根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

It was two days before Christmas, when my ten-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike.  Her bike was too   16  , and it needed repairing as well.

As Christmas   17  ,  her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, we thought, for she didn't say it again. We were busy   18  some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than   19  .

Now we didn't know   20  to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing   21  presents, parents' presents, a brother's present and friends' presents till midnight. So there was   22  time to take to buy the "right hike" for our little girl. Thinking we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we felt sorry and   23  .

Suddenly my husband had an idea. "What about making a little bike with clay (mi) and writing a note that she could trade in (交換) the model bike for a real one?" So he spent the next five hours carefully   24  with clay to make a small bike.

25  Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the   26  loudly. She looked at me and said, "So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real   27   ?" Smiling, I said, "Yes!" Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, "I would   28  trade in this beautiful bike   29  Daddy made me. I   30  keep it than get a real bike. This is the best Christmas present I have ever got in my life!"

1.	A．new B．old C．beautiful D．modern

 

2.	A．came nearer B．was over C．went by D．passed

 

3.	A．buy B．bought C．to buy D．buying

 

4.	A．something else B．a(chǎn)nything else C．else something D．else anything

 

5.	A．what B．how C．why D．where

 

6.	A．children B．children's C．boy D．girls

 

7.	A．enough B．no C．much D．still a little

 

8.	A．happy B．excited C．sad D．a(chǎn)ngry

 

9.	A．works B．worked C．working D．to work

 

10.	A．In B．On C．At D．For

 

11.	A．book B．story C．note D．newspaper

 

12.	A．one B．ones C．some D．a(chǎn)ny

 

13.	A．usually B．certainly C．never D．of course

 

14.	A．who B．those C．what D．that

 

15.	A．a(chǎn)m going to B．would like to C．had better D．would rather