I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was
getting some work done in my study while she 1 to be having a good time in the other room. No
problem, I figured. But then it got a little too 2 and I shouted, "What are you doing?" No response.
I 3 my question and heard her say , "Oh, … nothing." Nothing?
I got up from my desk and ran out 4 the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I
followed and watched her a little behind, she made a quick 5 into the bathroom. I had her 6 ! I
told her to turn around. She 7 . I pulled out my big Daddy voice, "Young lady," I said, "turn around!"
8 , she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife"s new lipstick. And very square
inch of her face was 9 with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard 10 voice
that had been shouted to me as a child. " How could you… You should know… How many times have
you been 11 . What a bad thing to do…" It was just a matter of my picking out which old 12 I was
going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But 13 I could let loose,
looked 14 at the sweater on her. In big 15 it said, "I"m A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL (天使)! " I
looked back up into her tearful eyes and , 16 seeing a bad girl who didn"t listen, I saw a little angel
full of 17 that I had come dangerously close to 18 . "Sweetheart, let"s take a picture, so Mommy
can see how 19 you look." I took the picture and thanked God that I didn"t 20 the chance to prove
what a perfect little angel he had given me.
Mr.Clinton and his 3-year-old son Tony are basketball fans. Last October 10th was Tony’s birthday,
so Mr.Clinton decided to drive him to New York, for the first game of the World Series. They had no
ticket but hoped to buy a pair from scalpers.
It was a two hours’ ride. After they arrived, they walked in the street for two hours, carrying a sign
(牌子) that read, “ We need two tickets.” There were many scalpers around, but the cheapest ticket
was $200. They were about to leave when suddenly a man stopped them. He took out two tickets and
handed them to Mr. Clinton.
“How much do you want?”
“Just a present,” said the man. “Enjoy the game.”
Mr. Clinton wouldn’t accept, so the man explained, “I’m Jackson. Hans is my boss. He and his wife
haven’t missed a World Series in 18 years. But he is ill and can’t watch the game this time. So he told
me to give the two tickets to people who I thought would actually enjoy the game. A lot of people
looked as if they might just take the tickets and sell them. Then I saw you and I followed you for a while.
You seemed very disappointed. You made me think of my dad and me when I was a child. I dreamed
of going to a World Series game with my father. But my dream never came true.”
How do you suppose this made Mr. Clinton and his son feel? Here is what Mr. Clinton said: “This is
the most wonderful thing that ever happened to us. My boy and I must have turned to each other over
30 times and said, ‘I can’t believe this.’ We still never forget Jackson and Hans.”
A. people who buy tickets at a reasonable price
B. people who sell tickets at a reasonable price
C. people who buy tickets at a high price
D. people who sell tickets at a high price
A. Sleep to Success
B. A Recent Study
C. Do Sleep Well
D. The More Sleep, the Better
The sun was shining as Kevin walked to the old bench(长凳) where he met Mike every afternoon
after school. They were good friends and loved to play football. They didn’t have enough money to buy
a real football, but Mike had made a ball out of old socks covered with a piece of plastic. It wasn’t
beautiful, but it worked well. The two friends didn’t stop kicking and running until very late.
The next afternoon, Mike and Kevin met again at the old bench. Soon the home-made ball was
spinning(旋转) across the grass as the boys laughed and shouted happily. The ball was stopped by a
boy wearing a nice pair of sneakers(运动鞋). Kevin was upset when he saw it was Steven.
The next morning, Kevin’s mother gave him an envelope(信封). “Your uncle sent you a birthday
present,” she smiled. Kevin’s eyes grew big when he saw the $100 bill. Later that day, a pair of new
sneaker lay next to his chair, and in the corner, a real football.
The next afternoon, Steven invited Kevin to play football on the field next to the library. Steven did
not want Mike to join them only because Mike’s sneakers were dirty and he was not good at football.
When the game was over, Kevin and Steven walked past the old bench where Mike was sitting. Steven
picked up a stone and threw it at him. Kevin, holding his new football in his hands, walked on and did
not look back.
One afternoon, as Kevin walked past the old bench, he saw something lying under it. He looked
closer and saw it was the home-made ball. Kevin was full of sorrow at the sight of his old home-made
ball, and he let out a sad sigh(叹气). As his sadness turned to anger, he picked up his new football and
kicked it into the air. Kevin kicked it so hard that it flew past the library and over the school gate. Then
Kevin walked to the bench and picked up his home-made ball. Holding it in his hands, Kevin sat down
and waited.
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