Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more  31  waiting for the final school bell. Upon its   32  everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often  33 what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 34 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David   35  . I can still remember he was always  36 a smile and willing to help. He always  37 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He  38  just smile and ask what else he could do ,then thank me for letting him stay and slowly  39 home.
Weeks passed and the  40  over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of  41 before the holiday break. I smiled in  42  as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David 43 standing by my desk.  
“I have something for you” he said and   44 from behind his back a small box.  45   it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it. ”I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my 46  saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it’ s  47 . ”
“ Oh no it isn’t ,” said David “ It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there .”
Tears filled my eyes  48  Ilooked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given  49  to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 50 the little empty box set on my desk.      

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more __36__, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its _37____everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David

David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _38___what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so __39__for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David __40__. I can still remember he was always __41____a smile and willing to help. He always __42__after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He__43___just smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__44___home

Weeks passed and the __45___ovre the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__46__before the holiday break. I smiled in ___47 __as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ___48___standing by my desk. 

“I have something for you”he said and ____49____from behind his back a small box. __50___it to me, he said anxiously. “Open it,”I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lift the lid and to my __51__saw nothing. I looked at David‘s smiling face and back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it’s__52__”

“Oh no it isn’t,”said David. “It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there”

Tears filled my eyes ___53___Iooked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given____54___to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ___55___the little empty box set on my desk

A. anxious   B. courageous C. serious       D. cautious

A. warning   B. ringing       C. calling       D. yelling

A. scolded    B. wondered   C. realized      D. learned

A. modestly B. naturally    C. inaccurately       D. inappropriately

A. popular   B. upset   C. special       D. funny

A. expressing      B. delivering   C. wearing      D. sharing

A. practised  B. wandered   C. studied       D. stayed

A. would     B. should C. might  D. could

A. aim at     B. turn to       C. put off      D. head for

A. argument      B. excitement  C. movement        D. program

A. school   B. year   C. education   D. program

A. relief     B. return C. vain    D. control

A. weakly  B. sadly   C. quietly       D. helplessly

A. searched       B. found        C. raised  D. pulled

A. Holding B. Handing     C. Sending     D. Leaving

A. delight   B. expectation C. appreciation       D. surprise

A. cheap    B. empty C. useless       D. improper

A. as   B. until   C. because      D. though

A. advice   B. support      C. attention     D. command

A. from     B. behind       C. over    D. towards

Even though it was only October，my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more__36__ waiting for the final school bell. Upon its__37__  everyone would run for their coats and go home，everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often__38__ what kind of home life David had，and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so__39__for the cold winter months without a coat，boots，or gloves. But something made David__40__.I can still remember he was always__41__a smile and willing to help. He always__42__ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much.He__43__ just simply smile and ask what else he could do，then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__44__ home.
Weeks passed and the__45__ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__46__ before the holiday break. I smiled in__47__ as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David__48__ standing by my desk.
“I have something for you，”he said and__49__from behind his back a small box.__50__  it to me，he said anxiously，“Open it.” I took the box from him，thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my__51__ I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said，“The box is nice，David，but it’s__52__.”
“Oh，no. It isn’t.” said David.” It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes___53__  I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given__54__ to. After that Christmas，David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning__55__the little empty box set on my desk..

Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more __36__wthting for the final school bell. Upon its _37____everyone would run for their coats and go hone, everyone except David  

David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _38___what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so __39__for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David __40__I can still remember he was always __41____a smile and willing to help. He always __42__after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much He__43___just smile and ask what else he could do ,then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__44___home  

Weeks passed and the __45___ovre the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__46__before the holiday break. I smiled in ___47 __as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ___48___standing by my desk.

“I have something for you” he said ____49____from behind his back a small box. __50___it to me, he said anxiously. “Open it “I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lift the lid and to my __51__saw nothing I looked at David‘s smiling face add back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it’ s__52__”  

“Oh no it isn’t” said David “It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there”  

Tears filled my eyes ___53___Iooked at the proud dirty race that I had rarely given____54___to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ___55___the little empty box set on my desk       

36. A. anxious  B. courageous C. serious         D. cautious  

37. A. warning          B. ringing C. calling  D. yelling  

38. A. scolded B. wondered    C. realized        D. learned  

39. A. modestly        B. naturally      C. inaccurately         D. inappropriately  

40. A. popular B. upset   C. special D. funny  

41. A. expressing     B. delivering     C. wearing        D. sharing  

42. A. practised       B. wandered    C. studied         D.  stayed  

43. A. would    B. should C. might   D. could  

44. A. aim at    B. turn to C. put off D. head for  

45. A. argument      B. excitement  C. movement           D. program  

46. A. school    B. year    C. education   D. program  

47. A. relief      B. return  C. vain      D. control  

48. A. weakly   B. sadly    C. quietly D. helplessly  

49. A. searched        B. found C. raised  D. pulled  

50. A. Holding B. Handing       C. Sending        D. Leaving  

51. A. delight   B. expectation C. appreciation         D. surprise  

52. A. cheap    B. empty  C. useless         D. improper  

53. A. as  B. until     C. because       D. though  

54. A. advice B. support        C. attention     D. command  

55. A. from       B. behind C. over     D. towards  

When Mr. David retired（退休）,he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.
But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity（好奇心）, came in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide（导游）.” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
【小题1】Mr. David’s house was              that many tourists came to see it.