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　　My mother was the one who always beat me．I always cried loudly to let the neighbors 　　1　　 she was killing me．For example, if she acted as though she was about to 　　2　　 her hand to me, I would open my 　　3　　 and let the world know about it．If anybody was passing by out on the road, 　　4　　 would either change her mind or just give me a few light touches．

　　Thinking about it now, I feel certain that just as my father supported me for being 　　5　　 than the other children, my mother gave me more shout for the 　　6　　 reason．She was very bright herself, but she liked the ones who were 　　7　　．Jimmy, my eldest brother, I knew, was especially her 　　8　　．I remember that he would tell me to get out of the house．“Let the sun shine on you so you can get some color．”He went out of his way 　　9　　 to let me have a sense of color－advantage．

　　I learned early that crying out in disagreement could finish things．My older brothers and sister would sometimes come in from school and 　　10　　 a biscuit with butter or something．My mother impatiently, would tell them no．But I would cry out and make a big noise until I got what I wanted．I remember well how my mother asked me 　　11　　 I couldn’t be a nice boy like Wilfred．But I would think to myself that Wilfred, for being so nice and quiet, often stayed 　　12　　．So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noises．

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　　I stood there listening to my father shout at the top of his voice．The look on his face said that one of us had done something wrong．

　　“Which one of you did this?”

　　We all looked down at the step．There was child’s 　　1　　 in chalk there．I was very 　　2　　．I hoped no one could see it．Would he 　　3　　 it was me?I was so scared．When he asked me, I lied,“Not me, Dad．”

　　The others denied(否认)it as well．Of course, we all knew that one of us 　　4　　 have done it．But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage(勇气)to tell the 　　5　　．

　　To 　　6　　 out who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil．“I want each of you to write exactly 　　7　　 you see on the step．”

　　I tried my best to write the words 　　8　　．I didn’t want dad to be able to tell it was me．

　　He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them,“Since 　　9　　 of you will admit(承认)to have done it, then I will punish you all．”I stood there and said nothing．

　　The last thing I 　　10　　 was for Dad to punish me!

　　“I did it．”My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t．She was grounded(受处罚)for a month．

　　We didn’t talk about that day for many years．Not until we were all older and I knew it was 　　11　　 to finally tell my dad it was really me．I always felt 　　12　　 because of it．That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me．

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　　I once thought I would be a perfect mother．It 　　1　　 me 16 years to learn that I could not be．I know that I made some mistakes．　　2　　 I could raise my children again, I wouldn’t repeat those mistakes．Maybe I would make new 　　3　　．But I think I would do a better job．

　　I would try to understand my children．I often did what my 　　4　　 would have done．I 　　5　　 their ways of raising children．For example, I had my 13-year-old son, David, come home early, but he hated this rule．He saw no reason for it．　　6　　 a girl, I had to be home early．I wanted my son to do the 　　7　　 thing．Now I would think more about why I wanted things done in a certain way．

　　My father was sick when I was young．So my sister, my brother and I were 　　8　　 all the time．We did not cry in anger and we didn’t laugh for 　　9　　．I just wanted my children to be quiet, too．I never stopped 　　10　　“Why”．

　　It was hard for me to let my children show anger．I 　　11　　 them when they started to get angry．Now I would tell my children,“It is all right to show love and it is all right to show anger．Your feelings are good．I love you no matter 　　12　　 you feel．”

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　　The most difficult thing for university student Shaun Rogers is opening the classroom door by himself．Shaun can’t do this without 　　1　　 because he is only six years old．He’s the 　　2　　 person ever to study at Rochester University in New York．Shaun began 　　3　　 at two and by the age of five he had read many books and was able to finish writing his 　　4　　 book．“I love learning”, says Shaun．“My hero is the scientist Albert Einstein 　　5　　 he never combed(梳理)his hair or wore socks．”

　　Shaun’s mother first realized that her son was 　　6　　 when he kept crying at playschool because he was bored with the children’s games．She started teaching him at home 　　7　　 finding that local schools were not prepared for children who 　　8　　 at Shaun’s speed．Now Shaun is studying geography at 　　9　　 and using the Internet to finish his high school studies．

　　However, some scientists warn that too much study can stop a child from developing normally．“I don’t care how clever the kid is, six-year-olds have to 　　10　　 with their friends,”says Dr．Brain Wood．Mrs．Rogers disagreed that all her son’s time was taken up by school work．“He loves the violin and has many outdoor 　　11　　, such as camping, fishing and swimming, just like 　　12　　 boys of his age．”

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　　On that day, in the hospital, I asked the doctor if he could test Jim again．The doctor 　　1　　 so．To my sadness, it was the same score．

　　Later that evening, I told Frank the 　　2　　 news．After talking it over, we agreed that our 　　3　　 was much better than an IQ(智商)test．We thought that Jim’s score must have been a 　　4　　 and we should treat him as usual．

　　We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Jim studied at Concordia High School in the same year．He got good grades in the school, especially in biology and chemistry．

　　Jim entered Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student．Soon after that, his teacher 　　5　　 him to take more courses．In 1968, he was 　　6　　 by the School of Medicine, Yale University．

　　On graduation(毕业)day in 1972, Frank and I went to the ceremony(仪式)at Yale．After the ceremony, we told Jim about the 　　7　　 IQ score he got when he was six．Since that day, he sometimes looked at us and said with a smile,“My dear mom and dad 　　8　　 told me that I couldn’t be a doctor．They didn’t tell me until I graduated from medical school!”It is his special way of 　　9　　 us for the faith(信任)we had in him．

　　A few days later, Jim 　　10　　 another IQ test．We went to the same hospital．He had received the test there eighteen years before．This time he scored 126, an increase of 36 points．The result seemed to be impossible!

