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Love in a Box
When I was a little girl，I found love in a box all because of a class assignment.On a Friday night I__1__at the dinner table，“My teacher said we have to bring a box，a special box，for our Valentines (情人节) on Monday.”
Mother said，“We’ll see”，and she continued eating.
What did “We’ll see” mean？I had to have that box__2__my second grade Valentine’s Day would be a disaster.Maybe they didn’t love me enough to help me with my__3__.
All Saturday I waited__4__and with Sunday arriving，my concern increased，but I__5__an enquiry about the box might__6__anger or loud voice，for in my house children only ask once.More than that __7__trouble.
Late Sunday afternoon，my father called me into the kitchen.The table was covered with colorful__8__of different kinds.A(n)__9__shoebox rested on top of it.__10__flooded through me when Daddy said，“Let’s get started__11__your project.”
In the next hour my father__12__the shoebox into an impressive valentine box.Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts__13__to what I considered all the right places.He sang while he worked.When he finished，he was so delighted that a__14__smile spread over his face.“What do you think of that？” he asked.
I answered him with a hug.
But inside，__15__danced all the way to my heart.It was the first time that my father devoted so much__16__to me，for his world consisted of work only.
The holiday party arrived，and my classmates put cards，and presents into the valentine boxes.Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time__17__.
On the way home，I held out my valentine box for the world to__18__.The love that filled it meant more to me than all inside.
The valentine box became a symbol of his love that__19__through decades of other Valentine’s Days.He gave me other gifts through the years，but none__20__compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old，empty shoebox.
1.A.announced B．appeared
C．served D．sat
2．A.and B．however
C．or D．so
3．A.design B．plan
C．idea D．project
4．A.sadly B．anxiously
C．disappointedly D．patiently
5．A.found B．realized
C．knew D．imagined
6．A.start B．cause
C．mark D．produce
7．A.invited B．took
C．saved D．had
8.A.boxes B．gifts
C．paper D．food
9．A.new B．big
C．attractive D．empty
10．A.Relaxation B．Relief
C．Cheer D．Calm
11．A.by B．at
C．in D．on
12．A.folded B．packed
C．changed D．pressed
13．A.joined B．attached
C．linked D．connected
14．A.slight B．brief
C．broad D．confident
15．A.joy B．fun
C．interest D．amusement
16．A.money B．time
C．support D．hope
17．A.reached B．set
C．spent D．came
18．A.accept B．respect
C．admire D．recognize
19．A.carried B．kept
C．spread D．lasted
20．A.ever B．even
C．yet D．still
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Angels
My friend Heather mentioned that she had never seen an Angel. Then I remembered the 36 I had with my sister Sandra earlier this week.
This will be Sandra’s first Christmas without her husband. This summer he died in her arms. On Thursday, she was in the store 37 for an ideal card for her two sons and daughter. Time passed by quickly as she 38 the many choices. She wanted a card that sent something special to each of them, 39 she knew they would have a(n) 40 place in their heart this holiday season.
Finally! She found the one that expressed the 41 feeling. The words expressed the feelings that she wished to share. However, a sharp pain pierced(穿透) her heart when she realized that the card was 42 “mom and dad.” She stood there, 43 it close for a long time, unable to move from the 44 . Tears began to run down her cheeks.
“Is there something I can do for you?” a 45 voice asked. She 46 to face a stranger, a woman, who was looking at her with 47 and concern. “Uh…oh...OH!” Sandra responded, “I can’t give this card to my children because…because my husband died and this is the 48 card.”
Hearing this, the stranger’s face softened with sympathy(同情) and love. She reached out and 49 my sister into her arms, giving her unspoken permission to cry in the protection of her embrace(拥抱). She 50 held my sister until her calmness 51 . “Thank you for listening to me cry on,” was what my sister said when all was better. “You are welcome, and I am so sorry for your 52 ,” the stranger answered and said goodbye to her.
During her telling of this event I was feeling 53 that I hadn’t been there. My sister needed me and a stranger had to do my 54 . “You know,” she went on, “a friend suggested that it was like meeting with an Angel.” My 55 disappeared in an instant. My sister required an Angel, and I think that is exactly what she got.
| 36. | A. conversation | B. difficulty | C. accident | D. quarrel |
| 37. | A. paying | B. caring | C. calling | D. looking |
| 38. | A. left | B. offered | C. read | D. discovered |
| 39. | A. although | B. as | C. when | D. if |
| 40. | A. other | B. empty | C. safe | D. different |
| 41. | A. sad | B. strange | C. amazing | D. perfect |
| 42. | A. for | B. to | C. from | D. by |
| 43. | A. seizing | B. holding | C. keeping | D. grasping |
| 44. | A. spot | B. stair | C. area | D. home |
| 45. | A. firm | B. proud | C. cold | D. soft |
| 46. | A. walked | B. turned | C. decided | D. woke |
| 47. | A. question | B. shock | C. regret | D. upset |
| 48. | A. harmful | B. special | C. wrong | D. right |
| 49. | A. pulled | B. caught | C. sent | D. protected |
| 50. | A. quietly | B. tightly | C. strongly | D. seriously |
| 51. | A. disappeared | B. went | C. arrived | D. returned |
| 52. | A. failure | B. idea | C. loss | D. death |
| 53. | A. shocked | B. angry | C. happy | D. hopeless |
| 54. | A. task | B. time | C. favor | D. job |
| 55 | A. responsibility | B. sympathy | C. guilt | D. hurt |
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