By the third year of teaching I’d begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children. I was teaching fourth grade and my students had made me 16 . I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year.
The morning bell rang. I walked 17 through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty-two smiling faces 18 me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to 19 their smiles. Back into the classroom, they 20 , comparing plans for the 21 . I had to remove one student from each arm 22 I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book（点名册） my desk was covered with 23 and gifts followed by a 24 of “Merry Christmas” wishes.
“Oh, thank you,” I must have 25 a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my 26 mood. It was kind of them to 27 me. After a while, I heard a small nervous 28 say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing 29 by my desk, holding a small, round gift. “This is for you.”
“Thank you, Sweetheart.” I laid it on my desk with the others.
“Um, could you 30 it now?”
I gently tore at the paper and tape. “ 31 ,” he said, “it’s breakable.” Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament（装饰物）, complete with a hook already 32 . It dawned on me what he had done. Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree. I tried to keep my 33 back.
Later that day, I sat 34 the ornament in my hands. Was I really so important to this child that he had searched for something to give me? Now every year as I 35 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me.
1..
A. excited B. tired C. amazed D. relaxed
2..
. A. eagerly B. aimlessly C. gently D. heavily
3..
A. watched B. greeted C. delighted D. warned
4..
A. return B. forget C. ignore D. refuse
5..
A. calmed B. settled C. chatted D. argued
6..
A. study B. weekend C. vacation D. lesson
7..
A. before B. when C. after D. because
8..
A. letters B. books C. chalks D. cards
9..
A. knowledge B. collection C. series D. bunch
10..
A. confirmed B. assessed C. responded D. explained
11..
A. pleased B. low C. thrilled D. angry
12..
A. talk about B. think of C. turn to D. connect with
13..
A. call B. sound C. shout D. voice
14..
A. shyly B. bravely C. rudely D. sadly
15..
A. classify B. collect C. open D. check
16..
A. Careful B. Dangerous C. Patient D. Hasty
17..
A. exposed B. adapted C. adjusted D. attached
18..
A. trees B. hooks C. gifts D. tears
19..
A. looking into B. turning over C. giving away D. packing up
20..
A. anxiously B. hurriedly C. delicately D. casually
—Mum, where is my toy train? You promised.
—_____, my but you know mum is pretty busy today. Tomorrow, OK?
A. So it is B. So is it C. So did I D. So I did
As long as you’ve paid _________ advance we won’t charge you _________ delivery.
A. by: for B. in; with C. in; for D. by; with
At first he refused to admit he had stolen but when he was shown the videotape he ______ and admitted everything.
A. broke down B. broke away C. broke up D. broke out
Only when _________ be possible to sign the papers.
A. does the boss come will it B. the boss comes will it
C. has the boss come it will D. the boss comes it will
Glasses are __and must be handled with great care.
A. abundant B. diverse C. extinct D.fragile
