Elizabeth lived on the other side of a valley. One winter there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses down below Elizabeth’s were washed away. Elizabeth’s house was 21 enough to escape the flood, so when the water 22 and the other houses were standing there with no 23 and no walls and all covered with 24 ,her house was still quite all right. Her house was quite small, her husband was 25 and she had six children to support. Ten dollars a week, which was the total of their income, didn’t leave much for 26 . Expenses were always greater than Elizabeth had 27 , but she didn’t hesitate to help one of the families that lost everything i n the flood and she 28 her house with them until it was 29 for them to move into their own houses. Elizabeth’s friend was very 30 when she saw Elizabeth do this. She couldn’t understand why Elizabeth wanted to give 31 so much work and trouble to help others. “Well,” Elizabeth 32 to her friend, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself 33 , because her husband had been killed in the war in Germany and she had a lot of 34 , as I have now.” “The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have 35 presents for all of us. I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who was in 36 clothes and crying in deep sorrow. The girl was an orphan(孤儿). ‘Here’s our 37 . She said to the children. “The children were very 38 to have such a present. They 39 the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. I was that 40 present.” 小题1: A．low B．tall C．high D．strong 小题2: A．raised B．risen C．disappeared D．appeared 小题3: A．windows B．doors C．roofs D．floor 小题4: A．mud B．plastics C．trees D．water 小题5: A．living B．dead C．angry D．pleased 小题6: A．sharing B．saving C．remaining D．sparing 小题7: A．gave B．thought C．hoped D．completed 小题8: A．divided B．separated C．shared D．spared 小题9: A．possible B．satisfying C．necessary D．important 小题10: A．happy B．interested C．puzzled D．sad 小题11: A．her B．herself C．her children D．her friend 小题12: A．talked B．apologized C．explained D．described 小题13: A． living B．wounded C．rich D．poor 小题14: A．friends B．children C．neighbours D．relatives 小题15: A．many B．enough C．beautiful D．expensive 小题16: A．suitable B．nice C．old D．new 小题17: A．home B．flood C．present D．daughter 小题18: A．excited B．worried C．disturbed D．disappointed 小题19: A．comforted B．welcomed C．taught D．educated 小题20: A．Christmas B．New Year C．birthday D．Thanksgiving