On last Christmas Day, our parents’ home was full of joys of a close family relationship but this year things are
. Our father had gone on November 26, and this was our
Christmas without him. Mother was doing her best to be good, but I could tell this was especially
for her. I’m not sure
I should give her my planned Christmas gift.
A few months earlier I had painted two pictures of my parents. I’d planned to give them as
gifts.
While painting one day, I was surprised by the doorbell ringing. I opened the
. My father came. I showed
the paintings. Finally, with tears running down his face, he said, “I don’t believe it. Look, how beautiful your mother is. Will you let me decorate them with frames(邊框)?” I
offered to send them to the frame shop the next day.
Several
had passed after my dad died. It seemed all
was taken away from my mother and me. I finally remembered to call about the paintings and was glad that my father had got a chance to see the pictures
he died. I was surprised when the shopkeeper told me my father had visited the shop,
the frames and had them wrapped.
As I
my mother’s sad eyes and unsmiling face, I
to give her Daddy’s and my gift.
After looking at the paintings and the card, with tear-filled eyes and a wide smile, she said, “ I knew Daddy would be
us on Christmas Day!”
I looked at the gift card with my father’s handwriting. “ Mother: Our daughter reminded me why I am so lucky. I’ll be looking at you always. Daddy.”
| 小題1: | | A．usual | B．same | C．different | D．beautiful |
|
| 小題2: | | A．first | B．second | C．third | D．last |
|
| 小題3: | | A．interesting | B．hard | C．easy | D．proud |
|
| 小題5: | | A．Mother’s Day | B．birthday | C．New Year | D．Christmas |
|
| 小題6: | | A．door | B．window | C．box | D．present |
|
| 小題8: | | A．happily | B．sadly | C．surprisely | D．loudly |
|
| 小題9: | | A．minutes | B．hours | C．weeks | D．years |
|
| 小題10: | | A．character | B．luck | C．advice | D．happiness |
|
| 小題11: | | A．after | B．until | C．before | D．when |
|
| 小題12: | | A．heard of | B．paid for | C．shouted at | D．gave up |
|
| 小題13: | | A．looked at | B．looked after | C．looked for | D．looked around |
|
| 小題14: | | A．happened | B．forgot | C．promised | D．decided |
|
