【Afirst-gradestudentwhosebestfriendisbattlingcancerthoughtthathoursofplayingandtellingjokeswasnotenough-hewantedtoshowhisbuddyjusthowheunderstoodthe（16）___timehewasgoingthrough．Seven-year-oldVincentButterfield】
A first-grade student whose best friend is battling cancer thought that hours of playing and telling jokes was not enough-he wanted to show his buddy just how he understood the（16）___ time he was going through．
Seven-year-old Vincent Butterfield（17）___ the only way was to cut off his hair in support of his best friend Zac who lost his hair through chemotherapy（化疗）．
Zac Gossage is receiving treatment but（18）___ goes to Union Central Elementary School in Missouri every day，（19）___ that's where he gets to play on the swing with Vincent．Vincent found out that Zac might（20）___ his hair because of the chemotherapy treatment．So one day，he showed up in the first grade class wearing a（21）___．He said to his teacher Mrs．Koester，“I have a surprise for Zac．“And he pulled off his cap and other（22）___ saw that he already had all his hair （23）___ off．
“I did it just to make Zac feel he's not the only one without any （24）___．“said Vincent．
Vincent has also been raising money for his best friend after learning how（25）___ his chemotherapy treatments are．He asked his mother to make（26）___ than 20scarves and gloves．He and his mother（27）___ them at the price of 10dollars each，raising over 200forZac．TheencouragementfromVincentseemstobeworking．ThoughZacisreceivingtreatments，hehas （28）___ missedanydaysofschool．HeknowsthatVincentisoutontheplayground，waitingforhimatbreak．
Whenasked（29）___friendshipwas，VincentlookedathisfriendZac，thoughtfora（an）（30）___ andresponded，“It'sabeautifulthing．“Clearly，wisdomdoesn'talwayscomewithage．
16．A．hard B．exciting C．unpleasant D．pleasant
17．A．decided B．refused C．agreed D．disliked
18．A．ever B．never C．just D．still
19．A．though B．but C．because D．so
20．A．raise B．add C．lose D．fall
21．A．mask B．scarf C．glove D．cap
22．A．teachers B．kids C．parents D．patients
23．A．pull