2025年常州纺织服装职业技术学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析

2025年常州纺织服装职业技术学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析（图片大小可自由调整）一、单选题(共50题)1、HongKongis（）thesouthofChina,andit'soneofthebusiestcitiesintheworld.(1分)A、inB、onC、atD、to正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查方位介词。句意为：“香港在中国的南部，它是世界上最繁忙的城市之一。”in表示“在……范围之内”,后接大地点；on表示两地接壤，是相邻关系；at意为“在……附近”,后接小地点；to表示在范围之外，强调是远离关系；根据常识可知香港是中国的一部分，所以用in。故选A。2、【图片大小可调】

(1分)A、canB、mayC、mustD、might正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析这句话的意思是：你必须在11点之前回来，must是必须。3、（）youjust（）toHans?(1分)A、Did;speakB、Will;speakC、Have;spokenD、Are;speaking正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查现在完成时。句意为：“你刚和Hans谈了吗?”根据时间状语just可知句子时态是现在完成时，其结构为have/hasdone,变一般疑问句时直接把have/has提前，句子的主语是you,所以助动词用“have”。故选C。4、Mysisterpracticesplaying（）pianoforthecomingtalentshow.(1分)A、aB、anC、theD、/正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查冠词。句意为：“我姐姐为即将到来的才艺表演练习钢琴。”不定冠词a/an表泛指，a用于以辅音音素开头的单词前，an用于以元音音素开头的单词前；定冠词the表特指。乐器类名词前要加定冠词the。故选C。5、Itwasnotuntilmidnight（）thenoiseofthestreetstopped.(1分)A、thatB、whichC、sinceD、when正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查强调句。句意为：“直到半夜，街上的噪音才停止。”强调句结构：“Itis/was+被强调部分+that/who+句子其他成分.”,当被强调的是人时，用who或that,其余的情况一律用that。分析句子结构可知，此句强调的是时间状语notuntilmidnight,所以应用that。故选A。6、材料Whydopeopleplayfootball?It'sa(1)gameandit'sdangeroustoo.Twenty-twomenfightforsixtyminutestomake(2)manygoalsastheycan.Theygetmoreblackeyes,bruiseandbrokenbonesthanthey(3)points.Footballplayersmustbemad.

Andwhydopeoplewatchfootball?They(4)bemadtoo.Theycertainly(5)andscreamlikemadmen.I'mafraid(6)nearafootballfieldwhenthey'replayingagame.Thecrowdsaredangerous.I'd(7)stayhomeandwatchTV.ButwhathappenswhenIturnit(8)?They'reshowingafootballgame.SoIturnontheradio.WhatdoIhear?The(9)footballscores.AndwhatdoIseewhenIopenanewspaper?Picturesoffootballplayers,interviewswith(10)players,scoresoffootballgames.

第(6)选（）(1分)A、going

B、forgoing

C、togo

D、tobegoing正确答案选项：参考答案：C7、Beijingis（）capitalof（）People'sRepublicof（）China.(1分)A、a;the;theB、the;the;/C、the;the;theD、the;a;the正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析中国就一个首都表示独一无二的事物的时候要加the

中国的全称中华人民共和国thePeople'sRepublicofChina(PRC)这是固定的8、Theteacheraskedus________somuchnoise.

(1分)A、don’tmakeB、notmakeC、notmakingD、nottomake正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查ask的用法。asksbto/nottodosth为固定搭配，意思是要求某人做/不做某事。句子译为老师要求我们不要制造如此多噪声。句子已经有谓语，故A、B；C不符合搭配。故选D。9、________theradio,I'dliketolistentotheweatherreport(天气预报).

(1分)A、SwitchoffB、SwitchonC、OpenD、Close正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析打开广播，我喜欢听天气预报。Switchon：打开10、材料Cait,11,wastryingtofallasleepwhenher8-year-oldbrother,Doug,cameintoherroom.Helookedaround,butseemedreally(outofit).ThenDougwentbackintothehallwayandstoodtherelookingstraightupatthelight.Thiswasreallystrange.Caitdidn'tknowwhattodo.Justthen,Cait'sfatherappearedandexplainedDougwassleepwalking.

