专题7 完形填空_3

（河南省焦作市2016届高三第一次模拟）完形填空。
 
I remember believing in Santa when I was a very young girl. However, as I grew older, I learned many _______ that “proved” his nonexistence. Always _______ by nature, I was determined to use   _______ to decide whether Santa Claus was _______.
 
The first year of tests _______ when I was 5. I decided that if  I _______ all night on Christmas Eve, I could see if Santa really came down the chimney. _______, that was a useless _______. I fell asleep that year, and when I woke up, I saw a _______ wrapped present under the _______.
 
At age 7, I came up with another test to see if Santa was real. That year, I didn’t send out my Christmas letter to Santa because I wanted _______ for Christmas, but this turned into a plot. By then, I _______ knew Santa wasn’t real, but I wanted enough _______ to support this. That year was _______, because on Christmas Eve, my mother dragged me to our local Wal-Mart and led me around the toy section. I _______ to say a word, but did let my eyes _______ on a ballet set. I _______ that “Santa” wouldn’t know what I wanted because he shouldn’t be able to read my   _______. However, mother would know everything that caught my eyes in the store. If I got the ballet set the next morning, I would have my evidence. Christmas morning, there was the ballet set, sitting under the tree again. _______ I didn’t use it much, mother ended up returning it a few days later. She _______ Santa was generous enough to leave a receipt. That was the end to my task to discover the existence of Santa.
 
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