2025年安徽公安職業(yè)學院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024年參考題庫含答案解析

2025年安徽公安職業(yè)學院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024年參考題庫含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調(diào)整）一、單選題(共50題)1、—Isupposesheis30yearsofage.

—___________

(1分)A、Youguessit!B、Youwillguessit!C、You’reguessingit!D、Youguessedit!正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析選D,Youguessedit.句意：——我猜她三十歲了.——你猜準了/你說對了.在要猜者看來,對猜測者的回答確認之前,對方已經(jīng)說過了自己猜測的結果,表明“猜測”這一動作發(fā)生了,因此用動詞過去式.這種形式在口語中很常見,...

2、—Idofeelalittle（）aboutmakingaspeech.-Takeiteasy.Themoreyouprepare,thebetteryouwillfeel.(1分)A、angryB、disappointedC、nervousD、bored正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查形容詞。句意為：“——我確實覺得演講有點緊張。——放松點。你準備得越多，感覺就越好?！备鶕?jù)“Takeiteasy.”可知，上文表達的是感到緊張的，所以ncrvous意為“緊張的”符合句意。故選C。

3、Youareoldenoughtowashyour（）byyourself.(1分)A、clothingB、clothC、clothsD、clothes正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析你已經(jīng)長大了，可以自己洗衣服了。washone'sclothes洗衣服

4、—Mum,canIgoshoppingwithGina?—Well,IfIwereyou,I（）homeworkfirst.(1分)A、willdoB、havetofinishC、mustfinishD、woulddo正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查虛擬語氣。句意為：“——媽媽，我可以和Gina去逛街嗎?——噢，如果我是你，我會先做作業(yè)?！眎f引導的虛擬條件句，與現(xiàn)在事實相反時，從句的謂語動詞用過去式(be通常用were),主句用should/would/could/might+動詞原形。故選D。

5、Mygrandpadiedsixmonthsago,thatistosay,he（）forhalfayear.(1分)A、hasbeendeadB、diedC、wasdeadD、hasdied正確答案選項：參考答案：A

6、Canyou________astorytotelluswhatAlicewillseeinthegarden?Workingroupsoffourandhaveadiscussion.

(1分)A、workoutB、makeupC、findoutD、putup正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考察動詞短語。A:想出；B：編造；C:找出；D：安裝，根據(jù)句意，應是編一個故事，所以選B

7、（）theparents（）theirdaughterhavebeentoAustralia.(1分)A、Neither;norB、Either;orC、Both;andD、Notonly;butalso正確答案選項：參考答案：C

8、材料Whydopeopleplayfootball?It'sa(1)gameandit'sdangeroustoo.Twenty-twomenfightforsixtyminutestomake(2)manygoalsastheycan.Theygetmoreblackeyes,bruiseandbrokenbonesthanthey(3)points.Footballplayersmustbemad.

Andwhydopeoplewatchfootball?They(4)bemadtoo.Theycertainly(5)andscreamlikemadmen.I'mafraid(6)nearafootballfieldwhenthey'replayingagame.Thecrowdsaredangerous.I'd(7)stayhomeandwatchTV.ButwhathappenswhenIturnit(8)?They'reshowingafootballgame.SoIturnontheradio.WhatdoIhear?The(9)footballscores.AndwhatdoIseewhenIopenanewspaper?Picturesoffootballplayers,interviewswith(10)players,scoresoffootballgames.

第(6)選（）(1分)A、going

B、forgoing

C、togo

D、tobegoing正確答案選項：參考答案：C

9、Manychildrenlikeeating（）and（）forlunch.(1分)A、hamburgers;beefsB、hamburger;beefC、hamburgers;beefD、hamburger;beefs正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查名詞辨析。句意為：“許多孩子午餐喜歡吃漢堡包和牛肉?！県amburger意為“漢堡包”,是可數(shù)名詞，這里表示的是泛指，而且空格前沒有冠詞修飾，應用復數(shù)形式，所以排除B和D;beef意為“牛肉”,是不可數(shù)名詞，所以排除A。故選C。

10、IsawBobinthegarden.He________flowersthere.

