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It was 1952 and my father was away at war, leaving my mother and me behind to face hardship alone. I was ten. My mother was a   and worked at the local clinic a few blocks from where we lived.

The bell rang and   of Christmas were the only thing on my mind. I raced home. The apartment was empty and a note was   to the refrigerator. My mother was working a double shift and  me instructions for the day. We had planned on making Christmas biscuits   , but my mother  it.

I carefully  through mother’s closet, finding most of the   for Christmas wrapped in linen cloth, all but one toy, a model airplane. I was still   at my mother and I threw the airplane onto the floor, breaking one of its wings. I stood  . How was I going to explain this? Then I heard my mother coming through the door. I   to my room.

After telling my mother the horrible  , I did not hear my mother   me. She just told me to follow her. Climbing the steps without catching our , we entered the clinic. There in a bed was a boy who looked very sick.

“He is going to die, Danny,” my mother told me, “    today, maybe tomorrow. He loves planes. I knew his mother could not  to buy him one. So I did. I count my blessings every night and think of this boy and how   I am that you are not in that bed.”

The   cut hard and sharp in my heart. The tears down my face and I was so guilty. I ran home as fast as I could and into my room where I   myself to sleep.

1.A. saleswoman  B. surgeonC. teacherD. clerk

2.A. thoughtsB. memoriesC. desiresD. hopes

3.A. writtenB. foundC. attachedD. sent

4.A. remindedB. providedC. saved  D. left

5.A. aloneB. soonC. togetherD. immediately

6.A. ruinedB. refusedC. forgot  D. challenged

7.A. walkedB. huntedC. brokeD. got

8.A. toysB. giftsC. clothesD. supplies

9.A. anxiousB. pleasedC. madD. eager

10.A. awakeB. happyC. wildD. frozen

11.A. racedB. removedC. struggledD. wandered

12.A. noteB. ideaC. truth  D. message

13.A. quarrel withB. shout atC. worry aboutD. cheer up

14.A. calmness  B. sweatC. restD. breath

15.A. PossiblyB. CertainlyC. ProperlyD. Regularly

16.A. encourageB. persuadeC. affordD. force

17.A. wonderfulB. gratefulC. hopeful  D. helpful

18.A. scoldsB. commentsC. phrasesD. words

19.A. floated  B. droppedC. slowed  D. rolled

20.A. criedB. madeC. turned  D. moved