完形填空。      "Welcome, Mary," I said. She raised her head and looked into my eyes. The smile on my face   1  .
Dear God, I thought, what    2   has entered the life of this little girl?
     After settling Mary into her new desk and   3   her, I went to the headmaster. She said, "Sit down and
I"ll    4   you in. Mary"s mother who loved her very much was shot and killed in her    5   one night at their
house. Mary, screaming, escaped to a neighbor"s. Then the child went into    6  . She hadn"t cried or    7  
her mother since."
     I returned only to discover that the children were already avoiding this "   8  " child. "Mary"s been hurt
badly, but we can do a lot to help her," I explained gently. Bless all children. How loving they can be    9  
they understand.
     In spite of our  10 , we seemed to be getting no closer to Mary and even my faith was wearing    11  .
My heart ached so badly, wanting this child to come alive, to be aware of the beau ty, the wonder, the fun,
and even the    12   of living.
     Spring approaching, children   13  to make flower baskets for room decoration. During the lunch time,
a girl came hurrying to me. "Come to see Mary"s basket," she said    14  . "You"ll never believe it!" I    15  
my breath at its beauty, for it couldn"t have been the work from a child that    16  .
     "Mary," I said. "This is beautiful. How did you ever    17  ?" She looked at me with the shining eyes of
any   18  little girl, saying, "My mother loved flowers."
     Thank you, God, You"ve    19   us the miracle . I knelt and put my arms around the child. Then the tears
came, slowly at first, but soon she was    20   her heart out against my shoulder. The other children had
tears in their eyes, too, but theirs-like mine-were tears of joy.

(     )1. A. formed     (     )2. A. wonder     (     )3. A. introducing (     )4. A. come       (     )5. A. home       (     )6. A. shock       (     )7. A. missed     (     )8. A. sweet       (     )9. A. before     (     )10. A. lessons   (     )11. A. strong     (     )12. A. cost       (     )13. A. decided   (     )14. A. worriedly (     )15. A. caught     (     )16. A. old       (     )17. A. arrange   (     )18. A. unusual   (     )19. A. told       (     )20. A. crying

B. broadened B. problem   B. comforting B. fill       B. presence   B. anger     B. mentioned B. sad       B. though     B. talks     B. thick     B. pain       B. waited     B. excitedly B. stopped   B. weak       B. prepare   B. careful   B. taught     B. shouting

C. spread     C. horror     C. praising   C. push       C. company     C. hunger     C. seen       C. lonely     C. once       C. words       C. thin       C. course     C. preferred   C. softly     C. counted     C. young       C. handle     C. normal     C. paid       C. drawing

D. froze         D. amazement     D. touching       D. let           D. eyes           D. action         D. heard         D. different     D. unless         D. efforts       D. heavy         D. pleasure       D. wished         D. secretly       D. took           D. clever         D. manage         D. friendly       D. given         D. knocking