解析：本题考查名词辨析。根据下文的意思，此处表达大家等待的拆礼物的时刻到来了，故选择moment。
37. A. lit B. took C. burned D. cheered 答案：A
解析：本题考查动词辨析。分析四个选项的意思，根据文章的上下文：他们灿烂的笑容照亮了整个房间，所以选择light的过去式lit。
38. A. atmosphere B. sympathy C. calmness D. joy 答案：D
解析：本题考查名词辨析。联系上下文，分析四个选项的意思，此处是表达欢乐，故选择D。
39. A. it B. such C. something D. everybody 答案：A
解析：本题考查代词辨析。联系上下文，得知：欢乐不仅仅是因为玩具。所以选择it，指代欢乐。
40. A. by B. till C. for D. from 答案：D
解析：本题考查介词辨析。联系上下文，此处表示：我从很久
以前的那次圣诞节上获得的感觉再次感受到了。故选择from。
第二部分：阅读理解（第一节２０小题，第二节５小题； 每小题２分，满分５０分）
第一节：阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。www.ks*5u.co
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When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.
It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie’s basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.
―Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.‖ She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted bit stripes (条纹) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!
The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.
My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, ―What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors’ trees, but this! Come inside right now!‖ I stood there glaring hack at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art.
―Now go clean it up!‖ Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.
Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful. 本篇文章是一篇记叙文。
41. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?
A. To introduce Stephanie to her.
B. To prevent her from seeing his painting. C. To put the materials back in the yard.
D. To show his artwork to her. 答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据第四段“I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece.”可知我当时是很高兴的想把我的杰作给母亲看。所以选择D。 42. In his mother’s eyes, the writer_______. A. was a born artist
B. always caused trouble
C. was a problem solver
D. worked very hard
答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第五、六段可以推断出，母亲特别反感作者的一些行为，所以很生气，认为她是一个麻烦制造者。 43. The underlined word ―rainbow‖ in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A. the rainbow in the sky
B. the stripes on the pavement
C. something imaginative and fun
D. important lessons learned in childhood 答案：C
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段作者的感慨“to keep our hopes and dreams colorful”，可以推断此时作者提到的rainbow不是指自己曾经画过的街道上的彩虹，而是指自己的人生中的彩虹。
44. It can be learned from the passage that parents should ________.
A. encourage children to paint
B. value friendship among children C. discover the hidden talent in children
D. protect rather than destroy children’s dreams 答案：D