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When my kids were small, I started a tradition in our house of giving eight gifts over the course of the eight days of Hanukkah(光明节). I liked the idea of____21____a candle every night and giving my children a gift to unwrap to ___22___. It was easy to go into a toy store and pick up something ___23___less than $10 each, or even $1 each (at the Dollar Store). My children didn't ask for anything much in particular and they ___24___whatever they got.

As the years progressed, I ___25___the tradition of eight gifts for each night of Hanukkah.

But this year, Hanukkah ___26___something else. My special-needs son decided that he wanted to ___27___a computer, and it was up to me to buy all the parts of it. When I wouldn't ___28___that, he decided he wanted a PlayStation. Then Amazon gift cards. Then money. And it became clear that it wasn't going to happen, he got ___29___.

I keep___30___him that Hanukkah isn't about greed or materialism. It's about the miracle of an oil lamp that ___31___for eight days. It's about being___32___of our heritage. It's about freedom.

But he ___33___. I know deep down that his obsessions(迷恋) are out of his ___34___, and definitely out of mine. Having a special-needs child is as___35___as it gets. Some days are better than others and not all holidays___36___the way I hope. But despite his unrealistic requests, he's a(n) ___37___child who is showing me the true meaning of life.

And as we enter a new year and light the ___38___approaching the time, I welcome his differences ___39___I learn how to turn negative requests into___40___ones.

21. A. buying B. donating C. lighting D. drawing

22. A. celebrate B. present C. send D. play

23. A. with B. for C. of D. from

24. A. ate B. threw C. liked D. drank

25. A. held up B. gave in C. handed in D. kept up

26. A. made B. became C. found D. designed

27. A. build B. buy C. use D. watch

28. A. rely on B. learn from C. agree to D. dream about

29. A. calm B. happy C. selfish D. upset

30. A. telling B. warning C. promising D. accusing

31. A. lays B. hangs C. waits D. burns

32. A. tired B. proud C. afraid D. lack