Notallsleepisthesameeverynight.Weexperiencesomedeep,quietsleepandsomeactivesleep,whichiswhendreamshappen.Youmightthinksleepwalkingwouldhappenduringactivesleepbutapersonisn'tphysicallyactiveduringactivesleep.Itusuallyhappensinthefirstfewhoursofsleepintheperiodcalleddeepsleep.

Thetruthisthatnotallsleepwalkerswalk.Somesimplysituporstandinbedoractlikethey'reawakewhen,infact,they'reasleep!Most,however,dogetupandwalkaroundforafewsecondsorforaslongashalfanhour.

Sleepwalkers'eyesareopen,buttheydon'tseethesamewaytheydowhenthey'reawake.Theytendtogobacktobedontheirownandwon'trememberitinthemorning.

Youalsomighthaveheardthatsleepwalkerscangetfrightenedifyouwakethemup.That'strue,sowhatdoyoudoifyouseesomeonesleepwalking?Youshouldcallforagrown-upwhocanleadthepersonbacktobed.Andoncethesleepwalkeristucked(掖好被子)backinbed,it'stimeforyoutogetsomesleep,too!Whatdoes“outofit”mostprobablymeaninChinese?(1分)A、茫然不觉B、心满意足C、垂头丧气D、悠然自得正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析【主旨大意】本文介绍了晚上梦游的事情，同时指出了梦游发生的时间和表现，如果遇到梦游的人，要找一个成年人带梦游的人回去睡觉。词义猜测题。根据第一段第二句“Helookedaround,butseemedreallyoutofit.”及下文可知，Doug的这个状态叫梦游，根据常识可知梦游的人是什么都不知道的，所以我们可以猜测“outofit”的意思是“茫然不觉”。故选A。11、Isawsome（）and（）dancinginthestreetthedaybeforeyesterday.(1分)A、Germen;EnglishmenB、Germans;EnglishmansC、Germans;EnglishmenD、Germans;Englishman正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查名词复数。句意为：“前天我看见一些德国人和英国人在街上跳舞。”some修饰可数名词复数或不可数名词；German和Englishman都是可数名词，复数形式分别为Germans和Englishmen。故选C。12、—Teenagersshouldnotbeallowedtohavepart-timejobs．—I________.Theycanlearnalotfromworking．（）(1分)A、doubtB、disappointC、disagree正确答案选项：参考答案：C13、TheSmithsusuallyhave（）picnicintheparkonSundays.(1分)A、aB、/C、theD、an正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查冠词。句意为：“Smith一家通常周日在公园里野餐。”不定冠词a/an表泛指，a用于以辅音音素开头的单词前，an用于以元音音素开头的单词前；定冠词the表特指。picnic是以辅音音素开头，haveapicnic是固定搭配，意为“去野餐”。故选A。14、Thisphotographremindedtheoldlady___thedayswhenshewasagirl.

(1分)A、withB、forC、byD、of正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析这张照片使老太太想起了她小时候的日子。这句话中使用的短语是remindsb.ofsth.使某人想起某事，故应选D。15、________themachinebeginstowork,youcan’tstopit_____.

(1分)A、While;soonB、or;rightawayC、Once;atonceD、Until;immediately正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析第一空考查连词：while虽然，for因为，once一旦until直到，第二空考查副词，soon很快，rightaway立刻，atonce立刻，immediately立刻，句意是：一旦机器开始工作，你就不能让它停下。选C。考点：考查连词和副词点评：连词的考查在于辨别不同的连词含义，在做题时注意上下文的逻辑关系。16、Wewillgofishing______theweatherisfinetomorrow.

(1分)A、ifB、butC、sothatD、until正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析如果明天天气好，我们将去钓鱼。A如果／是否；B但是；C如此…以至于；D只到。根据句意可知这里表示假设，如果是天气好的条件下，我们将去钓鱼，需要引导条件状语的连词表示如果。if引导的条件状语从句，主句用一般将来时，从句用一般现在时。17、BeforeyougotoCanada,youneedtolearnmore（）it.(1分)A、fromB、inC、byD、about正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查介词。句意为：“在你去加拿大之前，你需要了解更多关于它的事情。”learnabout是固定搭配，意为“了解；学习”。故选D.18、

—Iwillgototheamusementparknextweekend.—.

