4．The Little Angel
Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room．She asked，"How is my little boy？"The surgeon said，"I'm （41）C．We did all we could，but your boy didn't （42）A it．"
Sally（43）Dinto the chair．The surgeon asked，"Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the （44）D？"Sally nodded．While saying goodbye，she ran her fingers（45）A through his thick curly hair．"Would you like a lock of his hair？"the surgeon asked．Sally nodded yes．The surgeon cut a few hairs，and handed them to Sally．The mother said，"It was Jimmy's idea to （46）A his body to the university for study．He said it might（47）B somebody else．"I said no at first，（48）B Jimmy said，‘Mom，I won't be using it after I die．Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom．'"
"My Jimmy had a heart of （49）A，always thinking of someone else，always wanting to help others if he could．"she went on．
Sally walked out of the hospital．She put the bag with Jimmy's （50）C on the seat beside her in the car．The drive home was （51）C．It was even harder to enter the （52）A house．She carried Jimmy's belongings，and the lock of his hair to her son's room．She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room （53）Bwhere he had always kept them．She lay down across his bed and，hugging his pillow，（54）B herself to sleep．
It was around midnight when Sally（55）D．Lying beside her on the bed was a letter．The letter said，
"Dear Mom，
I know you're going to （56）D me，and me too．I will always love you，Mom，even more （57）A each passing day．Someday we will see each other again．Until then，if you want to （58）Ca little boy so you won't be so lonely，that's OK with me．He can have my room and old toys to play with．
Don't be sad thinking about me．I don't hurt any more．The cancer is all （59）B．I don't have to stand that （60）Cany more．The angels in Heaven are so tender．They say I'm a Special Angel!I love you，Mom．"
| 41．A．worried | B．happy | C．sorry | D．grateful |
| 42．A．make | B．pass | C．win | D．like |
| 43．A．knocked | B．looked | C．got | D．sank |
| 44．A．house | B．church | C．hospital | D．university |
| 45．A．lovingly | B．a(chǎn)nxiously | C．patiently | D．a(chǎn)ngrily |
| 46．A．donate | B．move | C．show | D．lend |
| 47．A．a(chǎn)ffect | B．help | C．protect | D．impress |
| 48．A．for | B．but | C．so | D．a(chǎn)nd |
| 49．A．gold | B．stone | C．wisdom | D．bravery |
| 50．A．toys | B．clothes | C．belongings | D．letters |
| 51．A．long | B．smooth | C．difficult | D．dangerous |
| 52．A．empty | B．familiar | C．big | D．old |
| 53．A．roughly | B．exactly | C．especially | D．possibly |
| 54．A．put | B．cried | C．sent | D．buried |
| 55．A．wrote | B．spoke | C．slept | D．a(chǎn)woke |
| 56．A．understand | B．forgive | C．leave | D．miss |
| 57．A．with | B．a(chǎn)round | C．on | D．in |
| 58．A．save | B．host | C．a(chǎn)dopt | D．visit |
| 59．A．lost | B．gone | C．cured | D．spotted |
| 60．A．depression | B．sadness | C．pain | D．stress． |
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