Question

After my 26 second-graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats. But Duane was still __21__ there. Duane was a bright and lovable student, __22__ his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking. __23__ that he might have had a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong. As he looked up, I could see the __24__ in his dark eyes.

“Mrs. Brown, aren’t you going to open my present for you?” he asked __25__. “I put it on your desk.”

Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me. I noticed my gift __26__ to be a matchbox. Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box __27__ a matchbox. As I opened it, the __28__ of two beer caps surprised me. Duane __29__ me that they were two earrings. He had noticed that I __30__ wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones.

I was __31__ by Duane’s creativity and thoughtfulness. __32__ birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed (畸形的). Fearing that wearing earrings might __33__ to the ear, I avoided wearing them. But how could I __34__ to wear these precious earrings given by this __35__ child?

As I placed the earrings on my ears, my __36__ clapped, and Duane stood proudly beside me.

Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk. It __37__ me of Duane’s act of kindness and of the lessons he taught me. Although his __38__ at home was bad, Duane continued to see the good in life. Although poor, he still wanted to __39__. Whenever I see Duane’s gift on my desk, I feel encouraged. If I am having __40__ reaching a student, I’ll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart.

1.	A．sitting B．crying C．standing D．speaking

2.	A．unless B．though C．so D．since

3.	A．Wondering B．Thinking C．Finding D．Pointing

4.	A．hope B．joy C．hurt D．determination

5.	A．disappointedly B．angrily C．happily D．shyly

6.	A．happened B．appeared C．used D．ought

7.	A．as well as B．more than C．except for D．rather than

8.	A．shape B．color C．design D．sight

9.	A．persuaded B．fooled C．told D．encouraged

10.	A．only B．often C．once D．never

11.	A．frightened B．touched C．knocked D．influenced

12.	A．Since B．Until C．Before D．Unless

13.	A．do harm B．draw attention C．add weight D．have an effect

14.	A．refuse B．offer C．agree D．wait

15.	A．generous B．honest C．special D．sad

16.	A．hands B．students C．audiences D．friends

17.	A．convinced B．reminded C．proved D．showed

18.	A．performance B．experience C．situation D．health

19.	A．please B．take C．give D．accept

20.	A．chance B．possibility C．intention D．difficulty

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.D

【解析】略