(1分)A、ExcusemeB、HaveagoodtimeC、I’mafraidIcan’tD、It’suptoyou正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查交际英语。A.Excuseme对不起;打搅了;B.Haveagoodtime祝你玩得开心;C.I’mafraidIcan’t恐怕我不能;D.It’suptoyou由你决定。句意:——下周末我要去游乐场。——祝你玩得开心。根据语境，说话人祝愿对方玩得开心。故选B项。19、材料OnemorningRaman,atruemasteroftheartofarchery(箭术),invitedhisfavoritestudenttowatchadisplayofhisskill.Thestudenthad（1）thismorethanahundredtimesbefore,buthestillobeyedhis（2）

Together,theywentintoanearbywoodandreachedatall.（3）.Ramanpickedaroseflowerand（4）itononeofthebranchesofthetree.He（5）openedhisbagandtookoutthreeobjects:his（6）,anarrowandawhitehandkerchief.

Ramanstoodonehundredpacesfromthespotwherehehadplacedthe（7）.Facinghistarget,he（8）hisstudenttoblindfold(蒙住眼睛)himwiththehandkerchief.Thestudentdidashisteacher（9）.

“Howoftenhaveyouseenmepracticethesportofarchery?”Ramanaskedhim（10）.

“Everyday,”repliedhisstudent.“Andyouhave（11）managedtohittherosefromthreehundredpacesaway.”

Withhiseyescoveredbythe（12）,Ramanplacedhisfeetfirmlyonthegroundand（13）thebowstring(弓弦)withallhisstrength.Aimingattheroseonthe（14）,heletthearrowfly.Thearrowwhistledthroughtheair,（15）itdidnotevenhitthetree,missingthetargetbyafewmeters.

“DidI（16）it?”saidRaman,removingthehandkerchieffrom

hiseys.

“No,youmissed（17）,”repliedthestudent.“Ithoughtyouweregoingto（18）methepowerofthoughtandyourabilitytoperformmagic.”

“Ihave（19）taughtyouthemostimportantlessonaboutthepowerofthought.”repliedRaman.“Whenyou（20）something,concentrateonlyonthat:Noonewilleverhitatargettheycannotsee.”第15空填（）。(1分)A、andB、forC、SoD、but正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查连词词义辨析。and意为“并且”;for意为“为了”;so意为“因此”;but意为“但是”。根据句意可知，前后句是转折关系。故选D。20、______theclouds,youwouldfindtheairplaneintheskyeasily.

(1分)A、HaditnotbeenforB、IfitwerenotC、IfithadnotbeenforD、Were\nitnotfor正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考察虚拟语气排除A和C，根据语意是由于云，需要有for。21、—Canyouhelpmewithmyhousework?—I'dliketo,（）Ihavetolookaftermybabysister.(1分)A、becauseB、asC、butD、if正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查连词。句意为：“—-你能帮我做家务吗?——我很乐意做，但是我要照顾我年幼的妹妹。”根据句意可知前后两个句子是转折关系，所以用并列连词but来连接。故选C。22、Shallwego________tomorrow?

(1分)A、swimmingB、swimC、toswimD、swam正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析明天我们去游泳吗？godoing表示去做某事。23、Isittrue_____therainstops,itwillbeashotasinthesummerhere?

(1分)A、whenB、thatwhenC、wheneverD、that正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查主语从句。本题中的it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面that引导的主语从句，在这个主语从句中，有一个when引导的时间状语从句。句意：当大雨停止的时候，这里还会和夏天一样热，这是真的吗？故B正确。24、—Excuseme,butIwanttouseyourcomputertotypeareport.—You_____havemycomputerifyoudon’ttakecareofit.

(1分)A、shan’tB、mightnotC、needn’tD、shouldn’t正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查情态动词。句意：——打扰了，我想用你的电脑打印一份报告。——如果你保管不好我的电脑，你就不能用它。shan't用于第二、第三人称，表示说话人给对方命令、警告、允诺或威胁；mightnot表示或许不；needn't表示没必要；shouldn't表示不应该，根据下文的条件状语从句可知，此处表示威胁对方，如果保管不好电脑，就不可以用。故选A。25、—______wasyourtriptoJingyuePark?—Itwasgreat!Wehadagoodtimethere.