(1分)A、watersB、haswateredC、iswateringD、waswatering正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析句意：我在花園里看見鮑勃了。他在那里澆花?？疾檫^去進行時。根據(jù)“IsawBobinthegarden.”可知，此處強調(diào)在過去的某個時間點正在發(fā)生的動作，用過去進行時，故選D。

11、材料WhenautumnarrivesintheUnitedStatesandCanada,youcanseeoneofnature’sgreatestscenes—theyearlymigration(遷徙)ofthemonarchbutterflies(帝王蝶).NootherbutterflyintheworldmigratesliketheorangeandblackmonarchofNorthAmerica.

Theycannotliveforlongperiodsincoldweather.SoeachautumnaroundOctober,thebutterfliestravelupto3,000kilometerssouthtospendwinter.SomeevenflytothemountainsofMexico.ItusuallytakesthebutterfliestwomonthstoreachMexico.Whenitiswarm,theystarttobacknorthinthespring.Butnotonebutterflyfinishesthewholetrip.Theylayeggsalongthewayanddie.Itmighttakethemonarchsasmanyasfourtofivegenerations(代)tocompletethejourneyallthewaybackuptoCanada,saysSarinaJepsen,whodirectstheendangeredspeciesprogramfortheXercesSociety.ThemostamazingthingaboutthesebutterfliesisthattheyreturntotheverysametreesinMexicothattheirgreat-great-grandparentsusedthewinterbefore.However,thenumberofthesecolorfulbutterflieshasdroppedinrecentyears.TheUSFishandWildlifeSenicesaidthatnearlyabillionmonarchshavedisappearedfromoverwinteringsites(越冬地點)since1990,theWashingtonPost

reported,oneofthemainreasons,expertssay,isthatfarmershaveusedherbicides(除草劑)onthemilkweed(馬利筋)plantsthatthesebutterfliesfeedon.……Fromthepassage,weknowthatthenumberofthemonarchshasdroppedmainlybecauseof______.

(1分)A、lessfood

B、badweatherC、airpollution

正確答案選項：參考答案：A

12、材料A:Hello,I'mthereporterfromtheschoolnewspaper.Iknowyouaregoingtoleaveschool.(1)

B:Yes,please.

A:Howdoyoufeelnow?

B:Excitedandabitsad.

A:(2)

B:Beforeleavingschool,I'mgoingtotakesomephotoswithmyteachersandclassmates.

A:(3)

B:I'mgoingtobeascientist,soI'llkeepworkinghardtomakemydreamcometrue.

A:Whatwouldyouliketosaytoyourteachersandclassmates?

B:I'dliketosay“Thanks”tothemforhelpingmealot.(4)

A:(5)

B:Youarewelcome.第（3）空填（）(1分)A、Also,Ihopemyschoolwillbebetter.B、Whatareyougoingtodobeforeleavingschool?C、MayIaskyousomequestions?D、Whatareyougoingtobewhenyougrowup?E、Thankyousomuch.正確答案選項：參考答案：D

13、Shedoesn'tsticktoherexercisesandabalanceddiet.Ifshe（）,shewouldremainslimandhealthy.(1分)A、haddoneB、woulddoC、didD、should正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查虛擬語氣。句意為：“她沒有堅持鍛煉和均衡飲食。如果她這樣做了，她會保持苗條和健康?！眎f引導的虛擬條件句，與現(xiàn)在事實相反時，從句的謂語動詞用過去式(be通常用were),主句用should/would/could/might+動詞原形。故選C。

14、—Howcomeyouwerehalfanhourlateformyclassthismorning,Mike?—_______Myfather’scarbrokedownhalfway.

(1分)A、Yes,sowhat?B、No,it’snotmyfault.C、Well,whoknows?D、Sorry,butIcouldn’thelpit.正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查情景交際。句意：——今天早上你為什么遲到了半小時，邁克？——對不起，我沒辦法。我父親的車半路拋錨了。故選D。

15、Sheis（）honestgirl.Shealwaystells（）truth.(1分)A、an;anB、an;theC、a;/D、an;/正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查冠詞。句意為：“她是個誠實的女孩。她總是說實話?！辈欢ü谠~a/an表泛指，a用于以輔音音素開頭的單詞前，an用于以元音音素開頭的單詞前；honest是以元音音素開頭的單詞，所以用an;tellthetruth是固定搭配，意為“說實話；講事實”。故選B。

