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Question

When I was 8 a gentleman came to my orphanage（孤儿院）and taught us how to do woodworking projects.

I remember my first project—a small table. I was so __16__ of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) ___17__ . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to ___18___it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a ___19__. She was the head mistress of our orphanage who was always ___20__ with us.

As the tables were not dry from the clear coating the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so __21__and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a ___22___ carrying my table smiling from ear to ear.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was  __23___it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand __24___ it she noticed that it was still wet.

“Were you ___25___to bring this home?” she asked.

“No ma’am ” I ___26__ with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was ___27__stuck all over. I brushed and cried but it would not come off.

I hid the table in my closet and never  __28___it. A year later while cleaning up I gave the table to Mother Henderson my houseparent（宿管员） thinking that she would ___29__it away.

Thirty years later at a reunion I __30__that Mother Henderson was living nearby so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave she asked me to come down to her___31__ to get something important. I followed her ___32__ into a dark corner. She picked something up. ___33__she turned around I could see that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of ___34__to Mother Henderson who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to ___35__ .

16.  A. tired        B. ashamed      C. proud          D. aware

17.  A. award       B. wonder       C. record         D. product

18.  A. design      B. invent         C. paint          D. complete

19.  A. gift         B. reward       C. prize           D. souvenir

20.  A. satisfied     B. strict         C. patient         D. angry

21.  A. upset       B. amazed       C. confident       D. excited

22.  A. thief       B. hero           C. sword          D. flash

23.  A. drying      B. observing      C. admiring        D. hiding

24.  A. into        B. across         C. above          D. after

25.  A. supposed    B. embarrassed   C. encouraged     D. determined

26.  A. agreed      B. sighed        C. whispered      D. argued

27.  A. dirt         B. glue         C. paint          D. wood

28.  A. removed     B. touched      C. shook         D. split

29.  A. put         B. give         C. take           D. throw

30.  A. learned      B. expected     C. remembered     D. recommended

31.  A. bathroom    B. balcony      C. basement       D. bedroom

32.  A. curiously    B. unwillingly    C. doubtfully     D. worriedly

33.  A. Before      B. Since        C. As            D. Until

34.  A. admiration   B. gratitude     C. sympathy       D. regret

35.  A. adapt       B. study        C. perform        D. please

Answer 1

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