There are a few memories from our childhood that will stay with us forever. A few that seemed so 36 at the time may cause us to smile years later.
One such memory is a phone call I 37 when I was about three or four years old. My mother had entered a contest on a local 38 show. Entrants（参加者）were to tell an interesting story about their 39 . Winners would receive a phone call from Mrs. Santa Claus（女圣诞老人）! Mrs. Claus would award（奖励） the lucky child free 40 of a local store.
Well, the call came. My mother talked to Mrs. Claus and then 41 the phone to me. I didn’t 42 the fact that many people were listening to our conversation. However, the fact that this lady had a 43 connection to Santa, that was important.
I didn’t know it yet, but my mother had 44 the attention of the contest judges by telling about the time I had 45 a wall with crayons（蜡笔）. Even I knew that this was not the kind of 46 that Santa would approve.
Suddenly, in a very pleasant tone（语气）of 47 , Mrs. Santa Claus asked me about my art work. I 48 that this lady was the real Mrs. Claus, not a radio station actress standing in for her.
I 49 down the phone and ran crying from the room. My crime（罪行）had not 50 unpunished. Santa would 51 know that I’d been bad!
It turned out that I did get a 52 present from the radio station and its sponsor（赞助商）. And I guess Santa didn’t find out about the wall. Maybe he did and was in a 53 mood. In any case, my Christmas presents did not 54 a piece of coal（煤）.
I wonder what Santa has in 55 for this year. Hopefully my wife hasn’t written Mrs. Claus any letters.
36. A. nice B. important C. impossible D. terrible
37. A. received B. made C. gave D. showed
38. A. TV B. literature C. radio D. gift
39. A. parents B. child C. husbands D. teacher
40. A. gifts B. money C. books D. pens
41. A. offered B. brought C. showed D. handed
42. A. doubt B. guess C. know D. believe
43. A. false B. direct C. weak D. wrong
44. A. put B. paid C. caught D. taken
45. A. decorated B. made C. draw D. painted
46. A. idea B. action C. behaviour D. plan
47. A. sound B. noise C. laugh D. voice
48. A. wondered B. believed C. reported D. supposed
49. A. put B. took C. knocked D. threw
50. A. met B. gone C. changed D. got
51. A. surely B. possibly C. impossibly D. happily
52. A. nice B. bad C. terrible D. cheap
53. A. satisfying B. surprising C. forgiving D. frightening
54. A. invent B. leave C. include D. exist
55. A. thought B. mind C. fact D. public