单选题 When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I could make it home for the holiday. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list if men who would have three-day posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers.
It was Christmas Eve when I arrived, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, shining against the green of a pine.
"Where did it come from?" I asked.
"I asked the gate boy to cut it," my mother said, "I wouldn"t have one just for myself, but when called—oh, such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon." Krysal Star was in its place. A few green branches reached about a little disorderly at the side, 1 thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas.
"It"s not like the one you used to find," my mother went on, "Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the gate boy didn"t know where to look. But I couldn"t be critical."
"Don"t worry," I told him, "It"s perfect."
It wasn"t of course, but at the moment I realized for the first time: all Christmas tree are perfect.
单选题 From the passage we can infer that ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章第一段第二、三句可推断出只有一部分士兵在战争中可回家过圣诞节。故本题答案为B。
单选题 When the writer got home, ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 从文章中看出作者是24号回的家,当时下小雪,小男孩已经修剪好树,故选项A、 B、D均错。本题答案为C。
单选题 From the passage we can conclude that ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 文章最后一段第一句话可以判断出作者以前很擅于修剪圣诞树。故本题答案为A。
单选题 The best title for this passage would be "______".
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本文通过圣诞树说明文章的主旨,故答案为C