When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The ___1___in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs , and then later divide into__2___ based on their ages．

One Easter Sunday, all the kids ___3__ with big eyes and big ___4__about what the Easter Bunny（复活节小兔）had brought．__5__ all of the kids shared their stories with __6__, one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat __7__．One of the teachers, noticing this, said to him, “ And what did the Easter Bunny __8__you ?” He replied , “ My mom  __9__ the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn’t get ___10___ because he hadn’t got a key ．”

 This sounded like a ___11__idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories． My mom knew the true story, ___12___．Bobby’s mom was a single parent , and she suspected（怀疑）that they just couldn’t__13__the Easter Bunny．

After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to _14___．But my mom announced that we were going home _15__． At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel ___16___, we were going to pretend（假装） to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and __17_ it at church ． We all donated（捐赠）some to the basket, and __18__ back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger（挂钩）and attached（附上） a（n）___19_:

Dear Bobby,

I’m sorry I __20__ your house last night． Happy Easter．

                                                Love

                                                The Easter Bunny

1．A．teachers         B．kids               C．boys             D．girls

2．A．teams             B．lines     C．groups          D．parts

3．A．got              B．started          C．gathered        D．arrived

4．A．stories             B．toys              C．suggestions      D．ideas

5．A．When             B．Because         C．While             D．Since

6．A．delight              B．surprise         C．pity                D．sadness

7．A．straight           B．alone             C．silently          D．hopefully

8．A．teach              B．bring            C．tell               D．buy

9．A．locked              B．opened           C．broke            D．knocked

10．A．out            B．through         C．inside           D．off

11．A．reasonable      B．silly              C．funny            D．false

12．A．even           B．though           C．finally            D．then

13．A．find            B．choose          C．afford           D．catch

14．A．school          B．church          C．lunch           D．home

15．A．differently      B．secretly         C．instead          D．immediately

16．A．happy            B．wonderful       C．hopeful           D．proud

17．A．leave             B．put              C．store           D．pass

18．A．looked         B．returned         C．headed                D．drove

19．A．letter           B．wish            C．apology         D．note

20．A．missed          B．dreamed         C．sought           D．entered

When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church. The __21__ in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into groups based __22__ their ages.

One Easter Sunday, all the kids __23__ with big __24__ about what the Easter Bunny(复活节兔子) had brought. __25__ all of the kids shared their stories with __26__, one young boy, whom I should call Bobby, sat __27__. One of the teachers, noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny __28__ you?” He replied, “My mum __29__ the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn’t get __30__ because he hadn’t got a key.”

This sounded like a __31__ idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories. My mom knew the true story, __32__. Bobby’s mom was a single parent, and she suspected(怀疑) that they just couldn’t __33__ the Easter Bunny.

After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to __34__. But my mom announced that we were going home __35__. At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel __36__, we were going to pretend to be the Easter Bunny, make a basket of our candies for him and __37__ it at church. We all donated some to the basket, and _38__ back to church. There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩) and attached a(n) __39__:

Dear Bobby,

I’m sorry I __40__ your house last night. Happy Easter!

Love,

The Easter Bunny

Night after night, my mother came to my bed, even long after my childhood years. She would   21 down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead. I don’t remember when it first started  22 me-her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt work-worn and rough  23 my young skin. Finally , one night, I shouted out at her, “Don’t do that any more-your hands are too rough!” she made no  24 and left quietly. But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her  25 .

With the passing years, my   26 returned to that night time after time. By then I   27 my mother’s hands and her goodnight kiss. Sometimes the incident seemed very  28 , sometimes far away, but always it was  29 in the back of my mind.

The years have passed, and I’m not a little girl any more. Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once  30 to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.

Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives  31 . One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself  32 to her house to spend the night with her. As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to  33 the hair from my forehead. Then a   34 , ever so gently , touched my forehead. I burst into tears.

In my memory, thousands of times, I   35 the night my young voice complained. Catching Mom’s hand in hand, I told her how  36 I was for that night. I thought she’d remember  37 I did. But Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had already forgotten and   38 long ago.

That night, I fell asleep with a new  39 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was   40 to be found.

1.                A．lie             B．bend           C．look D．fall

2.                A．annoying       B．astonishing      C．delighting D．disappointing

3.                A．along          B．above          C．against   D．aside

4.                A．reply          B．promise        C．request   D．agreement

5.                A．pity            B．sadness         C．apology   D．love

6.                A．views          B．opinions        C．spirits    D．thoughts

7.                A．missed         B．forgot          C．held D．shook

8.                A．strange         B．close           C．serious   D．common

9.                A．stressed        B．existed         C．hidden   D．exposed

10.               A．expected       B．changed        C．reminded  D．complained

11.               A．yet            B．away           C．alone D．long

12.               A．drawn         B．carried         C．moved    D．stayed

13.               A．cut            B．wash           C．brush D．take

14.               A．tear           B．kiss            C．press D．hand

15.               A．returned       B．remembered    C．realized   D．recalled

16.               A．sorry          B．happy          C．angry D．nervous

17.               A．when          B．how           C．why  D．as

18.               A．disappeared     B．forgiven        C．apologized D．abandoned

19.               A．imagination     B．inspiration      C．decoration D．appreciation

20.               A．still            B．soon           C．nowhere  D．anyhow