After my 26 second-graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats. But Duane was still __21__ there. Duane was a bright and lovable student, __22__ his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking. __23__ that he might have had a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong. As he looked up, I could see the __24__ in his dark eyes. “Mrs. Brown, aren’t you going to open my present for you?” he asked __25__. “I put it on your desk.” Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me. I noticed my gift __26__ to be a matchbox. Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box __27__ a matchbox. As I opened it, the __28__ of two beer caps surprised me. Duane __29__ me that they were two earrings. He had noticed that I __30__ wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones. I was __31__ by Duane’s creativity and thoughtfulness. __32__ birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed (畸形的). Fearing that wearing earrings might __33__ to the ear, I avoided wearing them. But how could I __34__ to wear these precious earrings given by this __35__ child? As I placed the earrings on my ears, my __36__ clapped, and Duane stood proudly beside me. Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk. It __37__ me of Duane’s act of kindness and of the lessons he taught me. Although his __38__ at home was bad, Duane continued to see the good in life. Although poor, he still wanted to __39__. Whenever I see Duane’s gift on my desk, I feel encouraged. If I am having __40__ reaching a student, I’ll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart. 小题1: A．sitting B．crying C．standing D．speaking 小题2: A．unless B．though C．so D．since 小题3: A．Wondering B．Thinking C．Finding D．Pointing 小题4: A．hope B．joy C．hurt D．determination 小题5: A．disappointedly B．angrily C．happily D．shyly 小题6: A．happened B．appeared C．used D．ought 小题7: A．as well as B．more than C．except for D．rather than 小题8: A．shape B．color C．design D．sight 小题9: A．persuaded B．fooled C．told D．encouraged 小题10: A．only B．often C．once D．never 小题11: A．frightened B．touched C．knocked D．influenced 小题12: A．Since B．Until C．Before D．Unless 小题13: A．do harm B．draw attention C．add weight D．have an effect 小题14: A．refuse B．offer C．agree D．wait 小题15: A．generous B．honest C．special D．sad 小题16: A．hands B．students C．audiences D．friends 小题17: A．convinced B．reminded C．proved D．showed 小题18: A．performance B．experience C．situation D．health 小题19: A．please B．take C．give D．accept 小题20: A．chance B．possibility C．intention D．difficulty