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Hope in my arms

Last year I was invited to participate in a carnival for Tuesday’s Child. An organization that helps children with AIDS.

All the children that had ___16___ at one particular room could paint a square on a piece of cloth Later the squares would be sewn together to ___17___ a quilt．The quilt would be ___18___ to a man who had devoted his life to the ___19___ and would soon be retiring.

The kids were given paints in bright colors and asked to paint something that would make the quilt ___20___. As I looked around at all the ___21___, I saw pink hearts, blue clouds, orange sunrises and red flowers. The pictures were all bright and ___22___. All except one.

One boy was painting a heart, ___23___ it was dark and lifeless. It ___24___ the bright colors that his fellow artists had used.

I asked why. He told me he was very sick and that his ___25___ was not ever going to get better. He looked straight into my eyes and said. “There is no ___26___ in my life.” I told him I was ___27___ and I could understand why he had made his heart a dark color. I told him that even though we couldn’t make him better, we can give ___28___, which can really help when you are feeling ___29___. I told him that if he would like, I would be happy to give him one. He crawled into my lap. I thought my own heart would ___30___ for this sweet little boy. He sat there for a long time. Finally he ___31___ down to finish his coloring. As I was getting ready to ___32___ home, I felt a tug(猛拽) on my jacket. Standing there was the little boy, ___33___. He said, “My heart is changing ___34___. It is getting brighter, I think those hugs really do ___35___.”On my way home I felt my own heart. It too had changed to a brighter color.

16. A. behaved B. gathered C. prayed D. hid

17. A. fold B. dry C. spread D. make

18. A. presented B. sold C. rented D. thrown

19. A. education B. ceremony C. organization D. neighborhood

20. A. expensive B. comfortable C. beautiful D. loose

21. A. squares B. colors C. 1ights D. kids

22. A. negative B. puzzling C. abstract D. inspiring

23. A. and B. but C. for D. or

24. A. filled B. contained C. 1acked D. showed

25. A. business B. sickness C. skill D. knowledge

26. A. effect B. loss C. justice D. hope

27. A. sorry B. crazy C. ashamed D. angry