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Football Legend－Pele！

　　Everyone will laugh at you if you don’t know about Pele, the most famous football player in Brazil．Because of his great devotion to the 　　1　　 of football, he is always 　　2　　 as the “King” by football fans worldwide．

　　Pele 　　3　　 his genius for football in his 　　4　　．When he was thirteen, 　　5　　 perfect skills he 　　6　　 Santos(桑托斯), a very important football 　　7　　 in Brazil．

　　In 1958, Pele was 　　8　　to play for Brazil in the Sixth World Cup Competition．　　9　　 he was sixteen, he was the best player 　　10　　 the field．　　11　　 to Pele, Brazil 　　12　　 the world championship for the first 　　13　　．

　　Pele played for Brazil in the World Cup Competitions from 1958 to 1970．

　　In one famous match, the fans were 　　14　　 the exciting 　　15　　 when Pele would score his thousandth goal when the referee gave Santons a penalty(点球)　　16　　．Pele walked up to 　　17　　 it．The opposing goalkeeper(对方守门员)had no 　　18　　 with the hard and accurate 　　19　　．Pele had scored his thousandth goal! The crowds cheered：“Pele, Pele…”That is a record which is as valuable in sports as a thousand goals．

　　Pele was always 　　20　　to the spirit of the sport as a professional player．He always played a fair game and behaved modestly with a cheerful smile．

　　He is held in high respect, and now he is the Minister of Physical Education in Brazil．

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　　I was shown into the waiting-room which, as I had expected, was full．Any waiting-room－especially a dentist's－is not the best place in the world to 　　1　　 an afternoon．No matter how hard a dentist(牙医)tries to make his waiting-room look 　　2　　, it always has an atmosphere of its own-the unpleasant smell and disordered(混乱的)　　3　　 in the room．

　This waiting-room was no exception．There were 　　4　　 pictures on the wall and the magazines on the table 　　5　　 like a great pile of waste paper．I took my 　　6　　 and decided to pass the time 　　7　　 the people around me．

　　A little man beside me was 　　8　　 the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously．It was 　　9　　 to understand what he was looking at, for 　　10　　 three minutes or so he would throw the magazine onto the 　　11　　, take another, and sink back into his chair．Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to 　　12　　 her son from making a 　　13　　．He had placed an ash-tray(烟灰缸)on the floor and was making plane-noises 　　14　　 he waved a pencil in his hands．The boy had clearly become uninterested in 　　15　　．Near him, and old man was fast asleep, and the boy's mother was 　　16　　 sooner or later her son would 　　17　　 the gentleman up．There was a deep silence in the room as the door opened and a nurse 　　18　　．The people looked 　　19　　 with hope in their eyes, then murmured something as the next luckly 　　20　　 was led out of the room．

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　　One night I was sitting in my kitchen half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy antagonized(招惹)my 12-year-old brother Kevin．I didn’t pay attention when Kevin 　　1　　 up the stairs with the hurt on his face．

　　About 20 minutes later, I heard Kevin crying inside the 　　2　　．I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey, Kev, do you want a talk?” No response．So, I grabbed some index(索引)cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to 　　3　　, we can write notes to each other．”

　　An hour later I was still 　　4　　 on the floor outside the bathroom with two piles of index cards in front of me．One was 　　5　　 and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his unpleasant feelings into words．　　6　　 I read one Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes．It said,“　　7　　 in this family cares about me．I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest, and I’m not 　　8　　．Tommy thinks I can do nothing and Dad 　　9　　 he had the other Kevin as a(n)　　10　　 because he’s better at basketball．And you’re never around to even 　　1　　 me．”

　　It was 　　12　　 what he had said about me．I wrote back “I really do love you and I’m 　　13　　 I don’t always show it．I am here for you and you are 　　14　　 in this family．”

　　There was no 　　15　　 for a while, but then I heard a 　　16　　 sound coming from inside the bathroom．Kevin, who had 　　17　　 cards wrote on a torn-up paper cup, “Thanks．”

　　Since then, I try my best to never 　　18　　 half-notice my family members anymore．Kevin and I have a closer 　　19　　 now, and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is 　　20　　, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup．”