3 . Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more ______, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its ______ everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often ______ what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so ______ for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David ______. I can still remember he was always ______ a smile and willing to help. He always ____ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He _____ just smile and ask what else he could do ,then thank me for letting him stay and slowly _____ home.
Weeks passed and the______over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of _____ before the holiday break. I smiled in ______as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ______standing by my desk.
“I have something for you” he said and ______ from behind his back a small box.______ it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my ______ saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’ s _______”
“Oh no, it isn’t” said David. “It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes ______ I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given _____to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ______ the little empty box set on my desk.
1. A.serious | B.courageous | C.anxious | D.cautious |
2. A.warning | B.ringing | C.calling | D.yelling |
3. A.wondered | B.scolded | C.realized | D.learned |
4. A.modestly | B.naturally | C.inappropriately | D.inaccurately |
5. A.popular | B.upset | C.funny | D.special |
6. A.wearing | B.delivering | C.expressing | D.sharing |
7. A.practised | B.wandered | C.studied | D.stayed |
8. A.should | B.would | C.might | D.could |
9. A.aim at | B.turn to | C.head for | D.put off |
10. A.argument | B.excitement | C.movement | D.program |
11. A.school | B.year | C.education | D.program |
12. A.control | B.return | C.vain | D.relief |
13. A.weakly | B.sadly | C.quietly | D.helplessly |
14. A.searched | B.pulled | C.raised | D.found |
15. A.Handing | B.Holding | C.Sending | D.Leaving |
16. A.delight | B.expectation | C.appreciation | D.surprise |
17. A.cheap | B.empty | C.useless | D.improper |
18. A.as | B.until | C.because | D.though |
19. A.advice | B.support | C.attention | D.command |
20. A.from | B.towards | C.over | D.behind |