16、---TrynottoworkyourselftoohardTakeiteasy.---Thanks._________

(1分)A、Sowhat?B、NowayC、Whatfor?D、You，too.正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查交際用語。句意：---不要讓自己太累了。放松點兒。---謝謝。你也是。ASowhat?那又怎么樣呢？BNoway沒門兒；CWhatfor?為什么；DYou，too.你也是。根據(jù)Thanks.可知，也提醒對方不要太累。故選D。

17、Janeisbusynow.She（）pictures.(1分)A、drawsB、drewC、isdrawingD、drawn正確答案選項：參考答案：C

18、材料GovernmentsandbusinessesworldwidearecreatingsmartphoneappstohelptrackthespreadofCOVID-19.Trackingthespreadofadiseaseisanimportantstepinstoppingitsoutbreak（爆發(fā)）.BytrackingdownpeoplewhohavebeenincontactwithCOVID-19patients,healthresearcherscanwarnthem,andkeepCOVID-19fromspreadingfurther.Thisiscalledcontacttracing（接觸者追蹤）.AsgovernmentsremoveCOVID-19limits,they’llneedtobeabletoquicklyfindandcontrolnewoutbreaks.Contacttracingwillbeanimportantpartoftheprocess.ButbecauseCOVID-19spreadssoquicklytosomanypeople,it’salmostimpossibletotraceallcontactswithphonecalls.That’swhymanypeoplehopethatdigitalcontacttracingwithsmartphoneswillhelp.Mostcontacttracingappscollectinformationaboutwherepeoplehavegoneandthepeoplethey’vehadcontactwith.TheappscantelluserswhenoneoftheirrecentcontactshasbeenfoundtohaveCOVID-19.Somesystemsalsotellgovernmentsorhealthcareworkers.Nowmanyappshavebeendevelopedallovertheworld.

Butsomepeopleworrytheappsarebeingmadetooquicklyandmaynotprotectpeople’sprivateinformation.Whatdoyouthinkofthiskindofapp?WhatdoestheunderlinedwordtheyinParagraph3referto?______

(1分)A、Users

B、GovernmentsC、Researchers

D、Healthcareworkers

正確答案選項：參考答案：B

19、Ifyouhavealotofmoney,willit________youhappy?

(1分)A、makeB、keepC、haveD、let正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析如果你有很多錢，它會讓你快樂嗎？make使，makesb＋形容詞；keep保持，keepsb/sth＋形容詞；have使，havesth＋過去分詞；let讓，letsb＋動詞原形／副詞

20、We'retravelling（）aspeedofthirtymilesanhour.(1分)A、atB、inC、forD、by正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查介詞。句意為：“我們以每小時三十英里的速度行進?！盿taspeedof是固定搭配，意為“以……的速度”。故選A。

21、材料MostscientistsagreetheGreatSphinxofGiza(吉薩獅身人面像)wasbuiltaround2,500B.C.ButJohnAnthonyWestsaysthatit'smucholder.Ifhe'sright,“Everythinganybodyhaslearnedaboutancientcivilizationswouldhavetobecompletelyrevised.”hetoldamagazine.

West,awriterandfilm-maker,firstgotinterestedinancienthistoryafterstudyingtheworkofaFrenchresearcher.TheresearchersaidEgyptiancivilizationcouldhavedevelopedasearlyas30,000yearsago,ratherthan4,500yearsago,asmostexpertsbelieve.

Westjoinedascientisttodoresearchtogether.TheirresearchsuggestedthattheSphinxhadbeenworndown(磨損)overtheyearsbywater,ratherthanbysandandwind.

Waitaminute?Water?Howcouldthatbe?TheSphinxisintheSaharaDesert,whichhasbeendryfor12,000years!However,beforethattime,itwasverygreen.Ifit'struethatwaterworedowntheSphinx,Westthinksthatitmusthavebeenbuitcenturiesearlier.

