阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—55各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the year I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be __41_____ Christmas gifts for short of money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d __42_______?” Then three women ___43_____ at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I would no longer have to feel___44____ when I returned to school.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my __45___ Christmas there special and memorable, I ___46_______ remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of __47_____ for as many children as I could possibly ___48_____.
So I ___49____ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were ___50______. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I ___51____ them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward. Finally the __52___ they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles __53____ up the room. The ___54___ in the room was obvious, and it wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling – the feeling I knew from the Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I haven’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I ___55_____.
41．A．sending B．receiving C．making D．exchanging
42．A．got B．prepared C．found D．expected
43．A．broke in B．settled down C．showed off D．turned up
44．A．embarrassed B．puzzled C．frightened D．relieved
45．A．present B．first C．resent D．past
46．A．hardly B．regularly C．immediately D．truly
47．A．strength B．independence C．importance D．safety
48．A．know B．mention C．remember D．reach
49．A．kept up with B．caught up with C．came up with D．put up with
50．A．fine B．special C．Helpful D．normal
51．A．reminded B．guaranteed C．convinced D．promised
52．A．chance B．gift C．moment D．reward
53．A．lit B．took C．burned D．cheered
54．A．warmth B．appreciation C．calmness D．joy
55．A．matter B．wonder C．doubt D．suppose