Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more __36__, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its _37____everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David. David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _38___what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so __39_ for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David __40_. I can still remember he was always __41____a smile and willing to help. He always _42__after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He__43___just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__44___home. Weeks passed and the __45___over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__46__before the holiday break. I smiled in ___47 __as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ___48___standing by my desk.. “I have something for you ”he said and ____49____from behind his back a small box .__50___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 __51__, I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said,“The box is nice ,David ,but it’s__52__”. “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 ___53___I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given____54___to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ___55___the little empty box set on my desk . 小题1: A．anxious B．courageous C．serious D．cautious 小题2: A．warning B．ringing C．calling D．yelling 小题3: A．scolded B．wondered C．realized D．learned 小题4: A．modestly B．naturally C．inaccurately D．improperly 小题5: A．popular B．upset C．special D．funny 小题6: A．expressing B．delivering C．wearing D．sharing 小题7: A．practiced B．wandered C．studied D．stayed 小题8: A．would B．should C．might D．could 小题9: A．aim at B．turn to C．put off D．head for 小题10: A．argument B．excitement C．movement D．judgment 小题11: A．school B．year C．education D．program 小题12: A．relief B．return C．vain D．control 小题13: A．weakly B．sadly C．quietly D．helplessly 小题14: A．searched B．found C．raised D．pulled 小题15: A．Holding B．Handing C．Sending D．Leaving 小题16: A．delight B．expectation C．appreciation D．surprise 小题17: A．cheap B．empty C．useless D．special 小题18: A．as B．until C．because D．though 小题19: A．advice B．support C．attention D．command 小题20: A．from B．behind C．over D．towards