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课时知能训练Ⅰ.完形填空 Just before Christmas 1978，Kenneth was a passenger in a car as it drove through the Navajo Nation.The night was dark，and the driver，an elderly woman，__1__ and killed an eightyearold boy. Later，when he saw how sad the boy's family were，Kenneth made a(n) __2__.He would “do whatever it takes to make __3__happy at Christmas time”． A year later，at the age of 18，he was living with his mother and younger brother.They were hardly making ends meet on his low wages，but Kenneth bought a used Santa suit and went around __4__ people as poor as himself to give candy and fruit for families even more needy. Just before midnight on Christmas Eve，he went knocking on doors of __5__houses in the poorest section of the Navajo Nation.Many of the darkened homes didn't have __6__. Some families were __7__ to open their doors so late at night.“It's a man! He has a big bag！” He __8__a boy，holding up a lantern and watching from behind the curtains，tell his parents.Kenneth convinced them he was __9__. At every opened door，he __10__ candies，oranges，toys and so on.Many Navajo kids had never seen __11__ before，so his old costume and storebought beard didn't __12__ them.It touched Kenneth that the kids were excited by so __13__. He __14__ it up year after year，gathering more “elves (精灵)” to help him.His Christmas Eve __15__ have grown into an annual Navajo feast with gifts of clothing，tools and toys for over 700 people.Kids who can't make it to the event because they're sick or lack transportation get a personal visit from Kenneth or one of his elves. | 
