Cloze 8　　Ever since I was little, my favourite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoy the hot chocolate.　　1  , winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grand-mother  2   it didn’t snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many ques-tions.  3   one day, she promised（许诺）that she would make it snow on my next birthday.　　That year,  4   my birthday, my grandmother died. I was sad but angry because she had promised to make it snow. The day of my sixth birthday, I woke up and ran to the window,  5   to see just one snowflake. But there was no snow. I felt mad at my grandmother. She had broken a promise.　　By my sixteenth birthday, I  6   all hope of getting my snow, even though I still wished for  7  . During my party, I stayed with my friends and family and was truly happy. I  8   the best time ever! Then I saw the white snow  9   down all around. I was so excited that I ran a-round screaming（尖叫） and laughing. My friends all laughed  10   me, but I didn’t care.　　When I  11   home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was  12   because he had given me a gift. It was a small white box, which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal snow-flake（冰晶雪花） with a card that  13  , “Happy Birthday.”　　How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother’s final  14   on my “sweet six-teenth”. I cried.　　I was 15 that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.