By the third year of teaching I’d begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children. I was teaching fourth grade and my students had made me 36 . I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year.
The morning bell rang. I walked 37 through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty-two smiling faces 38 me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to 39 their smiles. Back into the classroom, they 40 , paring plans for the 41 . I had to remove one student from each arm 42 I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book（点名册） my desk was covered with 43 and gifts followed by a 44 of “Merry Christmas” wishes.
“Oh, thank you,” I must have 45 a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my 46 mood（情绪）. It was kind of them to 47 me. After a while, I heard a small nervous 48 say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing 49 by my desk, holding a small, round gift. “This is for you.”
“Thank you, Sweetheart.” I laid it on my desk with the others.
“Um, could you 50 it now?”
I gently tore at the paper and tape. “ 51 ,” he said, “it’s breakable.” Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament（装饰物）, plete with a hook already 52 . It dawned on me what he had done. Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree. I tried to keep my 53 back.
Later that day, I sat 54 the ornament in my hands. Was I really so important to this child that he had searched for something to give me? Now every year as I 55 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me.
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(答案→)B
解析：
文章介绍了在圣诞节前夕，一位老师和学生之间发生的事情。学生亲手制作的圣诞礼物深深地感动了老师。
【小题1】B 考查语境。根据上文By the third year of teaching I’d begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children可知，教学使得作者很疲劳。此处表示“我很疲劳”，故选B。
【小题1】D 考查语境。根据下文through the cold into the overly heated school building可知，heavily此处表示“我迎着寒风艰难地走进教学楼”，故选D。
【小题1】B 考查语境。根据Twenty－two smiling faces可知，是向老师问候。此处表示“学生向我问候”，故选B。
【小题1】A 考查语境。return “归还”；forget “忘记”；ignore “忽略；忽视”；refuse “拒绝”。根据上文学生们对老师的问候可知，此处表示“我还以微笑”，故选A。【小题1】C 考查语境。根据下文paring plans for the (vacation)可知，此处表示“学生在聊天”，故选C。
【小题1】C 考查语境。根据上文第一段的I’d begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday可知，此处表示“为圣诞假期做的计划”，故选C。
【小题1】A 考查连词。I had to remove one student from each arm发生在I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties之前。此处表示“我把一名学生的手拿开，我才在讲台旁坐下……”，before表示“直到……才”，故选A。
【小题1】D 考查语境。根据下文的gifts followed by a (series) of “Merry Christmas” wishes可知，此处表示“卡片”，故选D。
【小题1】C 考查名词辨析。a series of “一连串的；一系列的”；a knowledge of “某一方面的知识”；a collection of “许多的”；a bunch of “一堆；一束”。根据下文of “Merry Christmas” wishes可知，此处表示“一连串的圣诞祝愿”，故选C。
【小题1】C 考查动词辨析。respond “回应；回答”；confirm “证实”；assess “评估；评定”；explain “解释；说明”。根据上文的Oh, thank you 和下文的 a million times可知，此处表示“我向学生回谢”，故选C。
【小题1】B 考查语境。根据文中的special和except可知，此处表示“我情绪低落时”，故选B。
【小题1】B 考查动词短语辨析。talk about “谈论”；think of “想起；关心”；turn to “转向，求助于”；connect with “与……联系”。根据上文的It was kind of them…可知，此处表示“学生老想着我”，故选B。
【小题1】D 考查语境。call作名词意思为“电话”此处不能用call的动词，因为原句中有动词say了；sound “指各种声音”；shout “大喊大叫”； voice “嗓音”。根据上文的I heard和下文的say my name可知，此处表示“我听到有点紧张的声音在叫我的名字”，故选D。
【小题1】A 考查语境。根据上文的small nervous可知，此处表示“这个学生有点害羞”， 故选A。
【小题1】C 考查语境。根据下文的I gently tore at the paper and tape和Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament(装饰物)可知，此处表示“你打开它好吗”，故选C。
【小题1】A 考查语境。根据下文的it’s breakable和Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament(装饰物)可知，此处表示“小心”，故选A。
【小题1】D 考查独立主格。with a hook already＋ done(表被动)，独立主格用法。故选D。这里表示的是“附在……”。
【小题1】D 考查语境。根据上文的Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree可知，此处表示“我被这个学生感动得流下了眼泪”，故选D。
【小题1】B 考查动词短语辨析。look into “调查”；turn over“翻转；翻来覆去”；give away “泄露；捐赠”；pack up “整理”。根据上下文语境可知，此处表示“我把学生给我的装饰物放到手里翻来覆去地看”，故选B。
【小题1】C 考查语境。根据上文的Later that day, I sat…the ornament in my hands和下文的…pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me.可知，此处表示“我小心翼翼地把它从装饰盒里拿出来”，故选C。