The Hand
Thanksgiving Day was near．The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment to draw a picture of ___1____ for which they were thankful．
Most of the class might be _2___ economically disadvantaged, but still many would __3___ the holidays with turkeys and other traditional goodies of the season．These, the teacher thought, would be the ___4___ of most of her students’ art．And they were．
But Douglas made a（n） __5___ kind of picture．Douglas was a different kind of boy．He was the teacher’s true child of misery,__6_____ and unhappy．As other children played at recess, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side．One could only guess the pain Douglas felt ___7___those sad eyes．
Yes, his picture was different．When__8____ to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a____9____．Nothing else．Just a empty hand．
His abstract image captured the _10_____ of his classmates, Whose hand could it be ? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers__11_____ turkeys．Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and __12____ people．And so the discussion went ------ until the teacher ___13__ forgot the young artist himself．
__14____ the children had gone on to other assignments, she_15_____ at Douglas’ desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was．The little boy looked away and murmured, “It’s yours, teacher．”
She recalled the __16___ she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there, as she had other student．How _17_____ had she said, “Take your hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside．” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil．” Or, “Let’s do this together．” Douglas was most ____18__ for his teacher’s hand．
Brushing aside a tear, she went on with her work．
In fact, people __19___ not always say “thanks”．But they will remember the hand that ____20___ ．
1.A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything
2.A．suggested B．affected C．encouraged D．considered
3.A．celebrate B．share C．like D．avoid
4.A．purposes B．subjects C．motivations D．examples
5.A．good B．encouraging C．different D．exciting
6.A．merry B．naughty C．weak D．lively
7.A．behind B．beside C．before D．around
8.A．ordered B．asked C．forced D．persuaded
9.A．gift B．person C．hand D．wonder
10.A．thought B．description C．respect D．imagination
11.A．raise B．need C．buy D．sell
12.A．look at B．care for C．take away D．drive off
13.A．always B．almost C．usually D．therefore
14.A．Before B．Now that C．Since D．When
15.A．stared B．aimed C．paused D．glanced
16.A．chances B．forms C．ways D．times
17.A．seldom B．often C．soon D．much
18.A．thankful B．calm C．pleased D．comfortable
19.A．could B．must C．should D．might
20.A．move on B．stick above C．reaches out D．help out
The murderer was brought in, with his hands ___behind his back．
A．being tied B．having tied C．tied D．to be tied
-----I don’t know what I _____ without the suitcase you lent me．
-----Glad to have been of some help to you．
A．would have done B．would do
C．should have done D．should do
___ I feel pity on hurricane victims in Southeast Asia, I can’t really do very much to help them but contribute my pocket money．
A．As long as B．When C．While D．Even
Mrs．Green took up the story at the point ____the thief had just made off with the jewels．
A．where B．which C．as D．when
-----I heard that many westerners prefer vegetables to meat．
-----It is true．Americans eat ___ vegetables each person today as they did 20 years ago．
A．more than twice B．as twice as many
C．twice as many D．that twice as many
