Mr. Smith works in a middle school. There he teaches English. He works hard and he is busy every day. After supper, he always reads some newspapers ___1____ his room. His son, John, often comes in and asks him to tell him a ___2___. He likes his son and does all that the boy wants.

    One Sunday Mrs. Smith was doing some housework and Mr. Smith was ___3___ a newspaper. John came in but he didn’t say anything. About ten minutes later the boy showed a newspaper to Mr. Smith and called out, “There is going to be a baseball match tonight, Dad!”

    Mr. Smith was surprised. He said to ___4___, “The boy is only three years old. How can he read the newspaper?”

    He began to look for the news. __5__ he couldn’t find it. At last the boy showed him an exclamation mark （感叹号）in the newspaper.

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