WhetherWestisrightorwrong,it'simportanttochallengeacceptedideas.That'showscienceprogresses,

Westgavesomeadviceforkids:Ifyouareinterestedinatopic,readeverythingyoucanonit.Doyourownresearch.Don'talwaysbelieveeverythingyourteacherstellyou.Asklotsofques-tions,andfindyourownanswers.Whichofthefollowingmaythewriteragree?(1分)A、Scienceprogressesthroughgivingdifferentopinions.B、Egyptiancivilizationshouldbeearlierthanwethought.C、Oneshoulddosomeresearchbeforegivingtheiropinions.D、Kidsshouldasklotsofquestionsandbelievewhattheirteacherssay.正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析觀點態(tài)度題。通讀最后一段可知West給了孩子們一些建議：如果你對某個話題感興趣，盡可能多地閱讀跟它相關的信息，做自己的研究，不要總是相信老師告訴的一切，多問問題，找出你自己的答案。由此推斷出科學通過給出不同的觀點而進步。故選A。

22、材料

Inchoosingafriend,oneshouldbeverycareful.Agoodfriendcanhelpyoustudy.Youcanhavefuntogetherandmakeeachotherhappy.Sometimesyouwillmeetfairweatherfriends，Theywillbewithyouaslongasyouhavemoneyorluck，butwhenyouaredown,theywillrunaway.HowdoIknowwhenIhavefoundagoodfriend?Ilookforcertainqualitiesofcharacter,especiallyunderstanding,honestyandreliability.

Aboveallelse,Ilookforunderstandinginafriend.Agoodfriendtriestounderstandhowanotherpersonisfeeling.Heisnotquicktojudge.Instead,hetriestolearnfromothers.Heputshimselfintheotherperson'splace,andhetriestothinkofwaystobehelpful.Heisalsoagoodlistener.

Atthesametime,however,agoodfriendishonest.Hedoesnotlookforfaultsinothers.Henoticestheirgoodpoints.Inshort,afriendwilltrytounderstandmeandacceptme.

Anotherqualityofafriendisreliability.Icanalwaysdependonagoodfriend.Ifthetellsmehewillmeetmesomewhereatacertaintime,Icanbesurethathewillbethere.IfIneedafavor,hewilldohisbesttohelpme.IfIamintrouble,hewillnotrunawayfromme.

Thereisafourthqualitythatmakesafriendspecial.Aspecialfriendissomeonewithwhomwecanhavefun.Weshouldenjoyourlives,andwewouldenjoyourfriendship.ThatiswhyIespeciallylikefriendswhoarefuntobewith.AgoodfriendlikesthesamethingsIlike.Weshareexperienceandlearnfromeachother.Agoodfriendhasagoodsenseofhumor,too.Helikestolaughwithme.Thatishowweshareinthejoyofbeingfriends.AndIknowthatheislookingforthesamequalityinme.

WhenImeetsomeonewhoisreliable,honest,andunderstanding,IknowI'vefoundafriend!

Good

friends

need

to

___.(1分)A、

always

point

out

each

other'smistakesB、

be

helped

with

moneyC、

understand

each

other's

feelings

D、

have

money

or

luck正確答案選項：參考答案：C

23、——Ihopethechildrenwon’ttouchthedog.——I’vewarnedthemno______.

(1分)A、notB、nottoC、nottouchD、notdo正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析此處為warn的短語warnsbnottodosth＂意為警告某人不要做某事,具體到本句為＂I'vewarnedthemnottotouchthedog,其中touchthedog這部分可以省略。故選:B。

24、aregoingtopickyouuptomorrowmorning.

(1分)A、SmithB、TheSmithC、TheSmithsD、Mr.Smith正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析英語中姓氏加s，表示一家人，而且前面必須有冠詞the

25、IfI（）you,I（）moreattentiontoEnglishidiomsandphrases.(1分)A、was;shallpayB、am;willpayC、wouldbe;wouldpayD、were;wouldpay正確答案選項：參考答案：D

26、AlthoughJaneagreedwithmeonmostpoints,herewasonetowhichshewasunwillingto__________

.(1分)A、giveupB、giveinC、giveawayD、giveoff正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查動詞短語辨析。

句意：盡管Jane同意我的大部分觀點，但仍然有一點是她不愿意退讓的。

A.giveout，發(fā)散，分發(fā)；B.givein，讓步，不認輸；C.giveaway，捐贈，捐出；D.giveoff，發(fā)出，放出（氣體等）；

