When I was young£¬I never had a special Christmas gift that I dreamed of and was crazy about.I know I£¨1£©¡¡ ¡¡ a lot of great Christmas presents as I grew up.Chatty Cathy£¬Baby Thumbelina£¬Little Miss No Name...I just don't remember£¨2£©¡¡ ¡¡ them.Although my parents had their financial£¨3£©¡¡ ¡¡£¬they always made Christmas special for their four children.Dad worked a£¨n£©£¨4£©¡¡ ¡¡job as a referee in high school basketball games to£¨5£©¡¡ ¡¡ a little more cash£¬and Mum was the queen of bargain shopping.The gifts£¨6£©¡¡ ¡¡have been inexpensive£¬but there was more than enough under the tree.

    Stored in happy memories are the family£¨7£©¡¡ ¡¡£ºhelping Mum and Dad drag the Christmas decorations out of the attic£¬going with Dad to£¨8£©¡¡ ¡¡ the tree from the Kiwanis£¬and decorating the tree£¨9£©¡¡ ¡¡ strings of blue lights and Christmas lasting days and days and days.The piles of £¨10£©¡¡ ¡¡ under our tree wrapped in newspaper are more memorable than£¨11£©¡¡ ¡¡was wrapped.The act itself of unwrapping and£¨12£©¡¡ ¡¡seeing what was beneath the newspaper was£¨13£©¡¡ ¡¡and memorable.But the most clear are the images of smiles£¬the sounds of£¨14£©¡¡ ¡¡£¬not the images of toys or clothes.

    It's the£¨15£©¡¡ ¡¡of Christmas.The best moments£¬the happy moments were not the gifts£¬£¨16£©¡¡ ¡¡ the togetherness£¬the love of family.Even in the occasional quarrels of brothers and sisters£¬even in the £¨17£©¡¡ ¡¡ of late nights£¬even in the sometime stress of it all.

    Christmas should not £¨18£©¡¡ ¡¡on what's on our gift lists.For it's not about what gifts we £¨19£©¡¡ ¡¡ or receive£¬but about what we do£¬what we experience.

    Those are the happy moments that£¨20£©¡¡ ¡¡.

£¨1£©A.sent    B.received    C.bought       D.chose

£¨2£©A.opening   B.seeing       C.ordering   D.packing

£¨3£©A.independence      B.struggle  C.support          D.influence

£¨4£©A.busy  B.pleasing    C.ordinary    D.extra

£¨5£©A.apply for    B.give away C.bring in        D.set down

£¨6£©A.may      B.must   C.should   D.would

£¨7£©A.values    B.features  C.traditions    D.principles

£¨8£©A.borrow    B.select   C.separate    D.deliver

£¨9£©A.around    B.between    C.through   D.with

£¨10£©A.lights     B.decorations C.toys  D.presents

£¨11£©A.which     B.that      C.what    D.as

£¨12£©A.finally     B.suddenly   C.frequently    D.usually

£¨13£©A.inspiring B.exciting  C.satisfying    D.puzzling

£¨14£©A.whispers     B.cries    C.complaint      D.laughter

£¨15£©A.process       B.arrangement  C.experience      D.atmosphere

£¨16£©A.but    B.or  C.and  D.so

£¨17£©A.tiredness    B.wandering  C.sleeplessness    D.entertainment

£¨18£©A.depend     B.put C.centre     D.work

£¨19£©A.accept   B.give  C.like      D.require

£¨20£©A.differ   B.happen    C.mean     D.matter