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I can still remember he was always __21____a smile and willing to help. He always __22__after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much He__23___just smile and ask what else he could do ,then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__24___home Ks5u Weeks passed and the __25___ovre the ing Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__26__before the holiday break. I smiled in ___27 __as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ___28___standing by my desk. Ks5u “I have something for you” he said ____29____from behind his back a small box. __30___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 __31__saw nothing I looked at David?s smiling face add back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it? s__32__” Ks5u “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” Ks5u Tears filled my eyes ___33___Iooked at the proud dirty race that I had rarely given__ 34___to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never fot the meaning ___35___the little empty box set on my desk Ks5u 1 6. A. anxious B. courageous C. serious D. cautious Ks5u 1 7. A. warning B. ringing C. calling D. yelling Ks5u 1 8. A. scolded B. wondered C. realized D. learned Ks5u 1 9. A. modestly B. naturally C. inaccurately D. inappropriately Ks5 2 0. A. popular B. upset C. special D. funny Ks5u 2 1. A. expressing B. delivering C. wearing D. sharing Ks5u 2 2. A. practised B. wandered C. studied D. stayed Ks5u 2 3. A. would B. should C. might D. could Ks5u 2 4. A. aim at B. turn to C. put off D. head for Ks5u 2 5. A. argument B. excitement C. movement D. program Ks5u 2 6. A. school B. year C. education D. program Ks5u 2 7. A. relief B. return C. vain D. control Ks5u 2 8. A. weakly B. sadly C. quietly D. helplessly Ks5u 2 9. A. searched B. found C. raised D. pulled Ks5u 3 0. A. Holding B. Handing C. Sending D. Leaving Ks5u 3 1. A. delight B. expectation C. appreciation D. surprise Ks5u 3 2. A. cheap B. empty C. useless D. improper Ks5u 3 3. A. as B. until C. because D. though Ks5u 3 4. A. advice B. support C. attention D. mand Ks5u 3 5. A. from B. behind C. over D. towards Ks5u III. 閱讀理解 : A Paula Radcliffe, chasing(角逐 )a third London marathon title(冠軍 ),says she has bee a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2021 Athens Games. Radcliffe, who failed to plete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care about criticism(批評(píng) ).” “In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.” She didn?t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens. “Liz