Her eyes fell to the box, and I removed the covers so we could view the contents.

Her eyes fell to the box, and I removed the covers so we could view the contents. Her hands lifted a handful of buttons before slowly   16   them back into the container. Her tiny fist closed around a delicate pearl button now yellow   17   age.She smiled as she told me about the special   18   christening outfit worn by six babies   19   time wore it thin.
I pulled out a large, dark brass   20   button that appeared to be from World War Ⅱ. “From my first husband's uniform, one of the few things I had to   21   me of him when he didn't return home   22   ”She told me.“I married his best friend two years after his   23   , and we had a good marriage.That's   24   it was in those days.Someone always   25   the widows and children.”
As we   26   the box, we found hairpins   27   black to brown to shades of gray and even white. Each color   28   the passing of time and its   29   on her hair.
Pulling a small key from the box， I heard the   30   intake of her breath. Her eyes   31   with tears.She thought it had been lost， never to be found. From my hand to   32   ， I passed the key to her memories.
More items like a Sunday school pin， snaps and ruby buttons took her   33   down memory lane. I knew I would be visiting at her nursing home shortly after our conversation，   34   I knew that when I reached my house， my heart would   35   me to the sewing room， where I would rediscover my own lifetime of memories in my button box.
16．A．falling B．dropping C．sinking D．reaching
17．A．of B．as C．for D．with
18．A．pearl-buttoned B．single-buttoned C．flower-buttoned D．mouse-buttoned
19．A．after B．while C．before D．when
20．A．commercial B．fantastic C．delicate D．military
21．A．warn B．remind C．inform D．rid
22．A．sound B．punctual C．alive D．safe
23．A．death B．retirement C．return D．arrival
24．A．the problem B．the matter C．the way D．the things
25．A．made up for B．took charge of C．took control of D．looked out for
26．A．went for B．went through C．went ahead D．went out
27．A．ranging from B．dating from C．differing from D．separating from
28．A．observed B．tested C．bore D．stood
29．A．judgment B．impression C．effect D．comment
30．A．sharp B．large C．high D．good
31．A．rolled B．shone C．lit D．lowered
32．A．his B．its C．theirs D．hers
33．A．back B．further C．on D．away
34．A．just as B．as if C．even though D．so that
35．A．carry B．allow C．forbid D．pull

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