One cool morning I was asked to go to several garage sales together with my mother. We finally 41 at a pleasant house in the woods. The elderly 42 told me that he and his wife were retired teachers. As we were searching, I heard the gentleman’s wife say her 43 to someone, and I immediately 44 who she was. She looked at me and said, “You’re Susan Miller.” I looked at her 45 , for it had been nearly thirty years 46 I had been in her class. My mother immediately said sorry to her for any bad 47 that I might have done. She apologized again after learning that I wasn’t the sweet little child. Mum thought that if this woman 48 me after so many years, I must have done something 49 . My teacher looked at my mother and 50 said, “Oh, no, she was very good.” My teacher 51 that during the last week of school, I brought her a plant from my mother’s garden. It was a lamb’s ear. She took us to her garden 52 she planted the lamb’s ear. Over the years, it spread. As I looked down her driveway with lamb’s ear 53 on both sides, she said, “Every day when I leave my house and drive up the driveway, I think of you. And when I come home, they 54 me and I think of you.” Tears 55 my eyes. There at her home was a piece of my life that she had raised. At that moment, she taught me far more about 56 than I could imagine. We give away pieces of ourselves every day 57 thought. We seldom imagine the effects that we have on others’ lives. That piece may grow and spread, becoming a 58 part of a life. In the end it is not the big things that matter, 59 the small things that make all the 60 in the world. 41.A. started B. stopped C. searched D. left 42. A. worker B. buyer C. owner D. player 43. A name B. address C. price D. age 44. A. learned B. forgot C. realized D. guessed 45. A. surprisingly B. worriedly C. boringly D. tiredly 46. A. while B. before C. after D. since 47. A. measures B. deeds C. issues D. events 48. A. remembered B. saw C. considered D. found 49. A. friendly B. noble C. terrible D. politely 50. A. loudly B. silently C. angrily D. softly 51.A. explained B. reported C. warned D. ignored 52. A. when B. which C. that D. where 53. A. is growing B. grew C. growing D. is grown 54. A. accept B. send C. help D. greet 55. A. gave up B. came into C. turned into D. took away 56. A. plants B. garden C. life D. garage 57. A without B. by C. with D. through 58. A. usual B. necessary C. large D. whole 59. A. but B. despite C. beyond D. yet 60. A. effort B. choice C. decision D. difference
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