Unit 2 The Olympic Games reading课时作业

I.完形填空

A Gift on a Small Slip of Paper

Over the holidays last year，my team at work did a "Secret Santa" gift exchange. We all 1 a name out of a jar，and prepared our assigned person small fun 2 in two weeks. Then，we all met after work one day for a final "reveal" where we 3 our real gifts.

　　Usually，these kinds of gift exchanges feel a bit more 4 material things than I like to be，5 I wanted to be a team6，so I went along with it. It 7 up being fun to make secret 8 for some meaningful gifts to give my colleague. On the evening of our final gift­giving exchange，the person who had picked my name out of the jar totally blew me away with her 9. She gave me a beautiful framed photo and a post card that she'd been holding 10 since she was 5 years old.

　　Then，for the heart of her gift，she introduced，"I've 11 you're not really that big into material things. And you also like to make people 12."

　　She proceeded to 13 everyone a small slip of paper that 14，"I made someone smile today."

　　"So，I think we can all do a 15 act that makes someone smile. And 16 this activity can pass down and we can tell people around the story of it."

　　I was so 17！It was truly the 18 gift，and I didn't 19 know this colleague that well，but with her perceptive(有感知的) kindness，she really 20 my heart，and expanded it many times over.

语篇解读　本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位同事在"秘密的圣诞老人"礼物交换活动中，送给了"我"一份贴心的礼物，触动了"我"的心的故事。 1．A.covered B．picked

C．wrote D．expressed

答案　B

解析　根据第二段中的"the person who had picked my name out of the jar"可知，此处指"我们都从罐子里取出(picked)一个名字"。此处是后文中picked的原词复现。故选B。

2．A.gifts B．pictures

C．flowers D．notes

答案　A

解析　根据上文中的"my team at work did a 'Secret Santa' gift exchange"可知，"我们