That was my grandmother's first Christmas without Grandfather. When my parents and I arrived at her little house ,we found she had waited up all night for us.
Grandfather had always said that the Christmas tree was the most important decoration (裝飾物) of all. So first we took out the beautiful tree that was stored in the closet (貯藏室). But the star was missing. It was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree.
"Why? It must be somewhere in the closet," my grandmother said.
As we opened up boxes one by one and found no star, my grandmother's eyes were full of tears. Grandfather had given it to her some fifty years ago, on their first Christmas together. But on her first Christmas without him, the star was gone.
The next morning, my family sat down together to open the presents.
"The last gift is to Grandmother from Grandfather," Father said, in a strange voice.
"From whom?" There was surprise in my grandmother's voice.
"I found this gift in Grandfather's closet when we got the tree down," Mother explained.
My grandmother opened the box. There was a shinning (發(fā)亮的) golden star and a note in it:
Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the decorations, and I couldn't bear to tell you. I hope it brings you as much happiness as the first one. Merry Christmas!
Love,                                                                                                                                         Bryant
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小題1: The family couldn't find the star on the Christmas tree because _____.
A．the grandfather had taken it away with him
B．the grandfather put it in a box
C．the grandfather had broken it
D．the family didn't look carefully enough for it
小題2: Which of the following is TRUE about the grandmother?
A．She lived with the author's family.
B．She felt sad when the star was missing.
C．She had never got a Christmas present from her husband.
D．She couldn't believe her husband's death.
小題3: What would probably happen to the grandmother after she read the note?
A．She would ask her children to buy a new star.
B．She would get angry with her husband.
C．She would be greatly moved (感動).
D．She would throw away the new star.
小題4: What does the underlined word "missing" mean in Chinese?
A．褪色的B．錯過的
C．想念的D．找不到的
小題5:What can we know from the story?
A．The grandfather was afraid of his wife.
B．The grandfather loved his wife very much.
C．The grandmother didn't know how to spend Christmas Day.
D．The grandfather left home on Christmas Day.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文說的是圣誕節(jié)那天奶奶收到了爺爺去世前留給她的圣誕節(jié)禮物，表達了人間真愛。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中最后一段中I broke your star while putting away the decorations,（我在整理這些裝飾品的時候弄壞了你的星星）可知圣誕樹上的星星是被爺爺弄壞了，故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)全文理解及文中句子As we opened up boxes one by one and found no star, my grandmother's eyes were full of tears.（當我們把盒子一個一個打開沒有找到星星，奶奶的眼里充滿了淚水）可知當星星不見了之后奶奶很傷心，所以B的描述是正確的。
小題3:推理判斷題。通過文中描述圣誕節(jié)那天奶奶收到了爺爺去世前留給她的圣誕節(jié)禮物可知奶奶一定會非常感動，故選C。
小題4:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文一家人再找那個星星，說明那個星星找不到了，所以此題選D。
小題5:推理判斷題。從文中提供的信息可知爺爺是一個心細的人并且深愛著他的妻子，故選B。
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