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It's Saturday morning. Tony's sitting at the kitchen table, 1 with a piece of bread. He's not even 2 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a 3 . He has nothing to do because the Internet is down. When he 4 up this morning, Tony was feeling 5 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend 6 . It would be a weekend like any other-a great weekend. But that was 7 he turned on his computer and 8 he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything. Every weekend, Tony 9 goes online to email friends, read the 10 to keep up with what's happening in the world and 11 a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to finish the weekend off. The perfect weekend-online! Just as Tony is 12 how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the 13 . "Cheer up, Tony. Don't 14 the Internet any more, OK?" Tony makes no 15 but sighs (叹 气). "Go and play chess with Helen!" Tony's mum- 16 . "Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the 17 . We can meet and play chess face to face for a 18 . Maybe this weekend won't be so bad," Tony 19 , as he walks to the phone. There is 20 without the Internet after all. | ||||
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It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members 1 the hall. I was only a 7-yearold girl, but I was the center of 2 . Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would 3 all my hard work in a dance performance. Everything would be 4 -so I thought. I waited backstage all 5 in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies 6 that my class was next. My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the 7 . All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. It really was an 8 move. I was concentrating so much on 9 the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look 10 I was going. I missed my partner's box altogether and 11 . There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles (咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the 12 rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, "If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not 13 ", I did my best to follow her 14 as I continued with the routine. When the curtain dropped, so did my 15 for the evening. I 16 bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could 17 me down. Recently I realized I had been a 18 that night. I was 19 , but I fought the urge to run off the stage. 20 , I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too. | ||||
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It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year. I was a ticket-counter supervisor (主管) for a major airline and was looking forward to the 1______ of my shift (轮班) at Stapleton International Airport in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could 2______ our gifts for Christmas. Just then, a very 3______ gentleman went up to me: He asked how he could get to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He had just arrived from Philadelphia and 4______ his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation area, where he could rent a 5______. And then I called ray wife to let her know I would be home 6______ About fifteen minutes later, the gentleman 7______ and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars 8______. I told him that he had to stay for a night ai the airport. Hearing that, he burst into 9______. I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom, and that his only son was 10______ ill at home and was not expected to 11______ another year, He expected that this would likely be the 12______ Christmas with his son. I told Tom to 13______ his luggage and wait for me at the gate. I was driving to Cheyenne. I called my wife Kathy, telling her about it and not to wait up for me. I drove fast 14______ and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2:30 a.m. Kathy was still 15______ me when I got home in the early morning. We traded gifts and then our conversation 16______ Tom. For Kathy and me, there was no 17______ that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the 18______ choice. A couple of days later, I 19______ a Christmas card with a picture of Tom and his family. In it, Tom thanked me for the special 20______ lie had received that holiday season, but I knew the best gift was mine. | ||||
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It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit (追逐) of his 1 . There, in the rush of his 2 life, Jack had little time to think about the 3 and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was 4 his future, and nothing could stop him. Over the 5 , his mother told him, "Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday." 6 flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat 7 remembering his childhood days. "Jack, did you hear me?" "Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I 8 him. I'm sorry, but I 9 thought he died years ago," Jack said. "Well, he didn't 10 you. Every time I saw him he 11 ask how you were doing. He'd reminisce (回忆) about the many 12 you spent over his side of the fence as he 13 it," Mom told him. "I 14 that old house he lived in," Jack said. "You know, Jack, 15 your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to 16 you had a man's influence in your life," she said. "He's the one who taught me carpentry," he said. "I wouldn't be in this 17 if it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time 18 me things he thought were important...Mom, I'll be there for the 19 ," Jack said. As busy as he was, he 20 his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. | ||||
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It's no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents (养父母) than with the parents that nature dealt them. That's especially 1 of children who remain in homes where they're badly treated 2 the law blindly favors biological parents. It's also true of children who 3 , for years in foster (寄 养) homes because of parents who can't or won't care for them but 4 to give up custody (监护) rights. Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays 5 neither description, but her recent court victory could 6 children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battle between the man who 7 her and her biological parents, with whom she has never 8 . A Florida judge decided that the teenager can 9 with the only father she's ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal right" on her. Shortly after 10 in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched and sent home with the 11 parent. Kimberly's biological parents received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests 12 that the child wasn't their own daughter, but Kimberly was, thus leading to a custody 13 with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families 14 that Mr. Mays would continue to have custody with the biological parents getting 15 rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being 16 . The decision to 17 Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made 18 that Kimberly did have the right to sue (起诉) on her own behalf. Thus he made it clear that she was more than just a 19 possession of her parents. Biological parentage does not mean an absolute ownership that cancels (取消) all the 20 of children. | ||||
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