高中英语Module6UneplainedMysteriesoftheNatureWorld试题（含解析）外研版必修4

Module6UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNatureWorld

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UFOs

不明飞行物

Britainreleased35previouslyclassifiedfilesdocumentingsightingsof

unidentifiedflyingobjects(UFOs)bythemilitaryandmembersofthepublic

datingbacktothe1950s.

英国解密了35份军方和民众提供的有关不明飞行物(UFO)见闻的绝密档案，这些见闻

最早可追溯至上世纪50年代。

Thefilescontainaround8,500pageswhichmainlycovertheperiodfrom

1997to2005andincludephotographs,drawingsanddescriptionsofflying

saucersightings,aswellasletterstheMinistryofDefense(MoD)sent

eyewitnessesinresponsetotheiraccounts.

此次解密的档案约有8500页，主要来自1997年至2005年期间，包括UF0相关照片、

图画、飞碟的文字描述以及英国国防部对目击者的答复信件。

Policemen,asoldier,aRoyalAirForce(RAF)officerandmembersofthe

publicreportsightingsofobjectsincludinga”chewymin-shapedsolidcraft

andaerialobjectsresemblinga"ring",a*'jellyfish"anda"silvervoile

spintop".

目击者包括警察、士兵、空军军官以及普通民众•有人声称见到"薄荷糖形状的坚实

飞行器”，还有人称发现”指环""水母"状的不明飞行物，顶部还有"银纱"环绕。

Inoneaccountamansaidhebelievedhehadbeen"abducted"byaliensin

October1998afterseeinganunidentifiedcrafthoveroverhisLondonhomeand

findinghehadgainedanhouroftimeintheprocess.

在某起事件中，一名英国男子称，他曾在1998年10月看到一架不明飞行物在他伦敦

家中的上空盘旋，随后便遭外星人“绑架”，事后发现自己”又回到一个小时前

"Itwasalargecigar-shapedvehiclewithbigprojectilesoneachside

likewings,nhetoldtheMoD.

他告诉英国国防部：”那是一个巨型的雪茄形状的飞船，两边各有一个机翼状推进

器。”

"Itseemedtohavetwoverybrightlightsatthefrontandawhitelight

flashingroundandroundunderneath-**Asyoucanimagine,Ifeltquite

shaken.”

"飞碟前端好像发出两道亮光，一道白光围绕底部来回旋转闪个不停。你可以想象一

下，我都吓呆了。"

TheMoDwrotetothemaninforminghimthattheobjectwasprobablyan

airship,addingthatthetimehehadgainedwasprobablytheresultofthe

clocksbeingputbackonehouronthenightofhiscloseencounter.

国防部给这名男子回信称，他看到的可能是一艘飞艇，至于时间停滞，可能是当晚他

不小心碰到手表，将手表调慢了一个小时。

AnotherbytheNationalArchivesrevealshowtheRAFwasinundatedwith

callsonemorningin1967afterresidentsofsouthernEnglandawoketofindsix

smallbeepingUFOslyinginaperfectlinefromtheIsleofSheppeytothe

BristolChannel.

英国国家档案管解密的另一份资料中写道，1967年的一天早上，英国皇家空军被电话

铃声淹没。英格兰南部地区多名居民来电称看到6架小型UFO。它们发出蜂鸣声，排成一

列，从谢佩岛向布里斯托尔海峡方向飞去。

AbombdisposalunitblewuponeoftheUFOs,anotherwasairliftedto

thesoutheasternvillageofAldermastonandboththearmyandtheMoD's

intelligenceunitweremobilisedforwhatwas

consideredareal"alieninvasion.

拆弹部队炸毁其中一架UFO,另一架则被空运至

东南部的奥尔德马斯顿村。当时英国陆军和国防部情

报部门都已做好准备，以防”真正的外星人入侵”。

Itwaslaterdiscoveredthatengineering

studentsatFarnboroughTechnicalCollegehad

constructedandpositionedtheUFOsinabidtoraisemoneyforcharity.

事后发现，这起恶作剧的幕后黑手居然是法恩伯勒科技学院的一名工程系学生，他希

望籍此为慈善机构募款。

"Itdoesraisesomequestionsaboutwhatreallywouldhappenifatany

timeinthefuturetherewassomekindofinstant-wouldwebeprepared?"

saidDavidClarke,authorof“TheUFOFiles"andconsultanttotheNational

Archives'UFOproject.

