1. 阅读理解

C

Year after year, my brothers, sisters and I would wait on Christmas morning to hear my father's voice saying it was all right to come down. Usually, I was the first one to wake up. I have been able to remember Christmas since I was six or seven.

Even now, as I look through the boxes of Christmas decorations(装饰物), I see the same ones — the cards with our birthdays on them and our five stockings. But we all have jobs now, so it is usually a rushed activity.

Each year, especially as we get older, little things change. It almost brings a pain to a little place in my heart. The worst was the year after my grandparents had passed away. Instead of going to my grandparents' house on Christmas Eve, we just met in our house on Christmas Day. Now, when I recall it, I miss the time when my grandparents celebrated Christmas with us.

After all, every time I hear my father's words "All right, you guys, come down, nice and slow", I still have the same feelings in my heart — the feelings of love, giving, peace, and most of all, the true Christmas gift.

1. （1） From the second paragraph, we can infer that       .

   A . there may be five children in the writer's family B . Christmas meant nothing in the writer's childhood C . Christmas was a painful time in the writer's childhood D . the writer's family don't care about Christmas any more
3. （2） Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage

   A . The writer is happy with the changes as time goes by. B . The family no longer have any Christmas decorations.   C . The writer started to remember Christmas at the age of four. D . The children wouldn't come down until their father asked them to.
5. （3） What caused a pain in the writer's heart?

   
   

   A . A Christmas morning. B . The Christmas decorations. C . The change of little things. D . The fact of becoming older.
7. （4） The underlined phrase "passed away" in Paragraph 3 means "_________".

             

   A . 搬迁 B . 去世  C . 分开 D . 病倒
9. （5） What is the passage mainly about?

   A . How the writer feels about Christmas decorations. B . How the writer feels about the change in celebrating Christmas. C . What the writer did on Christmas morning when he was young. D . Why the writer didn't celebrate Christmas with his grandparents.