(1分)A、WhatB、HowC、WhereD、When正确答案选项：参考答案：B26、---Whatisthewoman?---Sheis（）.(1分)A、adancerandafashiondesignerB、dancerandfashiondesignerC、adancerandfashiondesignerD、thedancerandfashiondesigner正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析adancerandfashiondesigner一名舞蹈演员兼时装设计师27、I________apartynextSaturday.Ihopeyoucancome.

(1分)A、hadB、washavingC、havehadD、willhave正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析句意：下周六我将举行一个聚会。我希望你能来。考查一般将来时。根据nextSaturday可知，时态是一般将来时，故选D。28、Rosereceivedaletterfulloflovefromherparentsonher______birthday.

(1分)A、sixteenthB、sixteenC、sixteen’sD、sixteenths正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析句意:Rose在她16岁生日那天收到了一封来自她父母的充满爱的信。本题考查序数词。根据句意可知在她十六岁生日应用序数词29、材料Readingisofgreatimportance.That'swhyWorldBookDaycameintobeing.WorldBookDay（1）onApril23rdeveryyear,which（2）toencouragepeople,particularlyteenagers,todscoverthe（3）ofreadingsothattheycanfallinlovewithbooks.It'salsothedayto（4）honortothosegreatwriterswhoproducedremarkableworksofliteratureandmadegreat（5）tohumancivilization.

ManycountriescelebrateWorldBookDayandthe（6）isyearlyheldindifferentways.Onthatday,millionsofschoolchildrencanbuybooksatamuch（7）pricethanusualinanybookstoreinEngland,（8）attractsanumberofstudentstofloodintobookstoresfortheycanpaylessmoncytobuythe（9）books.WorldBookDayisalso（10）inChina.Moreandmorepeople（11）intothelibrariesandbookstorestoread（12）books.Mostofthemdomorereadingonthatday,（13）theycanchangetheworldbychangingthemselves（15）reading.

Readingmakesus（15）andlearned.Readinghelpsusfollowthe（16）developmentofscienceandtechnology.Readingenablesustohaveagood（17）ofandhaveabetterunderstandingofforeignculturesand（18）.Readingalsoisoneofthemostimportantwaystolearnforeignlanguages.Weallknowit'sdifficultandalmost19tolearneverythingintheclassroom,yetthewaysEnglishpeoplearelivingandworkingtodaycanbe.（20）byreading.第20空填（）。(1分)A、learnedB、suggestedC、acceptedD、informed正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查动词词义辨析。learned意为“学习”;suggested意为“建议”;accepted意为“接受”;informed意为“通知”。此处指的是英国人的工作生活方式是可以通过阅读学习的。故选A。30、Thefish（）delicious.(1分)A、istastedB、eatsC、tastesD、iseaten正确答案选项：参考答案：C31、Someoneisknockingatthedoor.It____mymother.It'stimeforhertobeback.

(1分)A、isB、maynotbeC、mustbeD、mustn’tbe正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析有人在敲门。一定是我妈妈。她该回来了。mustn＇tbe表示一定不要；canbe能成为；＂maynotbe＂是＂可能不是＂的意思；可以是mustbe表示强烈的肯定推测，意为＂一定是＂。根据句意肯定是我的妈妈，这个时间她应该回来了。可知选项C符合题意。32、ThreemonthsagoMike___anewbicycle.

(1分)A、buysB、wasbuyC、boughtD、isbuy正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析三个月前，Mike买了一辆自行车。threemonthago,三个月以前，用过去式。33、Theboyburstintotears________hesawhismother.

(1分)A、atthemomentB、inamomentC、foramomentD、themoment正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查连词短语。句意：这个男孩一看见妈妈就突然哭起来了。句中themoment为连词短语，表示一……就……，其它短语只可作状语，Aatthemoment此刻，Binamoment一会儿，Cforamoment有一会，都不能做连词，故选D。考点：考查连词短语34、Thecoupletriedeveryefforttothejudges,whotriedthecases,oftheirinnocence(清白)onlyinthecontrary.

