完形填空。      Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun    1   -to draw a picture of
somebody or something for which they were    2  . When the students    3   their assignment, she found most
of them drew some pictures of their family, teachers, friends or neighbors.
     Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a    4   boy. He didn"t act the same as others.
He always seemed to be shy and sad. He    5   played with other children during the break    6   they kindly invited
him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and    7   him to be confident. Yes, his picture was
different. He just drew a    8  . Nothing else. His abstract image    9   the imagination of his classmates. Whose
hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother"s hand, for mother"s hand gives children warmth and   10 .
Another child guessed it was a police officer"s hand, because the police   11  people and care for people. And so
the discussion   12 .
     When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas" desk,   13  down, and asked him whose hand
it was. The little boy murmured, "It"s   14 , teacher." Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was   15  and
felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She
 16  how often she had said to him, "Take my   17 , Douglas. We"ll go outside." or "Let me show you how to hold
your pencil."
     The story speaks of   18  thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting
and friends showing friendship. They might not always say "  19 " out, but they"ll remember the hand that you
 20  out to give them love and be grateful to you always.

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