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I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight but we had a ___36___ over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs and if not a lot, always ___37___. Not knowing we are poor, my kids (孩子) just thought I was ___38___. I’ve always been glad about that. It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t ___39___ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big ___40___ for the kids was the fun of Christmas ___41___. They planned weeks ahead of time, asking ___42___ what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for ___43___ to share by all five of us. The big ___44___ arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and ___45___ them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered (散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would ___46___ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”. Driving home everyone was in high Christmas spirits, ___47___ my younger daughter, Ginger. Who always usually ___48___. She had only one small, fiat bag with a few candies — fifty cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything ___49___ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ___50___ to be angry again. This is what she told me: I was looking ___51___ thinking of what to buy, and I ___52___ to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ___53___ for Christmas was a doll (玩具娃娃). So 1 took the card off the tree and ___54___ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything. I never felt so ___55___ as I did that day. 36. A. roof B. hat C. sky D. star 37. A. little B. less C. enough D. more 38. A. busy B. serious C. strict D. kind 39. A. effort B. room C. time D. money 40. A. improvement B. problem C. surprise D. excitement 41. A. shopping B. traveling C. parties D. greetings 42. A. the other B. each other C. one by one D. every other one 43