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I remember believing in Santa when I was a very young girl. However, as I grew older, I learned many   41   that “proved” his nonexistence. Always   42   by nature, I was determined to use   43   to decide whether Santa Claus was   44  .

    The first year of tests   45   when I was 5. I decided that if  I   46   all night on Christmas Eve, I could see if Santa really came down the chimney.   47  , that was a useless   __48  . I fell asleep that year, and when I woke up, I saw a   49   wrapped present under the   __50  .

At age 7, I came up with another test to see if Santa was real. That year, I didn’t send out my Christmas letter to Santa because I wanted   51   for Christmas, but this turned into a plot. By then, I   52   knew Santa wasn’t real, but I wanted enough   53   to support this. That year was   54  , because on Christmas Eve, my mother dragged me to our local Wal-Mart and led me around the toy section. I   55   to say a word, but did let my eyes   56   on a ballet set. I   __57   that “Santa” wouldn’t know what I wanted because he shouldn’t be able to read my   __58  . However, mother would know everything that caught my eyes in the store. If I got the ballet set the next morning, I would have my evidence. Christmas morning, there was the ballet set, sitting under the tree again.   59   I didn’t use it much, mother ended up returning it a few days later. She   60   Santa was generous enough to leave a receipt. That was the end to my task to discover the existence of Santa.

41. A. theories            B. facts                       C. situations                D. choices

42. A. cautious            B. typical                    C. curious                   D. desperate

43. A. data                  B. exams                    C. tricks                       D. tests

44. A. real                   B. wise                        C. merciful                   D. generous

45. A. worked              B. happened              C. succeeded             D. failed

46. A. called up           B. kept up                   C. stayed up               D. made up         

47. A. Instead              B. Otherwise               C. Therefore               D. However

48. A. attempt             B. suggestion             C. effect                      D. struggle

49. A. roughly             B. clearly                    C. beautifully              D. tidily

50. A. bed                   B. tree                   C. chimney                  D. table

51. A. everything         B. nothing                   C. anything                 D. something

52. A. hardly               B. never                     C. already                   D. usually

53. A. evidence           B. intention                 C. idea                        D. experience

54. A. amazing            B. strange                  C. interesting              D. annoying

55. A. hated                B. tried                       C. hesitated                D. refused

56. A. focus                 B. try                     C. put                          D. call

57. A. hoped               B. explained               C. argued                    D. figured

58. A. purpose            B. opinion                   C. mind                       D. eyes

59. A. As                     B. Only if                    C. Although                 D. As soon as                    

60. A. admitted            B. promised                C. thought                   D. claimed

【回答】

41—45 BCDAB      46—50 CDACB      51—55 BCACD     56—60 ADCAD                         

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