【9题详解】

考查不定代词。A. either两者之一； B. both两个都；C. all全部，所有。根据Yet，when I pictured____9____eyes on me waiting for me to mess up，my heart was gradually sinking into my stomach.可知，然而，当我想象所有的目光在我身上等着我陷入困境，我的心逐渐平静下来。此处指"所有目光"，故选C。

【10题详解】

考查情态动词。A. needn't 不必； B. can't不可能； C. mightn't可能不会。根据"You____10____back out now，"I told myself as Mr.Nichols，the host，announced my name and the title of my speech，"My Hero."可知，当主持人Mr.Nichols宣布我的名字，我演讲的题目，"我的英雄"时，我告诉自己"你现在不能退出,"故选B。

二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，共15分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Wonderful Christmas Gift

　　Ann and her mother had lived in a small cottage. Christmas was so close，and so was her birthday.

　　Ann wished she could get a new___11___with lace as a wonderful Christmas gift. All her friends would be getting new dresses.____12____Ann did not want to ask her Mom for that. She knew how hard her mom worked to make both ends meet. Maybe she could make a____13____maybe Santa Claus would come，even though she knew that Santa Claus is just an imaginary character.

　　It was not just gift that____14____Ann. It was her mother. Nowadays she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out.

　　The days passed and soon it was Christmas Eve.In everyone's house，except Ann's ,a Christmas tree adorned(装饰)the living room. In the____15____there hung the baked cakes and turkey. But____16____lovely was being cooked in Ann's house. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts that he or she would ___17___the next day. Ann went to bed with a___18___heart.She knew that there would be no gifts for her.

Ann wished with her whole heart that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus.