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(边框)?” 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.”  

A．usual B．same C．different D．beautiful

A．first B．second C．third D．last

A．interesting B．hard C．easy D．proud

A．why B．if C．because D．so

A．Mother’s Day B．birthday C．New Year D．Christmas

A．door B．window C．box D．present

A．it B．her C．them D．him

A．happily B．sadly C．surprisely D．loudly

A．minutes B．hours C．weeks D．years

A．character B．luck C．advice D．happiness

A．after B．until C．before D．when

A．heard of B．paid for C．shouted at D．gave up

A．looked at B．looked after C．looked for D．looked around

A．happened B．forgot C．promised D．decided

A．for B．with C．on D．at