完形填空。      A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing.But the price-five
dollars-was far beyond Reuben Earle"s wealth.Five dollars would buy almost a week"s groceries for his
family.
     But hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea.
     He ran towards the   1  and stopped at a construction site.People built their own homes in Bay Roberts,
using nails _2_ in hessian sacks(麻袋)from a local factory.Sometimes the sacks were _ 3_, and Reuben
knew he could sell them back to the   4_ for five cents a piece.
     Back home, he looked at his mother Dora and _ 5_.Sunlight from the window gilded her shoulder-length blonde hair.Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home, the glue that held it together.
     Every day after school, Reuben walked down the town, _ 6_ the hessian nail bags.On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more   7  than Reuben.Now he would have more time for his _8_.
Then one day the _ 9_ had come.
     Reuben ran down Water Street to the store."Please, Mister.I have to sell the sacks now."
      The man took the sacks,   10   his pocket and put four coins in Reuben"s hand.Reuben murmured (小
声说)a thank you and   11  , home.
     When he got home.Reuben    12   the tin can.He poured the coins out and began to 13 . He had enough.
     Then, he headed for the shop, "I have the   14  ," he told the owner.
     The man went to the window and took out Reuben"s   15  . He wiped the dust off and gently wrapped it
in brown paper.Then he placed it in Reuben"s hands.
     Racing home, Reuben _16_ the front door."Here, Mum! Here"." He placed a small box in her
work-roughened hands.
     She   17  it carefully. A jewel box appeared.Dora lifted the cover,   18  beginning to blur (模糊) her
vision.
     Dora had never received such a   19  ; she had no jewellery except her wedding ring.  20 ,she smiled and
gathered her son into her arms.

(     )1. A. window       (     )2. A. purchased     (     )3. A. taken apart   (     )4. A. people       (     )5. A. wept         (     )6. A. collecting   (     )7. A. disappointed (     )8. A. mother       (     )9. A. challenge     (     )10. A. searched for (     )11. A. ran         (     )12. A. sought       (     )13. A. laugh       (     )14. A. jewel       (     )15. A. treasure     (     )16. A. got in       (     )17. A. opened       (     )18. A. tears       (     )19. A. celebration (     )20. A. Thankful

B. Sound       B. produced     B. seta side   B. site         B. hesitated   B. selling     B. delighted   B. schedule     B. possibility B. reached into B. walked       B. buried       B. count       B. box         B. coins       B. slid into   B. unwrapped   B. fog         B. wish         B. Breathless

C. store           C. delivered       C. sorted out     C. factory         C. smiled         C. recycling       C. determined     C. burden         C. time           C. glanced through C. left           C. broke           C. judge           C. money           C. present         C. squeezed out   C. unfolded       C. dust           C. gift           C. Unexpected

D. school       D. packed       D. thrown away   D. shop         D. murmured     D. carrying     D. devoted       D. mission       D. opportunity   D. stared at     D. arrived       D. uncovered     D. observe       D. ring         D. sacks         D. burst through D. fastened     D. sunlight     D. blessing     D. Speechless