【LastDecember，justaweekbeforeChristmas，IwenttoalocalKMartstoretopickupmylayaway（预付定金购物）．Uponreachingthecounter，I（41）___theclerkmylayawayreceiptsandtoldherIwastheretopayoffthebalanceandt】

　　Last December，just a week before Christmas，I went to a local KMart store to pick up my layaway（预付定金购物）．Upon reaching the counter，I （41）___ the clerk my layaway receipts and told her I was there to pay off the balance and take the （42）___ home with me．She grabbed my receipts，and kept messing with the computer （43）___ something was wrong．I felt a little uneasy．I was（44）___ her to tell me my layaway had been misplaced or something of the sort．

　　（45）___，after about ten minutes，she said．“Oh，that’s why I can’t find it in our（46）___．You should have （47）___a phone call a few days ago that your layaway was paid off by a（n） （48）___Santa．”I couldn’t believe what I was hearing!This kind of story only happens in the（49）___．Why was my family（50）___to receive such a blessing？

　　Immediately I asked the cashier if there was a （51）___ that I could leave something for the Santa （52）___ his random act of kindness，but she said that the individual wanted to （53）___completely unknown．It definitely（54）___my heart．However．I felt kind of （55）___．I kept thinking that perhaps some family out there was not going to have a Christmas because they really couldn’t （56）___to pick up their layaway．

　　I decided to pay it （57）___，so I used the money I had for the balance on my account to purchase some（58）___and on my way out，I gladly （59）___ them off inside a huge toy donation box．Since I had received such a nice，heart warming gesture from someone，I wanted to keep the （60）___ going．And it felt nice to receive and to be able to give right back．

　　41．A．fetched B．handed C．awarded D．bought

　　42．A．goods B．receipts C．presents D．supplies

　　43．A．so that B．in case C．even though D．as if

　　44．A．encouraging B．expecting C．guiding D．preparing

　　45．A．Unfortunately B．Obviously C．Finally D．Strangely

　　46．A．office B．system C．space D．building