The day before Father's Day, Mrs. Berry asked her students to make a card for their fathers. She passed out paper and pieces of cloth. Elizabeth looked for a while at the blue cloth and began to cut it. Then she  21  her paper in half and began writing. When Elizabeth finally looked at the message the teacher gave on the paper, she noticed something else. She felt her  22  grow hot -- she hadn't heard that anyone who didn't have a father could make one for a grandfather or an uncle. As her teacher walked to her, Elizabeth tried  23  her card with her arm, but Mrs. Berry gently  24  it so that she could read it. Elizabeth sat  25 ,  waiting for her to say something, but she saw a 26  roll down Mrs. Berry's face. She had never made Mrs. Berry so upset.

When school was over, Elizabeth  27  until all the other kids left so that she could  28  . "I'm sorry for not listening. I'll make another card  29  you want. I'll do it  30  and bring it tomorrow."

"  31  are you talking about?" asked Mrs. Berry.

"My Father's Day card. I know you're upset because I didn't do it  32  ."

"Elizabeth, that was the  33  card in the whole class. It was so  34  that it made me cry."

Elizabeth was so  35  that she ran out of the classroom. When her mom came home from work that night, Elizabeth  36  to give her the card early. On the front of the card was a  37  of Elizabeth's mom, with a blue piece of cloth cut like her hair. Inside the card she had written:                                                                              

Dear Mom,

I know you work really hard to be both a mommy and a（n） 38 . I want to thank you and 39  you a happy Father’s Day.                        

                                                                                           Love,

                                                                                           Elizabeth             

When her mom read the card she started  40  , just like Mrs. Berry did.

A. close       B. open      C. spread         D. folded

A. heart       B. face       C. eyes           D. feet

A. covering           B. holding      C. doing        D. making

A. caught      B. left        C. lifted         D. put

A. alone       B. still        C. up           D. down

A. tear        B. smile        C. hair          D. sweat

A. worked            B. waited       C. stood         D. studied

A. apologize   B. stop             C. understand    D. stay

A. because      B. until         C. unless        D. if

A. just here    B. at once      C. at home       D. at school

A. Who              B. Whose        C. Which        D. What

A. carefully    B. quickly       C. wrong         D. right

A. worst      B. best          C. favorite        D. simplest

A. wild       B. ugly           C. sweet                D. hard

A. happy             B. regretful      C. brave                D. rude

A. seemed     B. decided       C. refused        D. promised

A. address     B. phone number C. drawing      D. writing

A. brother            B. sister        C. daddy         D. aunt

A. wish       B. hope            C. want          D. congratulate

A. laughing           B. joking     C. worrying         D. crying

It was pouring outside. We all stood there  21 , some patiently, others annoyed   22  nature messed （弄糟）their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens   23  away the dirt and dust of the world.  
“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” a girl’s voice    24   me .
“No, honey. We’ll wait until it   25 down a bit,” Mom replied.
The young girl waited about another minute and   26 : “Mom, let’s run through the
rain .”
“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.
“No , we won’t , Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said 
as she  27     her  Mom’s arm .
“This morning?  28  did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said ,” If God can get us through this , he can get us through  29  .”
The entire crowd turned   30  . Mom paused and thought for a moment about   31 
she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being  32 . But then we heard, 
“Honey, you are   33. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,”
Mom said. Then   34 they ran.
We all stood   35 , smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were  36  by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the  37  to their cars. Circumstances （境况）or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your  38 . But no one can ever take away your precious  39 . So, don’t forget to make time and take the  40  to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.   

A man had a little daughter—an only and much-loved child. He lived ___21__ her—she was his life. So when she became ill, he became like a man moving 22 and earth to bring about her restoration to  23  .
　　His best efforts,  24 , proved 25 and the child died. The father became a bitter loner, 26  himself away from his many friends and refusing every   27 that might restore his calm and bring him back to his normal self. But one night he had a   28  .
　　He was in heaven,  29 a grand presentation of all the little child angels. They were  30  in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic child  31 a candle. He noticed that one child’s candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the  32 candle was his own little girl. 33 to her, he seized her in his arms,  34  her tenderly, and then asked, “ 35 is it, darling, that your candle alone is unlighted?”“Daddy, they often relight it, but your tears always  36 .”
　Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was clear, and its effects were  37 . From that hour on he was not a loner, but associated freely and 38  with his former friends and colleagues. 39 would his darling’s candle be extinguished(熄灭) by his  40  tears.

It was pouring outside. We all stood there   26   , some patiently , others annoyed   27   nature messed up (弄糟) their hurried day . I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens  28    away the dirt and dust of the world.
“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” a girl’s voice    29  me.
“No, honey. We’ll wait until it   30   down a bit,” Mom replied.
The young girl waited about another minute and    31  : “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.
“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she  32    her Mom’s arm.
“This morning?   33   did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said,” If God can get us through this, he can get us through   34  .”
The entire crowd turned   35  . Mom paused and thought for a moment about    36  she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being   37   . But then we heard, “Honey, you are   38  . Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,” Mom said. Then    39  they ran.
We all stood    40 , smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were   41   by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the   42   to their cars. Circumstances (境况) or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your   43  . But no one can ever take away your precious   44  . So, don’t forget to make time and take the   45   to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been   21   me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly   22  . It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could   23   my moves, because she   24   to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I   25   she had strict sleeping habits,   26   I thought she ought to be able to    27   some of this strictness. I said to her, “  28  , you can stay up late for once. We’re having  29  .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked   30  . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it  31  , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we  32  for another ten minutes, until   33   my daughter burst into tears, and   34   that she was beaten.

Clearly I had made   35  . I had started the evening wanting to have a   36 time with my daughter but had   37   my desire to win to become more    38  than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win   39   me well. As a parent, I   40   that it got in my way. So I had to change.