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| Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street boy was 1 the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked. Paul 2 , “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was astonished. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you 3 ? Paul, I wish…” he hesitated. Of course Paul knew he was going to wish he had a 4 like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly. "I 5 ", the boy went on, "that I could 6 a brother like that."Paul looked at the boy 7 , then he said. "Would you like to take a ride in 8 car?" "Oh, yes. I’d love that." After a short 9 , the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my 10 ?” Paul smiled a little. He knew he wanted to show his 11 that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was 12 again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. 13 in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was coming 14 . He was carrying his little brother disabled in one leg. He sat him down on the step and 15 the car. "There he is, Buddy, just like I told you 16 . His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And 17 I’m going to give you one just like it…, then you can see by yourself all the 18 things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.” Paul got out and 19 the boy to the front seat of his car. The 20 older brother climbed in beside him. The three of them began an unforgettable holiday. | |||
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B. running into B. disagreed B. anything B. sister B. wish B. have B. in surprise B. their B. try B. shop B. neighbors B. happy B. Yet B. slowly B. looked for B. upstairs B. at times B. nice B. rushed B. heavily-built |
C. jumping off C. nodded C. something C. father C. explain C. cheat C. out of respect C. my C. walk C. office C. classmates C. wrong C. Thus C. sadly C. pointed to C. publicly C. another day C. religious C. pushed C. shining-eyed |
D. walking around D. insisted D. everything D. mother D. suspect D. share D. out of breath D. his D. ride D. house D. teachers D. right D. Then D. silently D. rested on D. repeatedly D. some day D. cultural D. pulled D. mentally-challenged |