Mary was four years old.Her neighbour, Donald, owned a 1 company.One day Donald gave Mary a new toy.Mary played with it.She said,“This is fun!”A few weeks 2 Donald gave her another toy.She played with it and said,“I don't like this toy.It doesn't work.”She was a(an) 3 little girl.Donald liked her honesty, and they became 4 For years Donald gave Mary new toys, and she gave him very good ideas 5 the toys.
6 Mary was thirteen years old, Donald showed her a new ball.The ball 7 a balloon inside it.Mary wanted to fill the balloon with water.She wanted to 8 the ball different colours.She wanted to put rice in it to make it noisy.The company made these 9 and sold thousands of the balls.
That Christmas, Donald gave Mary a 10 gift.He made her a vice(副的)president of the toy company.Her job was to see 11 the new toys were fun.She made $200,000 a year.She 12 for three hours a day at her job, and then she had to do her homework.Mary was 13 , but she also spent time with her family.14 parents taught her that working hard and doing her best is very important.
Today Mary works at a college.She 15 students make decisions about their careers(生涯).Today the little president with bright ideas helps students think about their future.
The mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools.Some middle schools in Australia have stopped students 1 mobile phones during school hours.
The mobile phone used among children has become a problem for the school this year.Several children have got mobile phones 2 Christmas gifts and more students will want them.
Mary Bluett, an official said mobile phone use is a distraction(分心的事情)to students during school 3 and it also gives teachers so much 4 in their classrooms.Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone 5 to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to forbid(禁止)mobile phones, though some parents felt 6 because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.
Many teachers said students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school, 7 there was a good reason, they could 8 their phones at school offices.They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school:they were easy to 9 and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understand 10 parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the children know when they can use their mobile phones.