[单项选择]A Wonderful Present
Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.
Pete’s grandfather had owned the shop until his death. Then the shop became Pete’s. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations.
The winter girl
On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window. With large and serious eyes, she studied each piece in the window. Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop.
There was not much light inside the shop, but the little girl Could see that the place was full of things; old guns and clocks, more jewelry and boxes and figures, and a hundred other things for which she didn’t even know the names.
Pete himself stood behind the counter. He was-only 30 years old, but already his hair was turning gray.
A. Pete buried himself in self-pity.
B. Pete refused to talk with people.
C. Pete ran away from the shop and succeeded in forgetting the girl.
D. Pete fell in love with another girl with yellow hair and blue eyes.

{{B}}A Wonderful Present{{/B}}
Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.
Pete’s grandfather had owned the shop until his death. Then the shop became Pete’s. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations.
{{B}}The winter girl{{/B}}
On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window. With large and serious eyes, she studied each piece in the window. Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop.
There was not much light inside the shop, but the little girl Could see that the place was full of things; old guns and clocks, more jewelry and boxes and figures, and a hundred other things for which she didn’t even know the n
A. The story is about how Pete spent a wonderful Christmas with a little girl.
B. The story is about a wonderful present that awakened in Pete a new love for others.
C. The story tells about the love between Pete and Jean Grace’s sister.
D. The story tells about how sorrowful Pete was since he lost his girlfriend.