英国国家档案馆UFO项目顾问、《UFO档案》作者戴维•克拉克说：”这的确反映出

一些问题，如果将来某个时刻我们突然遇到外星人，我们准备好了吗？”

悦背单元词汇

I.核心单词

1.________vt.袭击；攻击

2.vt.声称

3._____adj.平静的

4._____adj.怀疑的：不相信的

5.________vt.占地（多大面积）

6.内.不见；消失

7.a力.有雅量的；大方的;心地高尚的

8._名誉：名声

9._____a0.吓人的一_______也使害怕一_________adj.害怕的，惊吓的，受惊的

10.vi.存在f________n.存在

11.—一adj.神秘的一_〃.神秘的事物；谜

12.vi,适应；适合f〃.适应；改编本

13.vt.象征；暗示f〃.指示；象征；指标

14.—_〃.身份；特性一_一.辨别;确认

15.〃.运气；命运；财富fadj.幸运的一adv.幸运地

II.重点短语

1.接近；靠近

2.突出；伸出

3.对……表示怀疑

4.与……有关联

5.适应

6.dieout

7.cutoff

8.throwlighton

9.comestraighttothepoint

10.dueto

I.核心单词

1.attack2.claim3.calm

4.sceptical5.cover

6.disappear7.generous8.reputation

9.frightening；frighten；frightened

10.exist；existence11.mysterious；mystery12.adapt；

adaptation

13.indicate；indication14.identity；identify15.fortune；

fortunate；fortunately

n.重点短语

1.getcloseto2.stickout3.bescepticalabout

4.berelatedto5.adaptto

6.灭绝7.阻挡，切断8.帮助弄清楚；阐明某事9.谈正

题；开门见山10.由于；因……造成

悦考量直知”