(1分)A、prove;toresultB、charge;resultingC、convince;toresultD、confirm;resulting正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析

第一空考查convince表示使…相信，第二空考查不定式做结果状语，表示意料之外的结果。句意是：这对夫妇努力使判决案子的法官相信他们的清白，结果正相反。选C。35、材料Therewasonceagroupofyoungpeoplesearchingeverywhereforhappiness,butwhattheygotwasonlyannoyance,griefandmisery.

Sothey（1）Socrates(苏格拉底)foradviceonwherehappiness（2）.But（3）givinganyanswers,Socratesaskedthemtohelpwithbuildinga（4）first.Thegroupofguyshadto（5）thetask,layingasidetheirownbusinessofseekinghappiness.Ittookthemalongtimetocutdownatalltree,diggingoutthecenter.Throughpainstakingeffort,theymadeacanoeoutofthetree.Theylaunchedthecanoeintoariver,andthen（6）togetherinit,singingwith（7）.

Socratesasked,“Mychildren,doyouhavehappinessnow?”Theyansweredinchorus:“We8behappier!”Socrates（9）,“That'sit!（10）youaretoobusypursuingsomethingtonoticeanythingbitter,happinesswilloccur.”

FromthestoryIgottoknowthathappiness（11）hidesbehindeverytinythingthatyouareinvolvedin,andthatyoumayonlygetpleasurethrough（12）workandcreativity.Wemayhaveto（13）paininourdailylifeandintheprocessof（14）happiness.Sometimeswetendtolookforhappinessin（15）things,likeanewcar,clothes,etc.Truelong-termhappiness,（16）,comesfromwithinour（17）andspirit.Sowhynotturnsufferinginto（18）life,andturntearsintothelightinyourheart?Onlyinthiswaycanwefindtruehappiness.

Somydearfriends,justrememberhappinessisastateofmindandamatterof（19）,andI（20）youallalifeofhappiness第7空填（）。(1分)A、hopeB、sorrowC、curiosityD、joy正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查名词词义辨析。hope意为“希望”;sorrow意为“悲伤”;curiosity意为“好奇心”;joy意为“欢乐”。根据空格前的单词singing可知，他们是开心地唱歌。故选D。36、材料

Aspricesandbuildingcostskeeprising,the“do-it-yourself”(DIY)trendintheU.S.continuestogrow.

“Weneededfurnitureforourlivingroom,”saysJohnRoss,“andwejustdidn'thaveenoughmoneytobuyit.Sowedecidedtotrymakingafewtablesandchairs.”Johngotmarriedsixmonthsago,andlikemanyyoungpeoplethesedays,theyarestrugglingtomakeahomeatatimewhenthecostoflivingisveryhigh.TheRossestooka2-weekcoursefor$280atanightschool.Nowtheybuildalltheirfurnitureandmakerepairsaroundthehouse.

JimHatfieldhasthreeboysandhiswifedied.Hehasafull-timejobathomeaswellasinashoemakingfactory.Lastmonth,hereceivedacarrepairbillfor$420.“Iwasdeeplyupsetaboutit.NowI'vefinishedacarrepaircourse,Ishouldbeabletofixthecarbymyself.”

JohnandJimarenotunusualpeople.Mostfamiliesinthecountryaredoingeverythingtheycantosavemoneysotheycanfightthehighcostofliving.Ifyouwanttobecomea“do-ityouself”,youcangotoDIYclasses.Andforthosewhodon'thavetimetotakeacourse,therearebooksthattellyouhowyoucandothingsyourself.

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children正确答案选项：参考答案：D37、MotherwasworriedbecauselittleAlicewasill,especially（）fatherwasawayinFrance.(1分)A、asB、thatC、duringD、if正确答案选项：参考答案：A38、—Lucyisquitealovelygirl.—（）(1分)A、SoissheB、SosheisC、SodoessheD、Soshedoes正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查倒装句。句意为：“——Lucy是一个非常可爱的女孩。—--她确实是。”“So+主语+be/助动词/情态动词”,表示“某人或事物确实如此”,是对上文所讲事实的肯定和强调。根据“Lucyisquitealovelygirl.”可知空格处要表示确实是这样，且本句的时态是一般现在时，含有be动词is,所以so引出的句子也用is。故选B。39、材料Itwasgettingdarkandsnowwascomingdown.Joewasdrivinghome.He'dbeenunemployedsincethefactory(1).Mostofhisfriendshadleft,buthestayedon.（2）,hewasbornhere.

