Itwas1952andmyfatherwasawayatwar,leavingmymotherandmebe...

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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   41   and worked at the local clinic a few blocks from where we lived.

   The bell rang and   42   of Christmas were the only thing on my mind. I raced home. The apartment was empty and a note was   43   to the refrigerator. My mother was working a double shift and   44   me instructions for the day. We had planned on making Christmas biscuits   45  , but my mother   46   it.

  I carefully 47 through mother’s closet, finding most of the 48 for Christmas wrapped in linen cloth, all but one toy, a model airplane. I was still  49  at my mother and I threw the airplane onto the floor, breaking one of its wings. I stood  50 . How was I going to explain this? Then I heard my mother coming through the door. I  51 to my room.

   After telling my mother the horrible   52  , I did not hear my mother   53   me. She just told me to follow her. Climbing the steps without catching our   54  , 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, “ 55 today, maybe tomorrow. He loves planes. I knew his mother could not 56  to buy him one. So I did. I count my blessings every night and think of this boy and how 57  I am that you are not in that bed.”

   The  58  cut hard and sharp in my heart. The tears  59  down my face and I was so guilty. I ran home as fast as I could and into my room where I  60  myself to sleep.

41. A. saleswoman   B. surgeon               C. teacher                D. clerk

42. A. thoughts      B. memories           C. desires               D. hopes

43. A. written     B. found                C. attached              D. sent

44. A. reminded       B. provided               C. saved                 D. left

45. A. alone               B. soon                     C. together              D. immediately

46. A. ruined             B. refused                C. forgot                      D. challenged

47. A. walked              B. hunted                        C. broke                      D. got

48. A. toys               B. gifts                      C. clothes                    D. supplies

49. A. anxious         B. pleased               C. mad                          D. eager

50. A. awake             B. happy                 C. wild                      D. frozen

51. A. raced            B. removed                    C. struggled             D. wandered

52. A. note                  B. idea                        C. truth                       D. message

53. A. quarrel with  B. shout at              C. worry about        D. cheer up

54. A. calmness         B. sweat            C. rest                      D. breath

55. A. Possibly         B. Certainly              C. Properly                    D. Regularly

56. A. encourage      B. persuade             C. afford                 D. force

57. A. wonderful       B. grateful              C. hopeful             D. helpful

58. A. scolds       B. comments           C. phrases               D. words

59. A. floated           B. dropped            C. slowed              D. rolled

60. A. cried       B. made                 C. turned             D. moved

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