Christmas is coming.Erika Orlando begins writing a Christmas __36__.Outside the house __37__ is falling.Soft flakes (雪花) cover the world.Her __38__ goes back to a summer day and a beach as bright as snow.
On a family __39__ in Santa Rosa,Florida,Erika and her brother were sitting on the __40__ white sand,enjoying the sunshine.Children were __41__ on the beach.Just then,they heard a woman __42__,“Rob is missing!”The woman’s husband __43__ toward the ocean to __44__ his son.Erika asked the father to __45__ her what the child looked like.He said,“He has __46__ hair;he’s wearing a bright orange shirt.He’s afraid of water.”
Erika’s mind was already working __47__.Orange shirt,afraid of water.Immediately she had an image (形象) of a __48__ in the sand.It was just a few feet away from where the boy’s mother __49__.
Erika went over at once, __50__ on her knees (膝盖) and started digging.A foot down,her fingers touched something different,__51__and fine,his dark hair.She called out,“I think I have found him!”
__52__he’d fallen into the hole other kids had dug,and the __53__ fell in,completely covering him.The crowd dug out enough __54__ so that Rob’s father was able to lift him out.
Snow __55__ to fall outside.She looks down at the Christmas card and begins to write,“Dear Rob.”
36.A.letter B.card
C.article D.song
37.A.snow B.rain
C.leaf D.dust
38.A.idea B.speech
C.dream D.mind
39.A.party B.dinner
C.holiday D.meeting
40.A.warm B.dirty
C.wet D.cool
41.A.studying B.playing
C.swimming D.sleeping
42.A.singing B.teaching
C.discussing D.crying
43.A.climbed B.changed
C.ran D.jumped
44.A.look for B.talk about
C.take away D.look up
45.A.question B.tell
C.guess D.write
46.A.short B.brown
C.long D.dark
47.A.wrongly B.badly
C.fast D.slowly
48.A.hole B.box
C.child D.shirt
49.A.missed B.stood
C.hid D.worked
50.A.turned B.put
C.sat D.fell
51.A.soft B.hard
C.straight D.thick
52.A.Nearly B.Clearly
C.Fortunately D.Immediately
53.A.tops B.sides
C.bottom D.body
54.A.time B.help
C.space D.water
55.A.happens B.stops
C.begins D.continues