题目内容：

It was Christmas 1961. I was teaching in a small town where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly   36   the great day of gift-giving in advance.

         Each day the children produced some new   37   — strings of popcorn, handmade trinkets, and German bell. Through it all she remained alone,   38    from a distance, seemingly miles away. I wondered what   39   happen to this quiet child, once so happy, now suddenly so withdrawn. I hoped the festivities would   40   her. But nothing did. The students made the fried marbles（油炸玻璃弹子）and competed with one anther to bring the   41   ones.

         The day of gift-giving finally came. We cheered over our handiwork as the presents were   42  . All along, she sat quietly watching. To see her smile, I had made a special bag for her. She opened it so slowly and carefully. I waited but she   43  . I had not passed through the wall of isolation she had   44   around herself.

         After school I sat down in a chair, hardly   45   of what was happening, when she came to me with outstretched hands, bearing a small white box, and slightly soiled,   46   it had been held many times by   47  , childish hands. She said nothing. “For me?” I asked. She said not a word, but   48   her head. I took the box and cautiously opened it. There inside, glistening green, a fried marble   49   from a golden chain. Then I looked into that eight-year-old   50   and saw the question in her dark brown eyes. In a flash I knew — she had   51   it for her mother, who had died just three weeks before and would never hold her or brush her hair or   52   her childish joys or sorrows.

        I meant it when I whispered, “Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful. Your mother would   53   it.” Neither of us could stop the   54  . She threw herself into my arms and we wept together. And for that brief moment I became her mother, for she had given me the greatest   55   of all: her trust and love.

1.A. prepared               B. reserved                C. expected               D. waited

2.A. fancies                         B. impressions                   C. wonders                D. possessions

3.A. looking                         B. playing                   C. searching              D. watching

4.A. would                           B. should                    C. must                       D. needed

5.A. attend to               B. appeal to               C. listen to                 D. object to

6.A. prettiest                     B. wisest                    C. heaviest                D. naughtiest

7.A. transformed              B. informed               C. exchanged            D. deserted

8.A. gave away                  B. threw away          C. carried away        D. turned away

9.A. built                        B. adjusted                C. offered                   D. filled

10.A. afraid                         B. aware                    C. content                  D. fond

11.A. when                         B. while                      C. as though              D. even if

12.A. untouched                B. unknown               C. unwashed             D. unpacked

13.A. nodded                      B. raised                     C. dropped                 D. turned

14.A. protected                 B. hung                       C. held                        D. escaped

15.A. face                            B. cheek                     C. hair                         D. forehead

16.A. bought                      B. exchanged            C. made                      D. stole

17.A. appreciate               B. enjoy                      C. communicate       D. share

18.A. love                            B. benefit                            C. dislike                     D. need

19.A. laugh                         B. excitement           C. tears                      D. description

20.A. joy                              B. identity                  C. contribution         D. gift