阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As I walked past a store, I saw it, my dream coat. I’d been searching for the wonderful style that I’d first         in a magazine. I tried it on. It fit       . I wrapped the coat around myself like a (n)        .
I knew that I shouldn’t buy myself a present at Christmas time. I’d         the gifts for my family long before. Mom had         me into buying a coat months ago.        , I earned this by working all last summer. Still, I felt just a little        . “It is more blessed (幸福的) to give than to receive”. Those         haunted (萦绕) me all day. But I also wanted my dream coat.
The next morning, on the school bus, I         my friend, Kate. I recognized her dress as the same one she’d         yesterday and the day before.
At dinner, I asked my parents about Kate’s family.
“I hear that her mother worked at the factory that just         and his father is an alcoholic. He probably drank up all the money his wife         .”
That night I dreamed about Kate sitting beside a tree on Christmas morning, looking in our windows, when we opened gift after gift. When I awoke, I was         of what I had to do.
At breakfast, I         my plan to my family. It        I wasn’t the only one who was thinking that way. I bought a basic but         outfit (一套衣服) for Kate. We didn’t go to Kate’s until we were certain everyone would be in bed. Dad turned the car lights off        I approached her house.
The first day back to school after Christmas       , Kate was dressed in the clothes I’d given her. The outfit seemed to fit well.
It’s been many years now            that Christmas Eve, and I have not forgotten it. I learned the         of giving.

A．realized B．seen C．judged D．expected

A．similarly B．personally C．perfectly D．generally

A．model B．copy C．example D．sample

A．bought B．prepared C．made D．exchanged

A．forced B．persuaded C．suggested D．told

A．Besides B．Thus C．However D．Therefore

A．proud B．selfish C．cold D．confident

A．words B．goals C．items D．tasks

A．found B．watched C．knew D．noticed

A．purchased B．covered C．worn D．received

A．went away B．broke out C．closed down D．gave up

A．took B．earned C．handed D．pulled

A．certain B．free C．careful D．particular

A．announced B．recommended C．insisted D．expressed

A．came out B．turned out C．put out D．set out

A．warm B．bright C．good D．beautiful

A．because B．as C．once D．though

A．break B．effort C．event D．scene

A．for B．since C．at D．in

A．joy B．chance C．gift D．luck