It was December and the snow was falling quietly outside.The four March sisters were sitting around the fire in the sitting room.
"Christmas isn't Christmas without any presents，"Jo said sadly. "I hate being poor!"Meg said，looking at her old dress.
"Some girls have lots of nice things，and other girls have nothing at all，" said Amy."I don't think it's fair（公平的）."
"But we've got Father and Mother，and each other，" said Beth.The four sisters looked happy for a moment when they remembered this.
Then Jo said， "But we haven't got Father." Their smiles suddenly disappeared（消失）.Mr.March was far away with the soldiers（士兵）.
"Mother says our men are suffering（痛苦的） and we mustn't spend money for pleasure，" Meg said， "That's why we can't have presents this year."
"Well，each of us has a dollar to spend，" said Jo， "What can the army do with four dollars？Nothing!I don't expect anything from Mother but I I'd like to buy a book for myself." Jo loved reading and she had a passion for books.
"I want to spend mine on some new music，" said Beth.She played the piano and she loved singing.
"I'm going to buy a box of drawing pencils.I really need them." said Amy.She wanted to be an artist.
"Mother didn't say anything about spending our own money，" cried Jo， "We work hard for it so let's buy what we want and have a little fun."
It was true.The two older sister had jobs.Meg worked as a teacher for the King family and Jo looked after Aunt March，their father's rich，bad-tempered（壞脾氣的）old aunt.Beth and Amy helped with the housework.
Just then it was six o'clock.Beth got up and put her mother's slippers（拖鞋）near the fire to warm.
"Those slippers are very old，"said Jo， "Mother needs some new ones." "I can buy a pair for her with my dollar，"said Beth.
"No，I'm the oldest，"Meg said，"I want to buy the slippers for her."
"No，it's my job，"said Jo."Father told me to take care of Mother while he was away."
"I have an idea，" said Beth， "Let's not spend our money on ourselves.Let's get some presents for Mother."
Her sisters thought that this was a very good idea.
（1）How many dollars did the four girls together have for presents？ BB
A．1.
B．4.
C．12.
D．16.
（2）Why did the four girls lose their smiles？ BB
A．Because their father was dead.
B．Because their father wasn't at home.
C．Because they didn't have Christmas presents.
D．Because they didn't see their mother.
（3）What does the underlined sentence "she had a passion for books" mean？ CC
A．She had lots of books.
B．She hated books very much.
C．She loved books very much.
D．She lost her books.
（4）Which of the following sentence is right？ DD
A．The four girls' father was far away with some businessmen.
B．Amy liked singing and she wanted to be an artist.
C．Jo looked after Aunt March who is her father's rich and young Aunt.
D．Four girls agreed to get some presents for Mother instead of buying presents of their own.
【答案】B；B；C；D
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