While Christmas shopping in a jewelry store, I discovered a table of golden ornaments (饰品) on sale. So beautiful in   41   ,each had a personality of its own. I looked through hundreds of pieces,   42   a few and took them home.

I was afraid that they would disappear among other   43   gifts of a Christmas tree,   44   I used them to decorate wreaths (花环). When I stood back to    45    my work, a thought crossed my mind: Wouldn’t some of our family and friends like these, too?

I raced back to the jewelry store to discover that the piles of ornaments had been   46  even further. This time I bought dozens, as I   47   the many people who might enjoy one for the holidays.

I   48   began my creative project. While I tied lovely bows and glued golden ornaments, my mind   49   to Christmases past, how special each had been. I thought about others perhaps not so   50  . Some people in our community   51   had a family to share the joy of Christmas. Some didn’t   52   with holiday decorations.

I nodded my head in determined   53  . They would be at the top of my list to receive a little wreath.   54   the plan my husband showed great enthusiasm (热情) and we set out together to put it into   55  .

We visited the aged, the widowed (寡居的) and the lonely. Each one was   56   at our cheerful stop and   57   hung our small gifts — often the   58   signs of celebration in their homes.

After several days, I realized we had made and given almost two hundred wreaths. Decorated with   59   and delivered with delight, they filled many homes and hearts with the joy of Christmas. We were glad that our   60   did make sense and we found our Christmas spirit in doing and giving.

1.A. design                  B. concept                  C. condition                D. form

2.A. checked              B. selected      C. transformed   D. charged

3.A. huge       B. fancy     C. expensive                    D. valueless

4.A. however         B. therefore          C. otherwise    D. still

5.A. envy       B. polish     C. admire  D. undertake

6.A. reduced     B. emptied       C. sorted           D. cleared

7.A. worried about   B. thought of   C. cared for    D. watch over

8.A. bitterly    B. naturally     C. eagerly             D. curiously

9.A. appealed          B. opened         C. crossed      D. wandered

10.A. fortunate        B. wealthy    C. energetic             D. comfortable

11.A. sometimes   B. ever             C. often             D. never

12.A. bother      B. serve                   C. compare        D. play

13.A. surprise   B. disappointment         C. satisfaction         D. shame

14.A. In              B. At        C. On                                    D. About

15.A. effect            B. action   C. reality         D. consideration

16.A. shocked      B. scared    C. embarrassed        D. excited

17.A. without delay         B. as usual    C. on purpose        D. in turn

18.A. common        B. universal         C. only              D. standard

19.A. hope      B. pardon      C. luck                   D. love

20.A. devotion       B. courage    C. kindness             D. support