青点词出

1.existvi.存在；生存

Chinacontinuestomakesincereeffortstoproperlyhandlethedifferencesthat

existwithsomeofitsneighbors.中国继续做出真诚的努力，妥善处理与一些邻国存在

的分歧。

I归纳拓展I

(l)existin存在于...之中

existon靠...为生

Thereexists/existed...有...；存在着

(2)existencen.存在；生存

comeintoexistence开始存在；成立

inexistence现在的，现存的

2.claim声称，断言；主张；要求；认领；索赔n.断言；权利；要求权；所有权

ShehandedmeanearringsayingIshouldkeepitincasesomebodyclaimedit.她

递给我一个耳环说我可以先保管以防有人来认领它。

I归纳拓展I

（l）claimtodosth/that.・・主张做.../声称

Itisclaimedthat...有人主张

（2）layclaimtosth宣称对某物拥有所有权；认领某物

putin/makeaclaimforsth（因...的损害）提出赔偿要求

认领索赔

3.calma力:平静的；镇静的；沉着的&vi.（使）平静；（使）镇定

Emergencylineoperatorsmustalwaysstaycalmandmakesurethattheygetall

theinformationtheyneedtosendhelp.急救线的接线员必须一直保持冷静并确保能得

到他们派出救援需要的所有信息。

I归纳拓展I

calm（sb）down（使某人）平静下来，镇静下来

stay/keep/remaincalm保持镇静

易混辨析

calm平静的，沉着的。指风平浪静或人的情绪平静或镇静

quiet宁静的，安静的。指没有声音、不吵闹或心里没有烦恼

silent寂静的，沉默的。指不说话或没有声音

still静止的，不动的。指人或物体静止不动

5.adaptvi.&Ft.（使）适应;改编

“Thegoalofthistournamentistomakeplayersadapttothegame,soIwill

sendeveryplayertoplay,"saidLangPing."这个比赛的目标是让队员适应比

赛，所以我将派每位队员上场，”郎平说。

I归纳拓展I

(1)adapt(oneself)to使(自己)适应或习惯于

adaptsthforsth

改变某事物使适应……；把……改编成……

adapt...from...beadaptedfrom...根据...改编

(1)adaptationn.适应；改编本；改写本

6.fortunen.运气一大笔钱；财富

Gettymadealargefortuneinhislife,buthegavehismoneytotheartworld

becausehewantedpeopletolearnaboutandloveart.Getty一生中积累了很多财

富，但是他把钱给了艺术界，因为他想让人们了解并喜欢艺术。

(1)seekone6sfortune寻找致富及成功之路

makea/one，sfortune发财

tryone'sfortune碰运气

tellone'sfortune算命

(2)fortunateadj.幸运的，交好运的

befortunatetodosth幸运的去做某事

(3)fortunatelyadv.幸运地

unfortunatelyadv.不幸地

7.dieout灭绝；消失

Asisknowntous,manyoldcustomsaregraduallydyingout.我们都知道，许多旧

习俗正在日渐消失。

dieaway(声音或感情等)慢慢变弱，渐渐消失

diedown(风或噪声等)减弱；平息

dieoff先后死去，一一灭亡

dieof/from死于

diefor为...而死

8.comestraighttothepoint谈正题；开门见山

r11comestraighttothepoint-yourworkisn'tgoodenough.我要直截了当地说一

一你的工作做得不够好。

tothepoint切题，中肯

offthepoint离题

onthepointof就要的时候

There，snopointindoingsth做某事没有意义

重点句型剖析

1.Heclaimstohaveseenaroundblackcreaturemovingquicklythroughthe

water.他声称看见一个黑黑的、圆圆的动物在水中快速游动。

本句中的tohaveseen是动词不定式的完成形式，表示动作发生在句子谓语动词claim之

前。

强调动词不定式中的动作与谓语动作(几乎)同时发生

动词不定式的一般式todo;tobedone

或在谓语动作之后发生

强调动词不定式中的动作与谓语动作同时发生，并强

动词不定式的进行式tobedoing

调此动作的延续性

tohavedone;tohavebeen

动词不定式的完成式强调动词不定式动作发生在谓语动作之前

done

2.Othermembersoftheroyalfamilywereallowedtoweardragonsymbols,too,

butwithfewerclawsandofadifferentcolour.其他王室成员也能穿带有龙标志的

袍子，但是他们袍子上的龙爪少，颜色也不同。

本句中的ofadifferentcolour属于“of+名词”结构。

这种结构有两种用法：

(1)名词是use,importance,help,value,interest,benefit等时，该结构相当于“be

+名词所对应的形容词”，这类名词前可用no,some,any,little,much,great等对其

进行修饰。

⑵名词是size,kind,type,price,height,depth,width,length,weight,age,

shape,colour等时，该结构表示不同的人或物具有某种共同特征，这类名词前可用a,an,

thesame,different等修饰。

【试题导读】世界未解之谜是人们用现有的科学技术手段，或者按照正常的思维逻辑

以及推理方式无法解释的自然、天文、历史等现象。而随着科技的发展，人们认识手段的

进步，很多当时的未解之谜已渐渐被人们揭开了其神秘的面纱。高考题中就有关于此类的

试题，不信？一起来看看吧。

高考试题一

体裁题材词数难度建议时间

说明文透明430★★★☆☆T

（2015•北京，OLifeintheClear

Transparentanimalsletlightpassthroughtheirbodiesthesamewaylight

passesthroughawindow.Theseanimalstypicallylivebetweenthesurfaceof

theoceanandadepthofabout3,300feet-asfarasmostlightcanreach.

Mostofthemareextremelydelicateandcanbedamagedbyasimpletouch.Sonke

Johnsen,ascientistinbiology,says,*'Theseanimalslivethroughtheirlife

alone.Theynevertouchanythingunlessthey'reeatingit,orunlesssomething

iseatingthem.”

Andtheyareasclearasglass.Howdoesananimalbecomesee-through?

It'strickierthanyoumightthink.

Theobjectsaroundyouarevisiblebecausetheyinteractwithlight.Light

typicallytravelsinastraightline.Butsomematerialsslowandscatt6r（散射）

light,bouncingitawayfromitsoriginalpath.Othersabsorblight,stopping

itdeadinitstracks.Bothscatteringandabsorptionmakeanobjectlook

differentfromotherobjectsaroundit,soyoucanseeiteasily.

Butatransparentobjectdoesn'tabsorborscatterlight,atleastnot

verymuch,Lightcanpassthroughitwithoutbendingorstopping.Thatmeansa

transparentobjectdoesn'tlookverydifferentfromthesurroundingairor

water.Youdon,tseeit—youseethethingsbehindit.

