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My father used to work in the city and seldom stayed at home. But he would come b 1.to help harvest rice every year.

One autumn, he promised to help our neighbor, who lost a 2. in a traffic accident in 1999 to harvest his rice. After Father harvested our own, his little rice picker(水稻采摘机) broke. What’s worse, he had to return to work the next day b 3. his partner was ill in hospital. It m 4. that father wouldn’t be back in a few days. It now seemed i 5. to help out the neighbor.

Father told us that he wouldn’t let the n 6. rice rot (糜烂) in the field. He decided to harvest it by hand w 7. a machine. “If tonight’s weather is clear, I think I can do it.” added my father. In fact, he was rather tired after a day’s harvest work.

After dinner, Father had a short rest and made his way to the field. A f 8. moon was glowing (发光) in the sky and the weather was cold but clear. He spent the whole night k 9. his word.

I would never f 10. the image(画面)：Father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of rice stocks(秸秆) stood at attention, showing respect for a man who kept his word.

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