Ever since I was little, my favourite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoy the hot chocolate.
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, winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grandmother
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it didn’t snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions.
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one day, she promised that she would make it snow on my next birthday.
That year,
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my birthday, my grandmother died. I was sad but angry because she had promised to make it snow. The day of my sixth birthday, I woke up and ran to the window,
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to see just one snowflake. But there was no snow. I felt mad at my grandmother. She had broken a promise.
By my sixteenth birthday, I
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6 all hope of getting my snow, even though I still wished for
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7. During my party, I stayed with my friends and family and was truly happy. I
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8 the best time ever! Then I saw the white snow falling
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9 all around. I was so excited that I ran around screaming and laughing. My friends all laughed
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me, but I didn’t care.
When I
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11 home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was
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12 because he had given me a gift. It was a small white box, which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal(水晶) snowflake with a card that
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13, “Happy Birthday.”
How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother’s final
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14 on my “sweet sixteenth”. I cried.
I was
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15 that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.
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) 8. A. had B. designed C. played D. feared
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)11. A. left B. decorated C. cleaned D. got
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)12. A. excited B. tired C. pleased D. confused
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)14. A. order B. wish C. mistake D. decision
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)15. A. certain B. surprised C. sad D. angry