Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans．With each passing day everyone became more ____ waiting for the final school bell．Upon its ____ everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes．I had often ____ what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so ____ for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves．But something made David ____．I can still remember he was always ____ a smile and willing to help．He always ____ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor．We never talked much．He ____ just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly ____ home.
Weeks passed and the ____ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of ____ before the holiday break．I smiled in ___ as the last of them hurried out the door．Turning around I saw David ____ standing by my desk.
“I have something for you，” he said and ____ from behind his back a small box．____ it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it．I lifted the lid and to my ____ saw nothing．I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s ____.”
“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.”
Tears filled my eyes ____ I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given ____ to．After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ___ the little empty box set on my desk.

A．anxious B．courageous C．serious D．cautious

A．warning B．ringing C．calling D．yelling

A．scolded B．wondered C．realized D．learned

A．modestly B．naturally C．inaccurately D．inappropriately

A．popular B．upset C．special D．funny

A．expressing B．delivering C．wearing D．sharing

A．practiced B．wandered C．studied D．stayed

A．would B．should C．might D．could

A．aim at B．turn to C．put off D．head for

A．argument B．excitement C．movement D．judgment

A．school B．year C．education D．program

A．relief B．return C．vain D．control

A．weakly B．sadly C．quietly D．helplessly

A．searched B．found C．raised D．pulled

A．Holding B．Handing C．Sending D．Leaving

A．delight B．expectation C．appreciation D．surprise

A．cheap B．empty C．useless D．improper

A．as B．until C．because D．though

A．advice B．support C．attention D．command

A．from B．behind C．over D．towards