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　　We adopted Luke four years ago．The people from the orphanage(孤儿院)dropped him off at our hotel room without even saying 　　1　　．He was nearly six years old, only 28 pounds and his face was crisscrossed(交叉着)with scars．　　2　　, he was terrified．Luke kicked and 　　3　　．His cries were animal-like．I wound my arms around him 　　4　　 he could not hit or kick．After an hour and a half he finally fell asleep, exhausted．I called 　　5　　．They delivered every noodle dish on the menu．After Luke woke up I handed him chopsticks and pointed at the food．He stopped crying and started to eat．

　　That night we went for a walk．　　6　　 at the moon, he pantomimed(打手势), “What is it? ” I said, “The moon, it's the moon．” He 　　7　　 and tried to touch it．He cried again when I tried to give him a bath 　　8　　 I started to play with the water．By the end of his bath the room was soaked and he was 　　9　　．Then we read the book One Yellow Lion．He loved looking at the 　　10　　 pictures and 　　11　　 the pages．By the end of the night he was saying “　　12　　”．

　　The next day we 　　13　　 orphanage officials to do 　　14　　．Luck looked at them and wrapped my arms 　　15　　 around his waist．

　　It has been four years．Luke is a smart, funny, happy fourth-grader．He is 　　16　　 with charm and is a natural athlete．His teachers say he is 　　17　　 behaved and works very hard．Our neighbor says she has never seen a happier kid．

　　When I think back, I am 　　18　　 at what changed this abused, terrified little creature．It was not medications(药物治疗)．It did not cost money．It was love：just simple, plain, easy to 　　19　　．It is comprised(组成)of compassion(同情), care, security, and faith．I believe in the power of love to 　　20　　．I believe in the power of love to heal．

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　　My father often works very hard．And he 　　1　　 goes to the movies．Here I’ll tell you a(n)　　2　　 story about him．

　　One afternoon, when he finished his work, and 　　3　　 go home, he found a film ticket under the 　　4　　 on his desk．He thought he 　　5　　 to have not much work to do that day and it was quite wonderful to pass the 　　6　　 at the cinema．So he came back home and 　　7　　 finished his supper．Then he said 　　8　　 to us and left．

　　But to our 　　9　　, he came back about half an hour later．I asked him what was the 　　10　　．He smiled and told us about the funny thing that had happened at the 　　11　　．

　　When my father was sitting in his seat, a 　　12　　 came to my father’s seat and said that seat was hers．My father was 　　13　　．He took out the ticket at once and looked at it carefully．It was Row 17, 　　14　　．And then he looked at the seat．It was 　　15　　．So he asked her to show her ticket．She took out the ticket at once and the seat 　　16　　 on it was Row 17, Seat 3．

　　Why? What’s the matter with all this? While they were 　　17　　, suddenly the woman said, “The 　　18　　 of the tickets are different．” So they looked at the tickets more carefully．After a while my father said, “Oh, I’m 　　19　　．I made a mistake．My ticket is for the 　　20　　 a month ago．Take this seat, please．” With these words he left．