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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 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 小题2: A.warning B.ringing C.calling D.yelling 小题3: A.scolded B.wondered C.realized D.learned 小题4: A.modestly B.naturally C.inaccurately D.improperly 小题5: A.popular B.upset C.special D.funny 小题6: A.expressing B.delivering C.wearing D.sharing 小题7: A.practiced B.wandered C.studied D.stayed 小题8: A.would B.should C.might D.could 小题9: A.aim at B.turn to C.put off D.head for 小题10: A.argument B.excitement C.movement D.judgment 小题11: A.school B.year C.education D.program 小题12: A.relief B.return C.vain D.control 小题13: A.weakly B.sadly C.quietly D.helplessly 小题14: A.searched B.found C.raised D.pulled 小题15: A.Holding B.Handing C.Sending D.Leaving 小题16: A.delight B.expectation C.appreciation D.surprise 小题17: A.cheap B.empty C.useless D.special 小题18: A.as B.until C.because D.though 小题19: A.advice B.support C.attention D.command 小题20: A.from B.behind C.over D.towards