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Module 5　Section Ⅳ Ⅰ.完形填空 [2014·江西省重点中学联考]During my stay at an orphanage(孤儿院)at the age of 9, a gentleman came and taught us how to do woodworking projects. I remember my first project—a small table. I was so__1__ of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an)__2__. It was absolutelyW1 beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to__3__ it. I could hardly waitP1 to give it to Mother Winters as a__4__. She was the headmistress of our orphanage, who was always kind but__5__ with us. As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so__6__ and happy that I couldnt wait. I dashed out like a__7__， carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear. When I reached the dormitoryW2 I placed the little table beside my bed. I was__8__ it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand__9__it, she noticed that it was still wet. “Were you__10__ to bring this home？” she asked. “No, maam，” I__11__ with my head down. She orderedW3 me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was__12__stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but the dirt would not come offP2. I hid the table in my closet and never__13__ it. However, a year later during a cleaning－up, it was discoveredW4. Painfully, I had to give the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent, thinking that she would__14__ it away. Thirty years later at a reunionW5, I__15__ that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about toP3 leave, she asked me to come down to her__16__ to get something important. I followed her__17__ into a dark corner. She picked something upP4.__18__ she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table. Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago. Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of__19__ to Mot