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Dad lost his job after arguing with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money ____80____. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket wrapped around me, so I offered to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. We ____81____ at the sky. Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wildness. Rich city people, he’d say, live in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldn’t even see the stars.

“Pick out your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas ____82____. “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “____83____ owns the stars.”

“That’s right,” Dad said, “But you can consider it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”

I raised my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out which was the best one. Then, I found one.

“I want that one.” I said.

Dad smiled. “That’s Venus,” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much closer than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her own light. She shone only from reflected light.”

“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even before that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.”

Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I ____84____ your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave me Venus.

We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. “Many years later, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “you will ____85____ have your star.

80. A. at first              B. at once                 C. at all                    D. at least

81. A. looked up          B. looked for                C. look out                   D. look after

82. A. dinner                B. card                         C. party                     D. present

83. A. Everybody          B. Somebody                 C. Anybody       D. Nobody

84. A. desire                 B. respect                      C. recognize                D. require

85. A. even                  B. never                  C. already                  D. still

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