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1、第五组 (建议用时：25分钟)阅读理解AWhoever enters my home for the first time will always be impressed with a small and white envelope. It is stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no address. It has hung through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so.It all began because my husband
2、Mike hated Christmas. He didnt hate the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it: overspending, the crazy running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma and the gifts given in desperation because you couldnt think of anything else
3、.Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to ignore the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way.Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling(摔跤) at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly b
4、efore Christmas, there was a nonleague match against a team sponsored by an innercity church, mostly black.These youngsters, dressed in sports shoes so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their blue and gold uniforms an
5、d brand new wrestling shoes.As the match began, I was surprised to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestlers ears. It was a luxury(奢侈) that the poor team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up beating them. We took every wei
6、ght class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat，he walked around in rags, holding his head high with a kind of street pride that couldnt acknowledge defeat.Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won.” he said，“They have a lot of potential, but losi
7、ng_like_this_could_take_the_heart_right_out_of_them.”Mike loved kidsall kids and he knew them, having coached little league football and baseball. Thats when the idea for his present came.That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought a variety of wrestling headgears and shoes and
8、 sent them to the innercity church without leaving my name.On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years.For each Christmas, I f
9、ollowed the tradition, one year sending a group of mentally disabled youngsters to a baseball game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and so on.The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last t
10、hing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wideeyed expectation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents.As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its attraction. The
11、story doesnt end there.You see, we lost Mike. When Christmas rolled around，I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, three more joined it. Each of our children had secretly placed an envelope on the
12、tree for their dad.The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wideeyed expectation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mikes spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us.1According to the passage, Mike
13、hated Christmas because _Ahe didnt fully understand the true meaning of ChristmasBhe didnt like people spending too much money on presentsChe disliked receiving the same gifts like shirts or sweaters every yearDhe hated rushing into a store crazily to purchase a tie for Uncle Harry2The writer uses t
14、he example of the two teams mainly to _Aexpress her sincere sympathy on lowerclass teenagersBreflect the financial difficulty of the innercity churchCshow she was proud that her sons team won the gameDexplain how she got her inspiration of sending Mike a special gift3What did Mike mean by saying the
15、 sentence underlined in Paragraph 7?AThey tried to pick themselves up even if they failed in the match.BThey might lose heart after they were bitterly defeated in this way.CThey wouldnt acknowledge the defeat because of the unfairness.DThey didnt live up to their potential because they lost faith in
16、 themselves.4Which of the following best describes the writer?ABrave and earing. BSensitive and patient.CGenerous and careful. DConsiderate and warmhearted.5What can we infer from the passage?AThe envelope became the highlight of their Christmas.BThe children now prefer new toys to practical presents.CMikes spirit will have an everlasting in
