(1)______ New Year’s Eve, a little girl was wandering the streets in bare feet, trying to
(2)______ matches. Both her shoes got lost, (3)______ she got very cold in the snow. She held
her arms and legs close to her body, and lighted a match to warm her hands. She could see a
warm stove in front of her. She lighted a second match, and could see through the wall of the
house she would go to. On the table (4) ______ all kinds of delicious foods.
She lighted a third match, and saw that she was sitting (5)______ a Christmas tree.
(6)______, she saw a shooting star, and her mother, who was dead. She lighted another, and saw
a vision of her grandmother. She (7)______________ lighting matches to make her
grandmother close, and then her grandmother took her and flew (8)______ heaven. The girl’s
dead body was found the next morning.
1. A. In B. At C. On D. Until
2. A. sell B. buy C. sold D. bought
3. A. yet B. but C. or D. so
4. A. is B. are C. was D. were
5. A. on B. at C. under D. in
6. A. Since then B. Right then C. Now D. After
7. A. keep B. kept C. keeping D. to keep
8. A. up to B. up C. through D. on