Few other nations are so much interested in horseracing as the English.The famous races Ascot are held every year and followed by sports fans all over England.The king or the queen also attends 1 and presents the winner with a gold cup.To 2 this gold cup is the dream of every owner of a race horse.All newspapers, great and small, are full of detailed description of the 3 , and the name of the 4 winner of the Ascot cup is pronounced by everyone 5 of a great hero.
It happened once, however, some seventy years ago, that the gold cup was stolen a few days before the race! The police 6 for it all over the country but could not find it.
Just at the time, Mark Twain, the witty American writer, 7 England.He was 8 by an England Literary Society to be 9 at a dinner given in his honor.After dinner the president of the society rose to 10 a toast to Mark Twain’s health and praise 11 the talent of the famous American.Mark Twain 12 started his speech with the following words:
“Gentlemen, I thank you for the great honor you 13 me, 14 I very much doubt whether all your countrymen join you in your warm welcome.When I arrived at Dover yesterday, and 15 my foot in ‘Merry Old England’, the first thing I saw was a newspaper poster and on it, 16 my great surprise, I read two 17 printed in big red letters:
MARK TWAIN ARRIVES!
ASCOT CUP STOLEN!
These two announcements stood so closely together that it 18 seemed, gentlemen, as if some people in this country 19 sure that my arrival had something to do with the disappearance of the gold cup!”This witty speech of the famous American author 20 a shout of laughter.
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In 1982, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs.Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker.This sad unexpected news, shook the 1 calm and unhurried politician off her balance.Though she did her best to 2 as if nothing had happened and made her public appearances usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self assured(自信的)prime minister who always had everything under 3 .Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to recover from her 4 .
One day when she was to 5 at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the 6 of her missing son again.She was totally mentally 7 for the question and lost her 8 .Tears were rolling down her eyes 9 she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very 10 about him.She said that all the countries concerned had promised to do their best to help her find her son.With that she 11 down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while.Gradually she 12 down and started to speak as planned.It was a very 13 scene which exposed a new side of Mrs.Thatcher’s 14 the public do not usually see, so people began to 15 about the Iron Woman’s motherly love, a feeling 16 is common to all human race.
Later Mark returned safe and 17 to his mother’s side, good humored and all smiles as usual 18 nothing unusual had 19 happened.The Iron Woman, however, broke down again and was 20 sobbing for the second time.
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Ann,a mother of 3 children, is a warm-hearted social worker and she has done a lot to help people 1 .The family's dinner conversation often turns to local poor families, and she 2 tries her best to seek help for them.This year, Ann 3 that Santa Claus would make a special 4 to a young unemployed mother named Ashley, who was 5 two sons by herself.
One Sunday morning, the family were joyfully having breakfast 6 the phone rang, saying that the aid she had requested for Ashley had 7 .No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing.On hearing the news, Ann noticed the 8 disappear from her children's faces.Kinzie, the youngest one, 9 down from her chair and ran out of the kitchen room.In a matter of 10 , she returned carrying her piggy bank and began to 11 the coins over and over again, $3.30 in total.“Mom,” she shook her head 12 , “I know it's not much.But maybe this will buy a 13 for the children.” Then suddenly everyone was reaching into their pockets and 14 their purses.Immediately the money-coins and bills 15 on the table.On Christmas Eve, Ann as well as Kinzie drove to Ashley's house.After Ann wished the 16 woman a merry Christmas, she began to unload the gifts from the car, 17 them to Ashley one by one and told her the whole story.
Ashley was moved to tears 18 the words:Kinzie opened not only her piggy bank but also her 19 , and my children as well as I myself would be able to do something 20 for someone else in need.