Everywinterwechildrenwouldbuildasnowmaninourbackyard.One 36 bypackingasnowballandthenrollingitinthefreshsnow.Like 37 upaballoontheballmagicallygrowslarger.Wewould 38 toseewhocouldmaketheirsthelargestalthoughanoccasionalsnowball 39 wouldbreakouttodivert（转移……的注意力）usfromthecompetition.
The 40 snowballfromthewinnerwasusedasourbase（底座，基底）.Afterthiscompetitionitwas 41 teamwork.MytwinbrotherEvanandIwouldbalancethesecondlargestonthebase.Itwasaperfecttorso（躯干）.MyolderbrotherStephenwouldpacksnowbetweenthe 42 whilemysistergotwatertostrengthenthenewlypackedsnow.Theprocesswasrepeatedusinganother 43 forthehead.
Twobrancheswerethenstuckintothe 44 forarms.Stonesformedasmilearowofbuttonsandapairofeyes.Acarrotwasusedforthe 45 .Finallywethrewabucketofwater 46 oursnowmangivinghimanicycoatingthatshoneinthelight.Ascarfandapairofglovesintroduceda（n） 47 touchtoourcoldfriend.Wewouldstandbackandadmireourcollectiveefforts.
Thissnowmanmakingprocesswasa 48 throughoutmychildhood.Onewinterhoweverwe 49 .Weweregrowingupandgrowingapart.AndIhatedit.
SolastyearIwanderedoutintothesnow 50 .Ibuiltthebase.andmadeatorsoandahead.Istuckinthe 51 thestonesandthecarrot.Ithrewabucketofwaterovermycreation.Igladlygavemyglovestoit.Ittookalotlongeralonethanit 52 asateam.
BymakingthatsnowmanonmyownIhavevoicedmyworriesaboutthegrowing53betweenus.The 54 isapproachingagain.Perhapsyou’llfindasnowmaninourbackyardthisyear.Hopefullyitwillhavebeenmadebymore 55 thanone.
36.A.starts B.creates C.continues D.settles
37.A.making B.blowing C.taking D.looking
38.A.race B.run C.stop D.hide
39.A.struggle B.joke C.dance D.fight
40.A.smallest B.largest C.oldest D.youngest
41.A.little B.all C.partly D.hardly
42.A.places B.rooms