Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry．But it 1 lets you know, because you keep it 2 thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many 3 not-so-worthy things．So it silently begins to focus on your needs and never let 4 grow．When mind loses its 5 to grow, creativity gets a full stop．
Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied 6 plenty of reading．Now 7 reading and not watching TV? 8 reading has been the most educative tool 9 by us right from the childhood．Just like that, to 10 other aspects of our life, we have to take help of reading．You have countless books in this world which 11 answer all your questions．Once you read a book, not only do you 12 your eyes through the lines, but your mind decodes(译解)it and 13 it to you．The interesting part of the book is 14 in your mind as a seed．Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new 15 ．The same seed if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, 16 which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is 17 but creativity．More the number of books you read, your mind will 18 like never before．Also this improves your speaking skills greatly and 19 your vocabulary largely．Within no 20 , you start speaking English or any language fluently with your friends or other people and you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
(1)
[ ]
A．
sigh
B．
breath
C．
surprise
D．
thought
(2)
[ ]
A．
chance
B．
choice
C．
praise
D．
prize
(3)
[ ]
A．
nervous
B．
interested
C．
excited
D．
serious
(4)
[ ]
A．
restaurant
B．
place
C．
time
D．
condition
(5)
[ ]
A．
Two
B．
Four
C．
Everyone
D．
Nobody
(6)
[ ]
A．
mannered
B．
built
C．
dressed
D．
fed
(7)
[ ]
A．
spring
B．
summer
C．
autumn
D．
winter
(8)
[ ]
A．
appearance
B．
expression
C．
picture
D．
view
(9)
[ ]
A．
orderly
B．
strictly
C．
beautifully
D．
cleanly
(10)
[ ]
A．
tasted
B．
enjoyed
C．
served
D．
prepared
(11)
[ ]
A．
turned out
B．
worked out
C．
came out
D．
figured out
(12)
[ ]
A．
lights
B．
chairs
C．
trees
D．
boats
(13)
[ ]
A．
almost
B．
surely
C．
never
D．
seldom
(14)
[ ]
A．
humorous
B．
joking
C．
funny
D．
friendly
(15)
[ ]
A．
kindness
B．
handsomeness
C．
strangeness
D．
carelessness
(16)
[ ]
A．
found
B．
saw
C．
took
D．
slowed
(17)
[ ]
A．
glasses
B．
plates
C．
picture
D．
window
(18)
[ ]
A．
answer
B．
expression
C．
reason
D．
effect
(19)
[ ]
A．
running
B．
hanging
C．
looking
D．
falling
(20)
[ ]
A．
napkin
B．
tablecloth
C．
cup
D．
fork
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In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
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