表示不認同、不服輸，用givein來表達，故選B。

27、材料Mattjumpedintobed.Hisfathercameinand(1)besidehim.“Whatkindof(2)didyouhave,Matt?”heasked.“Itwasabaddayforme,”Matt(3).“IhadafightwithHed.The(4)sentanotehomeaboutme.AndItalkedbacktoMother.”??“Yes,partofthedaywasbad,”Mr.Goldsaid.“Butthereweregoodpartstoo.Nowit'stimetogoto(5).Sotellmeaboutthe(6)thing.”Mattsmiled.“AfterschoolIwentfishing,”hesaid.“Noonewantedtogowithme.SoIhadtogo(7)Ididn'tthinkIwouldhaveanyfun.ButIdid.I(8)abigfish!”“Iamgladyouhadagoodtime,”Mr.Goldsaid,“Thinkaboutituntilyougotosleep.NowIamgoingto(9)offthelight.Happydreams!”“Goodnight,Dad.”Mattsaid.??Everynight,Mr.GoldandMatthavealittletalk(10)this.EverynightMattgoestosleepthinkingaboutthebestthing.

第(10)選（）(1分)A、beside

B、besides

C、of

D、like正確答案選項：參考答案：D

28、在下列各組單詞中，找出字母讀音th不同于其他三個的選項（）

(1分)A、fatherB、motherC、thankD、brother正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析C，th讀[θ]其他3個th讀[e]

29、Theteachercamein________abookunderherarm．

(1分)A、hasB、withC、andD、of正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析老師胳膊下面夾著一本書進來了．根據(jù)Theteachercamein…abookunderhisarm，可推出缺少介詞with，此處表示伴隨狀態(tài)，withabookunderhisarm胳膊下面夾著一本書．根據(jù)句子所給出的部分，分析推敲空缺單詞，要讓句子意思通順，并注意單詞在句中的正確形式．

30、Ifyouwanttomeetpeopleandworkforamagazine,wehaveajob（）areporter.(1分)A、withB、ofC、asD、for正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查介詞。句意為：“如果你想采訪人，為雜志社工作，我們有記者的職位給你。”areporter是一種職業(yè)，可以推斷空格處的介詞表達的意思為“作為”。故選C。

31、Thereareforty-fivestudentsinourclass.Someareplayingbasketball,（）aredoingtheirhomework.(1分)A、otherB、theothersC、anotherD、others正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查不定代詞。句意為：“我們班有四十五名學生。有些在打籃球，有些在做作業(yè)?！眔ther意為“其他的”,其后加名詞；theothers意為“其余的”,指在一個范圍內(nèi)的其他全部；another意為“另一個”,其后加名詞單數(shù)；others和some對比使用時，意為“有些”。故選D。

32、Themeetingwillbeheldinhalfanhour,buttheyhaven'tgoteverythingready________.

(1分)A、everB、alreadyC、yetD、still正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析yet然而;但是根據(jù)句意所知，后半句是轉(zhuǎn)折.會議將在半小時后舉行，但他們還沒有把一切準備好.

33、Bytheendoflastterm,we（）onethousandEnglishwords.(1分)A、havelearnedB、haslearnedC、hadlearnedD、learned正確答案選項：參考答案：C

34、Ofthesefivehorses,thewhiteoneruns（）.(1分)A、fastB、fasterC、thefastestD、veryfast正確答案選項：參考答案：C

35、—Isthisyourbackpack?—_____It'sherbackpack.

(1分)A、Yesitis.B、Thankyou.C、Noitisn't.D、Nothisisn’t.正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析這是你的背包嗎？-不，這不是。這是她的背包。

36、Iwantedhimtoexperiencehisfreedom,alongwithfeelingplayinginthesnow,_______Ididn'tlethimoutoften.

(1分)A、whenB、afterC、untilD、since

正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查連詞詞義辨析。句意：我想讓他體驗一下他的自由，感受一下在雪里玩耍的感覺，因為我不經(jīng)常讓他出去。Awhen當……時候；Bafter在……之后；Cuntil直到；Dsince自從，因為。引導原因狀語從句，表示“因為”應用since。故選D。

37、Thepostofficeis________thebank________theschool．

(1分)A、between;andB、between;orC、next;toD、across;from正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析between：(空間上或時間上)在…中間

38、－Whatwilltoday’stalkbeabout?－Inthelecture______,theprofessorwilltellussomethingaboutmodernEnglishusage.

