After my 26 second-graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats. But Duane was still __21__ there. Duane was a bright and lovable student, __22__ his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking. __23__ that he might have had a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong. As he looked up, I could see the __24__ in his dark eyes.
“Mrs. Brown, aren’t you going to open my present for you?” he asked __25__. “I put it on your desk.”
Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me. I noticed my gift __26__ to be a matchbox. Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box __27__ a matchbox. As I opened it, the __28__ of two beer caps surprised me. Duane __29__ me that they were two earrings. He had noticed that I __30__ wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones.
I was __31__ by Duane’s creativity and thoughtfulness. __32__ birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed (畸形的). Fearing that wearing earrings might __33__ to the ear, I avoided wearing them. But how could I __34__ to wear these precious earrings given by this __35__ child?
As I placed the earrings on my ears, my __36__ clapped, and Duane stood proudly beside me.
Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk. It __37__ me of Duane’s act of kindness and of the lessons he taught me. Although his __38__ at home was bad, Duane continued to see the good in life. Although poor, he still wanted to __39__. Whenever I see Duane’s gift on my desk, I feel encouraged. If I am having __40__ reaching a student, I’ll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart.
| 小题1: | | A．sitting | B．crying | C．standing | D．speaking |
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| 小题2: | | A．unless | B．though | C．so | D．since |
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| 小题3: | | A．Wondering | B．Thinking | C．Finding | D．Pointing |
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| 小题4: | | A．hope | B．joy | C．hurt | D．determination |
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| 小题5: | | A．disappointedly | B．angrily | C．happily | D．shyly |
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| 小题6: | | A．happened | B．appeared | C．used | D．ought |
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| 小题7: | | A．as well as | B．more than | C．except for | D．rather than |
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| 小题8: | | A．shape | B．color | C．design | D．sight |
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| 小题9: | | A．persuaded | B．fooled | C．told | D．encouraged |
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| 小题10: | | A．only | B．often | C．once | D．never |
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| 小题11: | | A．frightened | B．touched | C．knocked | D．influenced |
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| 小题12: | | A．Since | B．Until | C．Before | D．Unless |
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| 小题13: | | A．do harm | B．draw attention | C．add weight | D．have an effect |
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| 小题14: | | A．refuse | B．offer | C．agree | D．wait |
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| 小题15: | | A．generous | B．honest | C．special | D．sad |
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| 小题16: | | A．hands | B．students | C．audiences | D．friends |
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| 小题17: | | A．convinced | B．reminded | C．proved | D．showed |
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| 小题18: | | A．performance | B．experience | C．situation | D．health |
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| 小题19: | | A．please | B．take | C．give | D．accept |
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| 小题20: | | A．chance | B．possibility | C．intention | D．difficulty |
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