Even though it was only October，my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more
_36__ waiting for the final school bell. Upon its
__37__ everyone would run for their coats and go home，everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often
__38__ what kind of home life David had，and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so
__39__for the cold winter months without a coat，boots，or gloves. But something made David
__40__.I can still remember he was always
__41__a smile and willing to help. He always
__42__ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He
__43__ just simply smile and ask what else he could do，then thank me for letting him stay and slowly
__44__ home.
Weeks passed and the
__45__ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of
__46__ before the holiday break. I smiled in
__47__ as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David
__48__ standing by my desk.
“I have something for you，”he said and
__49__ from behind his back a small box.
__50__ it to me，he said anxiously，“Open it.” I took the box from him，thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my
__51__ I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said，“The box is nice，David，but it’s
__52__.”
“Oh，no. It isn’t.” said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes
___53__I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given
__54__ to. After that Christmas，David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning
__55__the little empty box set on my desk.
| 小题1: | | A．anxious | B．courageous | C．serious | D．cautious |
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| 小题2: | | A．warning | B．ringing | C．calling | D．yelling |
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| 小题3: | | A．scolded | B．wondered | C．realized | D．learned |
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| 小题4: | | A．modestly | B．naturally | C．inaccurately | D．inappropriately |
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| 小题5: | | A．popular | B．upset | C．special | D．funny |
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| 小题6: | | A．expressing | B．delivering | C．wearing | D．sharing |
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| 小题7: | | A．practised | B．wandered | C．studied | D．stayed |
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| 小题8: | | A．would | B．should | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题9: | | A．aim at | B．turn to | C．put off | D．head for |
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| 小题10: | | A．argument | B．excitement | C．movement | D．judgment |
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| 小题11: | | A．school | B．year | C．education | D．program |
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| 小题12: | | A．relief | B．return | C．vain | D．control |
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| 小题13: | | A．weakly | B．sadly | C．quietly | D．helplessly |
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| 小题14: | | A．searched | B．found | C．raised | D．pulled |
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| 小题15: | | A．Holding | B．Handing | C．Sending | D．Leaving |
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| 小题16: | | A．delight | B．expectation | C．appreciation | D．surprise |
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| 小题17: | | A．cheap | B．empty | C．useless | D．improper |
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| 小题18: | | A．as | B．until | C．because | D．though |
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| 小题19: | | A．advice | B．support | C．attention | D．command |
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| 小题20: | | A．from | B．behind | C．over | D．towards |
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