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　　Jenny likes her work with computers and can do a lot of clever things with them．

　　“Computers are really like 　　1　　 to me nowadays,” Jenny told her mother one day．“I can ask them questions, and they 　　2　　 just like people, but more politely and without arguing(争论), and you don’t have to 　　3　　 whether you are going to hurt their feelings．And they never lie!”

　　“I should hope not!” her mother answered．“It 　　4　　 a nice thing, doesn’t it?” “But can 　　5　　 of them think for themselves?”

　　“I’m afraid 　　6　　,” Jenny said．“you can get no more out of them than what you’ve put in．It’s called programming．But it’s wonderful what you can 　　7　　 them to do．”

　　“Well,” Jenny’s mother said, “I’d like to 　　8　　 whether you can program me one of them to give me some advice．”

　　“I hope so,” answered Jenny．“I’ll try it 　　9　　, what do you want advice about?”

　　“Well,” her mother answered, “I have 　　10　　 watches：one of them gains(走快)one second every minute, and the other has stopped and 　　11　　 start again．I would feel pleased if I know which I should 　　12　　．Do you 　　13　　 to ask one of your computers?”

　　Jenny laughed and answered, “That’s 　　14　　 to ask a computer, but I’ll do so．I’ll ask Donald．He’s my best 　　15　　．

　　The next evening when Jenny got home from 　　16　　, she said to her mother, “Donald advised you to keep 　　17　　 has stopped．”

　　“Really?” Jenny’s mother said．“　　18　　 did he advise that?”

　　“Because he pointed out that watch will 　　19　　 the right time once every twelve hours, 　　20　　 the other one will be right only once every five years．”

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　　I was 12 and attended ballet school．Several children were to be 　　1　　 to perform minor roles in a local company ‘s holidays ballet 　　2　　 thought that star students like Anna or Islsbella would be chosen．But no one knew for sure．

　　I practised every day．I also read 　　3　　 about famous ballerinas(芭蕾舞女)．Every day I 　　4　　 the roles in the ballet．And every night I listened to its music．

　　Later the company director came in and 　　5　　 us dance．I danced the 　　6　　 I could．But I could 　　7　　 they had their eyes on other 　　8　　．Finally, they announced who had been chosen．I was not in the list．

　　My Christmas 　　9　　 disappeared．“It wasn’t supposed to happen this way,” I talked to myself as I took off my ballet shoes．

　　A friend came over to me．“ Maria, you were an inch away from being picked,” she 　　10　　“ Maybe next year, ” she said 　　11　　．

　　But I was 　　12　　．As I left I turned around to 　　13　　 the grils who were chosen．They were laughing and talking happily to each other．“ I will not be 　　14　　 of them,” I promised myself．

　　Mum came and picked me up．I told her everything as we drove home．

　　“I’m sorry．Maria．But just keep on 　　15　　 and don’t give up．You will get to dance in a ballet someday,” she said, 　　16　　 to comfort me．

　　That night, I lay in bed re-reading a book 　　17　　 Sara-Anna Medove, a famous ballerina．The last 　　18　　 was called “Try, Try Again．” It talked about 　　19　　 she became famous．I realized I could not get 　　20　　 over not getting chosen．If I tried again and again and did not give up, I would finally get to dance in a ballet．