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Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a few houses were washed away, but her house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth took in one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build another house. Elizabeth's friends could not understand why she wanted to give so much when she already had so many children to support.
"Well,"Elizabeth explained to her friends, "At the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now. "
"The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, 'We won't be able to have much for Christmas. I'm going to get just one present for us all. Now I'll go and get it. ' She came back with a little girl who had no parents. 'Here's our present,' she said to her own children. "
"The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas present. "
根据短文内容, 完成句子。每空一词。
1. One winter a big flood ____ away many houses.
2. ____ Elizabeth had a big family to support, she shared her home with the homeless.
3. Elizabeth told her friends about her own story because they couldn't understand ____ she did.
4. A poor German woman with her children ____ Elizabeth as their family member on the day before Christmas.
5. The story tells us that we should all be kind to help the people in ____.

答案： 1. washed 2. Although/Though 3. what 4. accepted/received 5. trouble/need