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题目内容：

It s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree．It has been there for the past 10 years or so．It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas—the commercial aspects of Christmas-overspending．Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to avoid the usual presents．The idea came in an unusual way．

Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a match against a team sponsored by a church．These youngsters, dressed in ragged clothes, presenting a sharp contrast to our boys in their beautiful dresses and shoes．As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler's ears．It was a luxury that the poor team obviously could not afford．Well, we ended up defeating them．Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, "

I wish just one of them could have won," he said．"They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them．" That's when the idea for his present came．That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought wrestling headgear and shoes for the youngsters and sent them ano nymously （匿名地） to the church．On Christmas Eve? I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me．His smile was the brightest thing a bout Christmas that year and in the following years．

For each Christmas, I followed the tradition．The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas．It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed expectation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to show its contents．As the children grew, they joined．

May we all remember the reason for Christmas, and the true Christmas spirit this year and always．God bless梡ass this along to your friends and loved ones．

小题1:The author avoids usual Christmas presents because her husband _____．

A．likes cheap Christmas presents

B．likes expensive Christmas presents

C．dislikes spending much on large Christmas presents

D．dislikes spending much on unmeaningful Christmas gifts小题2:The underlined word "luxury" in Paragraph 2 means "_____"．

A．something of poor quality

B．something abundant

C．something strange

D．something expensive小题3:From the passage we can infer that in character the husband is _____．

A．modest and mature

B．kind and practical

C．strong-willed and vain

D．optimistic and outgoing小题4:What is the most exciting thing for the family at Christmas?

A．Preparing gifts．

B．Exchanging gifts．

C．Opening the envelope．

D．Writing Christmas cards．

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:D

小题3:B

小题4:C

答案解析：

略

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