Tobecometransparent,ananimalneedstokeepitsbodyfromabsorbingor

scatteringlight.Livingmaterialscanstoplightbecausetheycontain

pigments（色素）thatabsorbspecificcolorsoflight.Butatransparentanimal

doesn'thavepigments,soitstissueswon'tabsorblight.Accordingto

Johnsen,avoidingabsorptionisactuallyeasy.Therealchallengeispreventing

lightfromscattering.

Animalsarebuiltofmanydifferentmaterials-skin,fat,andmore-and

lightmovesthrougheachatadifferentspeed.Everytimelightmovesintoa

materialwithanewspeed,itbendsandscatters.Transparentanimalsuse

differenttrickstofightscattering.Someanimalsaresimplyverysmallor

extremelyflat.Withoutmuchtissuetoscatterlight,itiseasiertobesee

through.Othersbuildalarge,clearmassofnon-livingjelly-lie（果冻状

的）materialandspreadthemselvesoverit.

Largertransparentanimalshavethebiggestchallenge,becausetheyhaveto

makeallthedifferenttissuesintheirbodiesslowdownlightexactlyasmuch

aswaterdoes.Theyneedtolookuniform.Buthowthey'redoingitisstill

unknown.Onethingisclearfortheselargeranimals,stayingtransparentisan

activeprocess.Whentheydie,theyturnanon-transparentmilkywhite.

63.AccordingtoParagraph1,transparentanimals.

A.stayingroupsB.canbeeasily

damaged

C.appearonlyindeepoceanD.arebeautiful

creatures

64.Theunderlinedword"dead"inParagraph3means.

A.silentlyB.

gradually

C.regularlyD.

completely

65.Onewayforananimaltobecometransparentisto.

A.changethedirectionoflighttravel

B.gathermaterialstoscatterlight.

C.avoidtheabsorptionoflight

D.growbiggertostoplight.

66.Thelastparagraphtellsusthatlargertransparentanimals.

A.movemoreslowlyindeepwater

B.staysee-throughevenafterdeath

C.producemoretissuesfortheirsurvival

D.takeeffectiveactiontoreducelightspreading

【语篇解读】文章解释了生活在海洋的透明生物的特点、透明原理以及形成机制。

63.B细节理解题。文章第一段中的"Mostofthemareextremelydelicateandcan

bedamagedbyasimpletouch"可知B选项（透明动物是很容易受伤的）正确，故

选Bo

64.D词义猜测题。该词出现在文章第三段。前文提到了你能看到的物体一种是对光线进

行了散射，而另外一种是对光线的吸收。既然吸收了，那光在传播过程中就被完全

阻止了，因此这里dead是完全的意思。故选D。

65.C推理判断题。根据第五段第一句"Tobecometransparent,ananimalneedsto

keepitsbodyfromabsorbingorscatteringlight.H可知，动物想变透明就

要避免散射或吸收光线，因此其中的一个方法是C选项，避免光线的吸收。故选

Co

66.D推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句中的makeallthedifferenttissuesin

theirbodiesslowdownlightexactlyasmuchaswaterdoes可以推断出D

为正确答案，其中slowdown对应reduce。故选D。

【名师点睛】做科技类说明文时，考生应能：理解语篇的主旨要义，理解文中的具体信

息，根据上下文提供的线索推测生词的词义，根据文中事实和线索作出简单的判断和推

理。此次出现了新型科技类说明文。往年科技类说明文的阅读难点在于专业类词汇，但是

今年的阅读在问题设置上难度不大，属于文章难但题目不难的题目。所以要理解好文章，

做好此题就不是难题。

高考试题二

体裁题材词数难度建议时间

说明文买鱼和烧鱼201★★☆☆☆5(

（2016•新课标全国卷HI）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最

佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Everyoneknowsthatfishisgoodforhealth.16Butitseemsthatmany

peopledon'tcookfishathome.Americanseatonlyaboutfifteenpoundsof

fishperpersonperyear,butweeattwiceasmuchfishinrestaurantsasat

home.Buying,storing,andcookingfishisn,tdifficult.17Thistextis

abouthowtobuyandcookfishinaneasyway.

18Freshfishshouldsmellsweet:youshouldfeelthatyou,restanding

attheocean'sedge.Anyfishyorstrongsmellmeansthefishisn,tfresh.

