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
36 . I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year.
The morning bell rang. I walked
37 through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty-two smiling faces
38 me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to
39 their smiles. Back into the classroom, they
40 , comparing plans for the
41 . I had to remove one student from each arm
42 I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book（点名册） my desk was covered with
43 and gifts followed by a
44 of “Merry Christmas” wishes.
“Oh, thank you,” I must have
45 a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my 46 mood（情绪）. It was kind of them to
47 me. After a while, I heard a small nervous
48 say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing
49 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
50 it now?”
I gently tore at the paper and tape. “
51 ,” he said, “it’s breakable.” Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament（装饰物）, complete with a hook already
52 . 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
53 back.
Later that day, I sat
54 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
55 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me.
| 小题1: | | A．excited | B．tired | C．amazed | D．relaxed |
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| 小题2: | | A．eagerly | B．aimlessly | C．gently | D．heavily |
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| 小题3: | | A．watched | B．greeted | C．delighted | D．warned |
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| 小题4: | | A．return | B．forget | C．ignore | D．refuse |
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| 小题5: | | A．calmed | B．settled | C．chatted | D．argued |
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| 小题6: | | A．study | B．weekend | C．vacation | D．lesson |
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| 小题7: | | A．before | B．when | C．after | D．because |
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| 小题8: | | A．letters | B．books | C．chalks | D．cards |
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| 小题9: | | A．knowledge | B．collection | C．series | D．bunch |
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| 小题10: | | A．confirmed | B．assessed | C．responded | D．explained |
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| 小题11: | | A．pleased | B．low | C．thrilled | D．angry |
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| 小题12: | | A．talk about | B．think of | C．turn to | D．connect with |
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| 小题13: | | A．call | B．sound | C．shout | D．voice |
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| 小题14: | | A．shyly | B．bravely | C．rudely | D．sadly |
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| 小题15: | | A．classify | B．collect | C．open | D．arrange |
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| 小题16: | | A．Careful | B．Dangerous | C．Patient | D．Hasty |
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| 小题17: | | A．exposed | B．adapted | C．adjusted | D．attached |
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| 小题18: | | A．trees | B．hooks | C．gifts | D．tears |
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| 小题19: | | A．looking into | B．turning over | C．giving away | D．packing up |
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| 小题20: | | A．anxiously | B．hurriedly | C．delicately | D．casually |
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