I hid the table in my closet and never ___13___it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent（宿管员）, thinking that she would ___14___it away.

　　Thirty years later at a reunion, I ___15___that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to 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 up. ___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 Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to ___20___ .

1. A. tired B. ashamed C. proud D. aware

2. A. award B. wonder C. record D. product

3. A. design B. invent C. paint D. buy

4. A. gift B. reward C. prize D. souvenir（纪念碑）

5. A. satisfied B. strict C. patient D. angry

6. A. upset B. amazed C. confident D. excited

7. A. thief B. hero C. sword D. flash

8. A. drying B. observing C. admiring D. hiding