will we do with all these decorations? Uncle Henry quickly caught Mom's spirit. He called me to join him, and we found a perfect Christmas tree in the woods. Soon the house _ fresh and piney as we decorated the pine tree, and the day a festive air . The turkey dinner was very good, too. I was actually beginning to enjoy this unusual Christmas day!
Dessert was almost forgotten _ Mom came out with the final surprise-a flaming (色彩鲜明的)pudding! Merry Christmas, mother, Mom said. Dear me! Grandma said with her mouth wide open. I haven't seen a flaming pudding since I left England before I was married. Tears of filled her eyes. I could not keep the tears . my eyes, either. I knew then that Mom had also given me the best Christmas present ever.
She had taught me what a beautiful thing it is to give.
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(答案→)B
解析：本文讲述了在圣诞节时，妈妈送给了奶奶最好的圣诞礼物，奶奶非常感动。
【小题1】考查动词。根据该句前半句的意思可知，奶奶家没有电，没有自来水，没有“我”认为的生活中的好东西。第一个谓语和宾语had no...和本空白处应该填的词意思相同。故选B。
【小题2】 考查副词。:用also表示“附加”。still表示“依然还”，在此可表示现在还没计划，可能晚些时候会做，很显然不符合上下文的意思。故选A。
【小题3】考查动词。remove“取代，拿下”，此处指把自己家的圣诞树上挂着的饰物取下来。replace“取代，替代”，collect“有选择地搜集”。故选C。
【小题4】考查短语。along with“一起，一块儿”。此处指母亲把圣诞树上及做一顿完整的火鸡正餐所需要的全部材料一块包装齐备。故选C。
【小题5】考查形容词。plete“完整的，完全的”，此时表现了母亲考虑问题周到、细致，把所需要的东西一应俱全准备完备。故选B。
【小题6】考查动词。dawn动词，意为“天开始亮，破晓（begin to grow light），开始显露出来”。圣诞节的黎明来的完美，阳光照在刚下的雪上，熠熠生辉。故选A。
【小题7】考查连词。景色迷人，一切是如此美好，但主人公的心情非常不好。but表示语气上的转折，天气的晴朗反衬出主人公心情的阴郁。故选A。
【小题8】考查短语。make one’s way to固定短语，“朝……走去”。其他三个选项均可以和make构成搭配，但不符合语境。故选B。
【小题9】考查形容词。“预料这个圣诞节将会是所度过的最糟糕的圣诞节。”句尾的even意为“曾经”，该句相当于This is going to be the worst Christmas we have ever had.故选D。
【小题10】考查形容词。从下文的谈话中可以看出奶奶见到他们非常吃惊，她没有料到这个时候，会有人到她家来。故选C。
【小题11】考查代词。anyone用在否定句中表示“任何人”。故选A。
【小题12】考查代词。that代表上文奶奶说的内容。that常用来代替上文所提到的内容，this指下面要说的内容，it可以指代某个具体的事物。故选C。
【小题13】考查表语从句。why引导的句子作表语，意为“这就是我们带了一只火鸡的原因”。
故选B。
【小题14】考查情态动词。从语境和insist这个词来看，需用must，表示“一定要，必须”。故选D。
【小题15】考查副词。全句的意思是:我们必须有一棵圣诞树，不然的话，这些装饰物往哪儿放呢？otherwise“否则，不然的话”，meanwhile“同时”，therefore“所以”，however“但是”。故选D。
【小题16】考查动词。屋子里放上刚砍来的圣诞树，装饰物被挂在了树上，很快屋里散发出一股清新的气味。smell作不及物动词有“发出……的气味”之意,bee,change都有“变化”的意思，bee后可跟形容词，但此处意思不符。故选B。
【小题17】考查短语。take on意为“开始具有，呈现”。“房子里到处呈现出节日的气氛。”show up“显眼，突出”；carry on“继续执行”；light up“（表情）开朗起来”。故选C。
【小题18】考查连词。until用在肯定句中表示动作一直进行到时间状语从句所表示的时间结束。此句意为:直到妈妈带着最后的惊喜进来，我们才想到吃甜点。故选A。
【小题19】考查名词。妈妈做的冒着火苗的布丁让奶奶想起了她的过去，她的家乡，所以奶奶高兴得流出了眼泪。joy“快乐，高兴”。其他选项均不合题意。故选B。
【小题20】考查短语。我也禁不住流下泪来。keep the tears from one’s eyes相当于keep the tears back from one’s eyes，“阻止泪水流下来”；keep tears back“抑制住眼泪”，但在此和eyes无法连接。故选D。