years old. Then I had an idea. I asked the lady if she could make me a ___14___doll for my mother - one with gray hair and a pair of glasses: a grandmother doll.

　　The doll maker felt that this idea was certainly ___15___and took it on as a creative challenge. So I placed my Christmas ___16___: two dolls, one blonde and one gray-haired for Christmas morning! Things really started to fall into place ____17____a friend had told me that his dad, who played Santa Claus in my area, would be willing to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home to _____18_____my Katie her presents!

　　Christmas Day arrived and at the planned time, ___19___did Santa Claus. Katie was delighted that Santa had come to see her at her ____20____house, the happiest I had ever seen her in her young life. My mother was enjoying watching her granddaughter‟s ___21___to the visit from this special guest. As Santa turned to leave, he looked once more into his bag and took out one more ___22___. As he asked who Alice was, my mother, surprised by her name being called, ___23___that she in fact was Alice. Santa handed her the gift, which was accompanied by a message card that read: For Alice,

　　I was cleaning out my sleigh before my ____24____this year and came across this package that was supposed to be delivered on December 25, 1925. The present inside has ___25___, but I felt that you might ____26____wish to have it. Many apologies for the____27____of the gift.

　　Love, Santa Claus

　　My mother‟s reaction was one of the greatest deeply ___28___scenes I have ever witnessed. She couldn‟t speak but only gazed at the doll she had ____29____fifty-seven years as tears of joy running down her cheeks. That doll, given by "Santa", made my mother the happiest "_____30_____" alive.

11. A. large B. busy C. poor D. crowded

12. A. approached B. educated C. helped D. joined

13. A. glasses B. dolls C. socks D. bags

14. A. special B. live C. cheap D. baby

15. A. fair B. impractical C. simple D. unique

16. A. wish B. order C. tree D. collection

17. A. because B. though C. when D. if

18. A. save B. sell C. find D. deliver