(1分)A、followingB、followedC、tofollowD、tobefollowed正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查非謂語動詞。根據(jù)句意可知，講座還未舉行，故用不定式。句意：——今天的講座會是什么？——在接下來的講座里，教授將告訴我們一些關于現(xiàn)代英語的用法。故C正確?？键c：考查非謂語動詞

39、材料Todaywasaveryimportantday.Franceplayed（1）Senegal(塞內(nèi)加爾)intheopeningmatchoftheWorldCup.Soccerfanswerevery（2）watchingthematchonTV.Toourgreatsurprise,Francewas（3）.

Todayfootballhasbecomevery（4）inChinaaftera（5）wait,“ChinaisintheWorldCupforthefirsttime,（6）weshouldsupportthem!”Saidsomepeople.Inourschoolmanystudentsenjoy（7）it.My（8）andIoftengotothefootballfieldafterclass.

Thisafternoontherewasa（9）footballmatchinourschool.（10）teamplayedagainstNo.1MiddleSchool,（11）theywereallverybigandstrong,itwasa（12）gamebetweenthetwoteamswiththeresult0-0lasttime.Todayourschoolplayedmuch（13）.

Inthefirsthalfofthematch（14）teamkickedagoal,butinthesecond,LiMingfromourschoolkickedagoal.Wewon1-0,atlast.I'mso（15）.Ican'tgettosleeptonight.

第(8)選（）(1分)A、students

B、teachers

C、classmates

D、parents正確答案選項：參考答案：C

40、Tomagreedtogowithus____.

(1分)A、inaminuteB、atlastC、atthesametimeD、final正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析湯姆終于同意和我們一起去了。inaminute一分鐘后，很快；atthesametime與此同時；inorderthat引導目的狀語從句。

41、Itis________tosay“thankyou”veryoften,eventofamilymembers.

(1分)A、politeB、rudeC、dangerousD、humorous正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：經(jīng)常說“謝謝”是禮貌的表現(xiàn)，即使是對家人?？疾樾稳菰~辨析。polite禮貌的；rude粗魯?shù)?；dangerous危險的；humorous幽默的。根據(jù)“thankyou”可知，說“謝謝”是禮貌的，故選A。

42、-Amanda,areyou（）onlychildinyourfamily?-Yes,but（）newbabyisontheway.(1分)A、the;aB、an;theC、an;aD、the;the正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查冠詞。句意為：“——Amanda,你是家里的獨生女嗎?——是的，但是一個新生兒馬上就要出生了?！辈欢ü谠~a/an表泛指，a用于以輔音音素開頭的單詞前，an用于以元音音素開頭的單詞前；定冠詞the表特指。問句中onlychild意為“獨生子女”,應用the表特指；new是以輔音音素開頭的單詞，newbaby意為“新生兒”,表泛指，所以用a。故選A。

43、在下列各組單詞中，找出字母讀音a不同于其他三個的選項（）

(1分)A、answerB、safeC、stationD、date正確答案選項：參考答案：A

44、Maria（）at4:30thismorningandcouldn'tfallasleep.(1分)A、wokeupB、waswokenupC、wakesupD、iswokenup正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查一般過去時。句意為：“Maria今天早上四點半醒來，無法入睡?！备鶕?jù)at4:30thismorning可知應用一般過去時。故選A。

45、材料Standinginthestore'sentrance,I（1）thisstrangesight.MydadhadjustdroppedmeofftoshopforChristmas（2）,butmybrotherandhisfriendshadamorenoble（3）forshopping.

“DoyouthinkCaitlinwilllikethis?”oneoftheboysasked.Andmybrother,lookingrather（4）.wasstandinginfrontofashelfofsocks.“OK.Thepinkonewouldbeagoodidea,”I（5）.Hepickeduponeandpresentedittomefor（6）.

Theyusedupalltheir（7）,someofwhichtheyhadsavedupoverthecourseoftheyearforChristmasgifts.But,theyhadall（8）tospenditonCaitlin.

JustninedaysbeforeChristmas,Caitlin'shousehadbeen（9）tothegroundby（10）.Caitlinandherparentsallhadescaped.（11）,everythinginthehousewasengulfed(吞噬)inflames,includingtheChristmaspresents（12）tobewrapped(包裝).

Theschoolwas（