My husband Mike hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of 41 , but the commercial(商业的) aspects (方面) of it. Knowing he felt this 42 , I decided one year to 43 the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something 44 just for Mike. The idea came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was 45 at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match 46 a team sponsored（资助）by a church.
These youngsters from the church, dressed in shoes so 47 that shoestrings(鞋带) seemed to be the only thing holding them together, 48 our son’s team were in their beautiful new wrestling (摔跤)shoes.
As the match began, I was 49 to see that the other team was wrestling without a helmet(头盔) designed to 50 a wrestler’s head. They clearly could not 51 them. Well, our son’s team ended up defeating them and took every weight class. But as the other team 52 up from the mat(垫子), they walked around with a sense of pride that couldn’t admit 53 .
Mike, seated beside me, shook his head 54 , “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential(潜力), but 55 like this could take the heart right out of them.” Mike loved 56 and he knew them, having coached(教练) little league football and baseball. That’s when I came up with the 57 for the gift for him. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and 58 some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them 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 59 from me. His smile was the 60 thing about Christmas that year.
41. A. the gift B. an envelope C. the wrestling D. Christmas
42. A. way B. Joy C. music D. fear
43. A. buy B. avoid C. wear D. give
44. A. beautiful B. expensive C. special D. new
45. A. wrestling B. weightlifting C. shooting D. boxing
46. A. at B. against C. for D. on
47. A. big B. small C. worn D. cheap
48. A. because B. if C. so D. while
49. A. frightened B. disappointed C. pleased D. surprised
50. A. cover B. surround C. protect D. hide
51. A. carry B. afford C. design D. expect
52. A. got B. dressed C. turned D. cheered
53. A. defeat B. evidence C. charge D. mistake
54. A. gently B. sadly C. nervously D. gladly
55. A. running B. winning C. losing D. shaking
56. A. workmates B. parents C. friends D. kids
57. A. invitation B. idea C. care D. money
58. A. returned B. sold C. bought D. left
59. A. gift B. warning C. praise D. love
60. A. brightest B. funniest C. ugliest D. darkest