Suddenlyhesawaladystandingonthesideoftheroadand（3）.Shewasworried.Noonehadstoppedto（4）forthelasthour.Joeknew（5）shefeltandsaid,“MynameisJoeandI'mheretohelpyou.”Allshehadwasaflattyre,（6）foranoldlady,thatwasbadenough.Joechangedthe（7）,buthegotdirtyandhishandshurt.ShewantedtopayJoeandsaidany（8）wouldhavebeenallright.Joeneverthoughttwiceaboutthemoneyandthereweremanypeoplewhohad（9）himahandinthepast.Hehadlivedhislifethatway.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtopayhim（10）,thenexttimeifshesawsomeonewhoneededhelp,shecouldgivethatpersontheassistancethathe（11）,

Latertheladywentina（12）decoratedrestauranttoeatinahurry.Thecashierwaslikethetelephoneofanout-of-workactor—itdidn't（13）much.However,thewaitress,whowasnearlyeightmonthspregnant(怀孕的),broughtacleantoweltoherwitha（14）smile.Theoldlady（15）Joe.Afterthewaitressbroughtthechangefroma100-dollarbill,shefoundthelady（16）andsomethingwrittenonanapkin,“（17）oncehelpedmeout,thewayI'mhelpingyou.（18）youreallywanttopayhimback,don'tletthechainoflove（19）withyou.”

That（20）thewaitressgavehersleepinghusbandasoftkissandwhispered,“Everything'sgoingtobeallright,Joe.”第17空填（）。(1分)A、AnyoneB、EveryoneC、SomeoneD、Anybody正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查不定代词词义辨析。anyone意为“任何人”;everyone意为“每个人”;someone意为“某个人”;anybody意为“任何人”。此处指某个人曾经帮助过老太太。故选C。40、（）filmitis!(1分)A、HowfunnyB、WhatfunnyC、HowafunnyD、Whatafunny正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查感叹句。句意为：“多么滑稽的电影啊!”感叹句中，感叹名词用what,感叹形容词或副词用how;感叹可数名词单数时，常用“Whata/an+(形容词)+可数名词单数+主语+谓语!”来表示。分析句子结构可知，中心词为可数名词单数film,且形容词funny是以辅音音素开头的单词，故前面要加a,所以用what来感叹。故选D。41、

Hisguitar________asagiftforhimlastweek.

(1分)A、BuysB、isboughtC、boughtD、wasbought'正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析句意：他的吉他是上周买给他的礼物。考查时态和语态。主语“Hisguitar”与动词buy之间是动宾关系，结合“lastweek”可知用一般过去时被动语态，其结构为was/weredone。故选D。42、Ilikefootball_____

(1分)A、playB、playingC、playsD、played正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析本题考查like用法，liketodosth喜欢做某事(特指某一次)likedoingsth喜欢做某事(经常性的).句意:是我喜欢踢足球，是爱好，是经常性做的事，因此选B43、材料Standinginthestore'sentrance,I（1）thisstrangesight.MydadhadjustdroppedmeofftoshopforChristmas（2）,butmybrotherandhisfriendshadamorenoble（3）forshopping.

“DoyouthinkCaitlinwilllikethis?”oneoftheboysasked.Andmybrother,lookingrather（4）.wasstandinginfrontofashelfofsocks.“OK.Thepinkonewouldbeagoodidea,”I（5）.Hepickeduponeandpresentedittomefor（6）.

Theyusedupalltheir（7）,someofwhichtheyhadsavedupoverthecourseoftheyearforChristmasgifts.But,theyhadall（8）tospenditonCaitlin.

JustninedaysbeforeChristmas,Caitlin'shousehadbeen（9）tothegroundby（10）.Caitlinandherparentsallhadescaped.（11）,everythinginthehousewasengulfed(吞噬)inflames,includingtheChristmaspresents（12）tobewrapped(包装).

Theschoolwas（13）herbooksanduniforms.Andallthe（14）inCaitlin'sclassweretakinghershoppingforclotheswhiletheboyswereshoppingforthingslikescarv