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My husband Jack hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the
true meaning of ___16___, but the commercial aspects of it. Knowing he felt
this ______17___, I decided one year to___18___the usual shirts, sweaters, ties
and so on. I reached for something _____19__just for Jack. The idea came in an
unusual way.
Our son
Kevin, who was 12 that year, was______20______at the junior level at the school
he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league
match____21_____a team sponsored by a church.
These
youngsters from the church, dressed in shoes so_______22_____that shoestrings
seemed to be the only thing holding them together,____23______our son’s team
were in their beautiful new wrestling shoes.
As the
match began, I was_____24_____to see that the other team was wrestling without
a helmet designed to____25_____a wrestler’s head. They clearly could
not_____26_____ them. Well, our son’s team ended up defeating them and took
every weight class. But as the other team ______27_____up from the mat, they
walked around with a sense of pride that couldn’t admit______28______.
Jack,
seated beside me, shook his head_____29_____, “I wish just one of them could
have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential, but______30_____like this
could take the heart right out of them.” Jack loved_____31_____and he knew
them, having coached little league football, baseball. That’s when the
____32______for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting
goods store and _____33______some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them to
the church.
On
Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Jack
what I had done and that this was his_______34_____from me. His smile was
the_______35______ thing about Christmas that year.
1. A.the gift B.an envelope C.the wrestling D.Christmas
2. A.way B.joy C.music D.fear
3. A.buy B.wear C.avoid D.give
4. A.beautiful B.expensive C.new D.special
5. A.wrestling B.weightlifting C.shooting D.boxing
6. A.at B.against C.for D.on
7. A.big B.small C.worn D.cheap
8. A.because B.if C.while D.so
9. A.frightened B.disappointed C.pleased D.surprised
10. A.cover B.surround C.hide D.protect
11. A.carry B.afford C.design D.expect
12. A.dressed B.got C.turned D.cheered
13. A.defeat B.evidence C.charge D.mistake
14. A.gently B.sadly C.nervously D.gladly
15. A.running B.winning C.losing D.shaking
16. A.workmates B.parents C.friends D.kids
17. A.invitation B.care C.idea D.money
18. A.return B.sold C.bought D.left
19. A.gift B.warning C.praise D.love
20. A.brightest B.funniest C.ugliest D.darkest