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When my son, Mark, was in the third grade, he set aside all his allowance for over two months to
buy holiday presents for those he loved. He had __
1__ twenty dollars. The third Saturday in
December Mark __
2__ that he had made a list and had his money in his pocket.
I drove him to a local drug store, the modern version of __
3__ we used to call the "Five and
Dime". Mark __
4__ a hand basket and went off on his own while I waited __
5__ at the front of the
store. It took Mark over 45 minutes to __
6__ his presents.
The smile on his face as he __
7__ the checkout counter was truly joyful. The clerk rang up his
__
8__ as I politely looked the other way. Mark kept within his budget and reached into his pocket for
his money. It was not there. There was a hole in his pocket, __
9__ no money. Mark stood in the
middle of the store holding his basket, tears__
10__ his cheeks. Then an amazing thing happened. A
__
11__ in the store came up to Mark. She __
12__ to his level and took him in her arms and said,
"You would do me the greatest __
13__ if you let me replace your money. It would be the most
wonderful present you could ever give me. I only ask that one day you __
14__ it on. One day, __
15__
you grow up, I would like you to __
16__ someone you can help. When you do help other persons, I
know you will feel as __
17__ about it as I do now." Mark took the money, tried to dry his tears and
ran to the checkout counter as fast as he could go. I think we all enjoyed our __
18__ that year almost as
much as Mark enjoyed giving them to us.
I would like to say "thank you" to that __
19__ woman. I would like to tell her that four years later
Mark went house to house __
20__ blankets and coats for the people in the Oakland fire and he thought
of her.
( )1. A. made ( )2. A. declared ( )3. A. which ( )4. A. picked up ( )5. A. happily ( )6. A. pick out ( )7. A. left ( )8. A. allowance ( )9. A. and ( )10. A. coming down ( )11. A. man ( )12. A. knelt down ( )13. A. service ( )14. A. transplant ( )15. A. when ( )16. A. meet ( )17. A. wise ( )18. A. gifts ( )19. A. impossible ( )20. A. donating |
B. saved B. mentioned B. that B. brought up B. eagerly B. pick up B. approached B. purchases B. so B. breaking down B. teacher B. turned down B. favor B. provide B. if B. share B. good B. things B. inevitable B. collecting |
C. earned C. announced C. what C. pulled up C. carefully C. pick off C. escaped C. money C. but C. getting down C. customer C. looked down C. harm C. pass C. while C. find C. honest C. helps C. individual C. fetching |
D. paid D. recognized D. where D. built up D. patiently D. send out D. seated D. performance D. then D. rolling down D. waiter D. settled down D. good D. supply D. even though D. ask D. friendly D. lives D. incredible D. purchasing |