单选题 Christmas Eve arrives at my house each year. The center of the celebration (庆祝) is dinner. My mother spends days preparing a rich variety of seafood. The guest list seldom changes. It is made up of my Aunt Marcy and her husband, my oldest brother, Sal, his wife, and their four children, my sister, Joann, her husband, and their two children, and my second brother, Richard, his wife, and their two children.
My aunt and uncle always come heavily loaded with enough food and wine for a whole army. My brother Sal and gang usually show up an hour early and empty-handed. Joann"s family is usually late while Richard"s group generally arrives on time, bearing gifts for everyone. I am in charge of getting the Christmas tree. Plenty of food is served at the dinner table, and all the hours of preparation are wolfed down in a matter of minutes. Along with the yearly repeated menu comes the yearly repeated conversation.
Everyone talks about how good the food tastes. My mother then talks about all the supermarkets from which the fish was bought. This begins our period of comparison shopping. For at least thirty minutes, we show how better we are than each other at mentioning the bargains we have found.
Personally, I do not feel the need to be with a crowd on Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve, to me, is a quiet time, a time to think deeply. The over-crowdedness and noise ruin my feelings about Christmas.

单选题 What does the underlined word "gang"(line 2, para, 2) probably mean?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为词义推测题。gang的本义是“一帮，一伙”。由于第一段交代了来参加圣诞前夜聚会的有大哥Sal和他的家人(his wife, and their four children)，而后文说的又是前面交代的其他人的家庭，因此可以推测这里所说的Sal and gang指的应当就是Sal一家子。所以，本题正确答案是D。

单选题 One of the main subjects discussed at the dinner table is ______.

单选题 How does the writer feel about Christmas at her house?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推理判断题。文章最后一段表达了作者自己对一家人圣诞聚餐的观点。由其中的I do not feel the need to be(觉得没必要)；to me, is a quiet time(对我来说是个安静的时候)与The over-crowdedness and noise ruin my feelings about Christmas(这种闹哄哄的感觉毁坏了我的圣诞情怀)等语言可以看出作者并不喜欢这种过节的方式，选C。