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. 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.

A．excited B．tired C．amazed D．relaxed

A．eagerly B．aimlessly C．gently D．heavily

A．watched B．greeted C．delighted D．warned

A．return B．forget C．ignore D．refuse

A．calmed B．settled C．chatted D．argued

A．study B．weekend C．vacation D．lesson

A．before B．when C．after D．because

A．letters B．books C．chalks D．cards

A．knowledge B．collection C．series D．bunch

A．confirmed B．assessed C．responded D．explained

A．pleased B．low C．thrilled D．angry

A．talk about B．think of C．turn to D．connect with

A．call B．sound C．shout D．voice

A．shyly B．bravely C．rudely D．sadly

A．classify B．collect C．open D．check

A．Careful B．Dangerous C．Patient D．Hasty

A．exposed B．adapted C．adjusted D．attached

A．trees B．hooks C．gifts D．tears

A．looking into B．turning over C．giving away D．packing up

A．anxiously B．hurriedly C．delicately D．casually