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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