55. A. keep
B. enter
C. leave
D. reach
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江苏省启东中学10-11学年高二上学期期中考试
It was Christmas 1961. I was teaching in a small
town where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly 36 the great day of gift-giving in
advance.
Each
day the children produced some new
37 - strings of
popcorn, handmade trinkets, and German bell. Through it all she remained alone, 38 from a distance, seemingly
miles away. I wondered what
39 happen to this
quiet child, once so happy, now suddenly so withdrawn. I hoped the festivities
would 40 her. But nothing did. The students
made the fried marbles(油炸玻璃弹子)and competed with one anther to bring the 41 ones.
The
day of gift-giving finally came. We cheered over our handiwork as the presents
were 42 . All along, she sat quietly watching.
To see her smile, I had made a special bag for her. She opened it so slowly and
carefully. I waited but she
43 . I had not passed
through the wall of isolation she had 44 around herself.
After
school I sat down in a chair, hardly
45 of what was
happening, when she came to me with outstretched hands, bearing a small white
box, and slightly soiled,
46 it had been held
many times by 47 , childish hands. She said nothing. “For
me?” I asked. She said not a word, but 48 her head. I took the box and
cautiously opened it. There inside, glistening green, a fried marble 49 from a golden chain. Then I looked
into that eight-year-old
50 and saw the 
question
in her dark brown eyes. In a flash I knew - she had 51 it for her mother, who had died
just three weeks before and would never hold her or brush her hair or 52 her childish joys or sorrows.
I
meant it when I whispered, “Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful. Your mother
would 53 it.” Neither of us could stop
the 54 . She threw herself into my arms and we
wept together. And for that brief moment I became her mother, for she had given
me the greatest 55 of all: her trust and love.