It was one month before Christmas，when nine﹣year﹣old．Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike．（31） 　　bike was just too old，（32） 　　it needed repairing as well．

When Christmas was coming，her dream for a （33） 　　seemed to disappear，for she didn't mention it again．We were busy（34） 　　some beautiful story books，a doll house，a holiday dress and toys．Then to our surprise，（35） 　　December 24，she said she really wanted a bike more than （36） 　　else．

Now we didn't know （37） 　　to do．It was just too late．We were busy with Christmas （38） 　　and packing children's presents，parents' presents，a brother's present and friends'presents till midnight．So there was no time to buy the"right bike"for our little girl．Thinking that we were （39） 　　who would make their child unhappy，we felt ashamed and（40） 　　．

Suddenly my husband had an idea．"What if I make a little bike out of clay（泥土） and write a note that she could trade in（交换）the model bike for a real one？"So he （41） 　　the next five hours carefully working with clay to make a （42） 　　bike．

On Christmas morning，we were so excited when Rose opened the little box with the beautiful red and white （43） 　　bike and the note．She（44） 　　the note loudly．She looked at us and said："So，does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one？"Smiling，I said："Yes．"Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied："I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made for me．I prefer to （45） 　　it rather than get a real bike．"At that moment，we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the earth．

31．A．His	B．Her	C．My
32．A．and	B．but	C．or
33．A．dress	B．bike	C．toy
34．A．buying	B．buy	C．bought
35．A．in	B．at	C．on
36．A．something	B．anything	C．nothing
37．A．what	B．which	C．how
38．A．breakfast	B．lunch	C．dinner
39．A．mother	B．father	C．parents
40．A．happy	B．sad	C．excited
41．A．took	B．cost	C．spent
42．A．big	B．small	C．real
43．A．clay	B．wood	C．steel
44．A．saw	B．watched	C．read
45．A．keep	B．borrow	C．buy．