19Whenyouhaveboughtafishandarrivehome,you'dbetterstorethefish

intherefrigeratorifyoudon'tcookitimmediately,butfreshfishshouldbe

storedinyourfridgeforonlyadayortwo.Frozenfishisn,tastastyasthe

freshone.

Therearemanycommonmethodsusedtocookfish.20First,leanitand

seasonitwithyourchoiceofspices(调料).Putthewholefishonaplateand

steamitinasteampotfor8to10minutesifitweighsaboutonepound.(A

largeronewi11takemoretime.)Then,it'sreadytoserve.

A.Donotbuyit.

B.Theeasiestistosteamit.

C.Thisishowyoucandoit.

D.Itjustrequiresalittleknowledge.

E.Thefishwillgobadwithinhours.

F.Whenbuyingfish,youshouldfirstsmellit.

G.Thefatsinfisharethoughttohelppreventheartdisease.

【语篇解读】文章主要介绍了一些买鱼和烧鱼的常识。带有强烈气味的鱼不新鲜，

最简单的方法是蒸鱼。

16.G第一句"Everyoneknowsthatfishisgoodforhealth."是总述，But表示转

折，说明But前面一句是对第一句的解释，G项”鱼中的脂肪有助于预防心脏病"

符合语境，故选G。

17.D根据题目前一句"Buying,storing,andcookingfishisn'tdifficult."可

知，购买、存放和烧鱼并非难事，再根据后面一句可知，文章主要介绍了买鱼和烧

鱼的简单知识，D项"这仅仅需要一点知识"符合语境，此题容易误选C项，C项后

面应该直接跟烧鱼的方法，即C项与后一句重复，故选D。

18.F根据"Freshfishshouldsmellsweet"可知，本段讲的是买鱼的时候要闻一下

鱼的气味，故选F。

19.A根据前一句"Anyfishyorstrongsmellmeansthefishisn'tfresh."可

知，带有腥味或者强烈的味道的鱼都不新鲜，不应该买这样的鱼，A项与后句联系

紧密，故选A。

20.B根据”

Putthewholefishonaplateandsteamitinasteampot"可

知，本段介绍的是蒸鱼的方法，故选B。

【名师点睛】高考七选五解题方法

1.通读全文，了解文章大意。这是一个泛读的过程，目的是了解文章大意，为以后的理解

做铺垫。

2.分析句型，了解语法构成。

3.当我们了解了文章大意后，要明确每一个空是填一个整句子还是半个句子。这一点十分

重要，它能够帮助我们迅速确定某些空的选项范围，比如，有一个空的结尾处没有标点

符号，后文紧跟着一个句子的后半部分，很显然这时我们需要填的是半个句子，这时便

可以在七个选项中找到是半个句子的选项，从而缩小选择范围。

4.明确关联关系。任何句子都是要么和上文有联系，要么和下文有联系，要么和上下文都

有联系，因此做题时要看上下文语境。

5.带入通读，复查。做完题目切忌直接离开，这时我们很有必要将自己填好的文章通读一

遍，将其看成一篇行文通顺、语意连贯的文章来读，这时如果感到有意义不连贯的地

方，很有可能是我们填错了空，就要复查了。

注意：七选五的特点在于，错一道，往往还会错另外的一道或几道，我们叫做"连错

",所以当你发现自己有一处填的有问题时，一定要同时检查其他空。

悦撇典型模拟

I.阅读理解

Itseemsthatthegreatdesireamongtheyoungistobepopular.Thedesire

tobepopularcanforceyouintolookingandactinglikeeveryoneelse.Youcan

loseyourselfinaseaofidenticalhairstylesandthinkingstyles.

IwasforcedtothinkaboutpopularitynottoolongagoinatalkIhad

withmydaughter.Margyhadtochangeschoolswhenmybusyworkschedulemade

itnecessaryformetomovehouses.Isupposethat,foragirlinherteens,

enteringanewschoolislikespendingaseasonaloneinthetropicaljungles.

Atleastthat'showMargyfounditatfirst.However,astheschoolyeardrew

toaclose,onestudentafteranothercametoher.ItoldMargythatIwould

havebeenmoreconcernedifshehadbeenaninstantsocialsuccessinhernew

school.Nobodycanpleaseeveryone.Ifyoutrytodoso,youwillfindvalues

aslastingassoapbubblesblownintotheair.

