题目内容
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 _______ . I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year.
The morning bell rang. I walked _______ through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty-two smiling faces _______ me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to _______their smiles. Back into the classroom, they_______, comparing plans for the_______ . I had to remove one student from each arm _______ I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book（点名册）, I found my desk was covered with_______ and gifts followed by a _______ of “Merry Christmas” wishes.
“Oh, thank you,” I must have ________ a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my________ mood. It was kind of them to________ me. After a while, I heard a small nervous________ say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing________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__________it now?”
I gently tore at the paper and tape. “________ ,” he said, “it’s breakable.” Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament（装饰物）, complete with a hook already________. 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 ________back.
Later that day, I sat________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________ pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me.
1.A. tired B. excited 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. walked 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. explained D. said
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. expected B. adapted C. adjusted D. attached
18.A. trees B. hooks C. gifts D. tears
19.A. turning over B. putting into C. giving away D. packing up
20.A. anxiously B. hurriedly C. quickly D. delicately
