On this Christmas Day I had the wonderful opportunity to see the true spirit of Christmas.
My big family always 36. ____ presents together at the start of the New Year and have done so in this way for more than 40 years. Since the beginning, my grandfather and grandmother have 37.____ their children and cousins on this day in their small farmhouse.
With 13 38.____ and uncles and more than 30 cousins in this group, there were usually more than 50 people in the room to exchange gifts. Because of the activity, the flying wrapping paper, so many people and the limited space of a 65-year-old farmhouse living room, most of the individual moments went 39.____.
My nephew, Jack (9 year old), who was walking by my 5-year-old cousin, Seth, in the Christmas chaos, noticed that Seth was crying. Jack 40.____ to ask him what was wrong and why he was crying. Seth 41.____ that he didn’t receive any toys!
Almost without 42._____, Jack looked down to the only two toys he had received, and 43._____ Seth with his best toy! He said, “Here, you can have this one. I don’t have to have it. I have other toys I can play with at home.”
Tears were welling up in my eyes! I was moved by this huge act of 44._____. I was so 45._____ of my nephew and what he had done when he thought no one else was looking.
I gave him a huge 46._____ and told him that he had demonstrated(演示) the true 47._____ of Christmas!
36. A. choose B. exchange C. return D. borrow
37. A. entertained B. celebrated C. praised D. advertised
38. A. leaders B. guides C. aunts D. partners
39. A. undoubted B. unnoticed C. unfinished D. unchanged
40. A. changed B. forgot C. stepped D. stopped
41. A. reacted B. responded C. applauded D. disturbed
42. A. smile B. gesture C. happiness D. thought
43. A. introduced B. produced C. described D. presented
44. A. kindness B. honesty C. courage D. strength
45. A. aware B. proud C. certain D. ashamed
46. A. duty B. pain C. hug D. pity
47. A. meaning B. feeling C. ending D. greeting