【单选题】

Once there was a little girl who came to live in an orphanage (孤儿院). As Christmas time was drawing near, all of the other children 11telling the little girl about the beautiful Christmas tree that would ap- pear in the hall downstairs on Christmas morning. After their usual 12, each child would be given their only Christmas gift, a small orange.

The headmaster of the orphanage was very 13with the kids. So on Christmas Eve, when he 14the little girl slipping down the stairs to peek (偷看) at the much-heard-of Christmas tree, he 15that the little girl would not receive her Christmas orange because she had been so curious as to disobey the rules.
The little girl ran back to her room 16, crying at her terrible fate. The next morning as the other chil- dren were going down for breakfast, the little girl stayed in her bed. She couldn't 17the thought of see- ing the others receive their gift while there would be 18for her. Later, as the children came back up- stairs, the little girl was surprised to be handed a napkin (餐巾 ). As she carefully opened it, there, to her19, was an orange all peeled and sectioned (分瓣). "How could this be?" she asked. Then, she real- ized that each child had taken one section from their orange for her so that she, too, would have a Christmasorange. What an example of the true meaning of Christmas those orphan children showed that morning ! HowI 20the world would show the same kind of concern for others, not only at Christmas, but throughoutthe year !
11.A. stopped
B. began
C. hated
D. avoided