Someteenagersclaimtheywanttodressastheyplease.Buttheyallwear

thesameclothes.Theysetoffinnewdirectionsinmusic.Butsomehowtheyall

enduplisteningtothesamerecord.Theirreasonforthinkingoractingina

certainwayisthatthecrowdisdoingit.Theyhavecomeoutoftheircocoon

intoalargercocoon.

Iknowthatithasbecomeharderforayoungpersontostandupagainstthe

popularitywave.Ourwayoflifemakesayoungnonconformiststandoutlikea

Martian.Thesedaysthere?sagreatbarrierfortheyoungpersonwhowantsto

findhisorherownpath.Butthebarrierisworthclimbingover.Youmaywant

tolistentoclassicalmusicinsteadofgoingtoaparty.Well,gotoit.Be

yourself.Popularitywillcomewiththepeoplewhorespectyouforwhoyouare.

That,stheonlykindofpopularitythatreallycounts.

1.Whywastheauthorworriedabouthisdaughter'spopularityinhernewschool?

A.Shemightfindnotruefriends.

B.Shewouldignoreheracademicperformance.

C.Shehadnoideaofherown.

D.Shemightbetrayhertrueself.

2.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofmostteenagers?

A.They'reafraidofgettinglostinlife.

B.Theyhavedifficultyunderstandingeachother.

C.Theylackthecouragetobetrulydifferent.

D.Theyfindithardtogainpopularityasexpected.

3.Whatistheprobablemeaningoftheunderlinedword“nonconformist〃in

Paragraph4?

A.Someonewhocaresaboutothers'opinion.

B.Someonewhodesirespopularitygreatly.

C.Someonewhobehavesinhisownway.

D.Someonewhowantstopleaseothers.

4.WhatistheauthorJspurposeofwritingthispassage?

A.Topersuadereaderstopursuevaluablepopularity.

B.Totellparentshowtoguidetheirchildren.

C.Tocriticizethepresentvaluesandbeliefs.

D.Tosuggestagoodwaytobepopular.

II.七选五

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多

余选项。

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isthatheavyamountsofsnowfallinsurprisinglysmallareas.Anotherreason

isthatasmallchangeintemperaturecanmeanthedifferencebetweensnowand

rain.

Justwhatissnow,anyway?Snowisaformoffrozenwater.2These

crystalsgrowfromwaterdropletsincoldclouds.Theyusuallygrowarounddust

particles（颗粒）.Allsnowcrystalshavesixsides,buttheygrowindifferent

shapes.Theshapedependsmainlyonthetemperatureandwaterlevelsintheair.

3Abouttwoandone-halfcentimetersofrainhasasmuchwateras15

centimetersofwetsnow.About76centimetersofdrysnowequalsthewaterin

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softsnowontheground,thesurfaceofthesnowabsorbs,ortakesin,sound

waves.5Then,thesnow'ssurfacewillhelptosendbacksoundwaves.

Undertheseconditions,soundsmayseemclearerandmaytravelfarther.

A.Snowcontainsmuchlesswaterthanrain.

B.Muchofthewatertheworldusescomesfromsnow.

C.Itcontainsgroupsoficeparticlescalledsnowcrystals.

D.Itisdifficulttopredictwhere,whenorhowmuchsnowwillfall.

E.Becausetheairhastroublemoving,themovementofheatislimited.

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piecesofice.

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havebeenstrongwinds.

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decoratethetree.Iwasso8Beforeweknewit,thetreedecorationwas

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alwaysfoundundertheChristmastree.

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memoriesD.interests

2.A.tookoverB.putoutC.

turneddownD.setup

3.A.cutB.bought

C.grownD.decorated

4.A.unlessB.beforec.

whileD.though

5.A.whisperB.swingc.

talkD.dance

6.A.amazementB.curiosityC.delight

D.anxiety

7.A.offeredB.refusedC.

pretendedD.hesitated

8.A.disappointedB.regretfulC.puzzled

D.grateful

9.A.lastingB.uniqueC.

pleasantD.unusual

10.A.activityB.customC.

souvenirD.celebration

11.A.annoyedB.depressedC.serious

D.quiet

12.A.languageB.shapeC.

imageD.expression

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