　　Children often do as well as their parents or teachers 　　11　　 of them．That is, tell a child he is“　　12　　,”and he may play the role of a foolish child．

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　　Jennifer and Valerie had been friends since Grade Three．Now they were driving together to their 　　1　　 high school event．Today was graduation day at their high school．　　2　　 they were close friends, they were different in many ways．Jennifer was a diligent(勤奋的)student while Valerie was just mainly 　　3　　 in a good life．

　　“Isn’t it 　　4　　 that we’ve all finished?”said Valerie．“I really want to have a good time this summer．”

　　“　　5　　 be nice,”Jennifer replied．“But I’m afraid I’ll have to work most of the summer to help pay for college expenses(费用)．”

　　Jennifer’s parents had only a small income(收入)and she had made up her 　　6　　 to have a job so that she could 　　7　　 money for her future studies．

　　Valerie, on the other hand, came from a rich famliy．She didn’t want to work hard for 　　8　　 she had always got．

　　“I really don’t want to go to college for a while,”she said．“My uncle has a restaurant 　　9　　 in the Bahamas and he has 　　10　　 me to spend a year there．That should give me plenty of 　　11　　 for the beach．”

　　“It seems 　　12　　 will really be going different ways now,”thought Jennifer．

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　　Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags, new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started．Today, however, all have 　　1　　．If you still come back to school with only these things, you are out-of-date(过时的)．Students in big cities like to bring the latest high-tech things to school, and feel happy and 　　2　　 to show off these things to 　　3　　．Mobile phones, MP3 players, CD players, electronic(电子)dictionaries, the list is endless．

　　Young people think that, living in the 21st century, they must keep up with the 　　4　　．They don't want to fall 　　5　　．Besides, they think that they need to keep in touch with their classmates, so they need mobile phones．They also like to listen to the pop music, so they need CD players．They explain that, 　　6　　 like electronic dictionaries, these can be 　　7　　 in their study, 　　8　　．They think that their parents should understand 　　9　　 they want these things．

　　Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they 　　10　　 to school at the beginning of a new term．　　11　　, they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to 　　12　　 these high-tech things that they want．

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　　There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons．She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school．Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so 　　1　　．The mother 　　2　　 that she would help her sons to do 　　3　　 in school by herself．She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to 　　4　　 a book a week and do a book report for her．

　　One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked 　　5　　 anyone knew it．Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 　　6　　．“Why did Ben raise his hand?”all of his 　　7　　 whispered(耳语)and wondered．“He 　　8　　 said anything．What could he possibly want to say?”To their surprise, Ben not only 　　9　　 the rock, but also said a lot about it．He 　　10　　 other rocks in its group and even knew 　　11　　 the teacher had found it．The teacher and the other students were 　　12　　．Ben had learned this from doing one of his book 　　13　　．

　　Later Ben became the 　　14　　 student of his class．When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and 　　15　　 became one of the best doctors in the United States．

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　　Once there was a grasshopper(蚱蜢), who was the best hopper(跳跃者)in the world．She taught other grasshoppers how to hop．Soon all grasshoppers were hopping well, so she felt very 　　1　　．

　　Then one day an eagle showed up．She immediately 　　2　　 to teach the eagle how to hop, as she was sure that hopping was the key to 　　3　　, but every time she advised the eagle to hop, he just said,“There is no need．You are 　　4　　 with hopping, but I can fly．”

　　“Stop this silly talking of flying!”screamed the grasshopper．“Flying is 　　5　　 in your imagination．”

　　The next day, some of the grasshoppers went to talk to the eagle．“How is it that you don’t know how to hop, yet you still talk of flying?It 　　6　　 our teacher’s orders．

　　“Hopping is useful, but when you can fly, it is no longer 　　7　　．” said the eagle．

　　“Tell us more,”said the grasshoppers．

　　The eagle began telling them what the world 　　8　　 he grass fields was like．It was a world that included mountains, rivers and oceans(海洋)．

　　Then the eagle took one 　　9　　 grasshopper in his powerful talon(K)to the sky．The grasshopper could see the mountains, rivers and oceans that the eagle had 　　10　　．

　　After the eagle landed, he saw a spark(闪光)in the grasshopper’s eyes．The grasshopper told others what he had seen in the sky．Therefore, the grasshoppers dreamt of flying in the sky．

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　　When I had something difficult to do, I used to ask my mother for help．But she always said,“Do it yourself, dear．”I was not 　　1　　 at all．I thought she was the 　　2　　 mother in the world!

　　For example, one day, I decided to 　　3　　 some friends to my home．My bedroom was not in order．Books were everywhere．And I didn't make the bed．I asked my 　　4　　 to help me clean it, 　　5　　 she still said,“Do it yourself, girl．”

　　Because of my“lazy mother”, I have to 　　6　　 my clothes and clean my room．I have to help my parents 　　7　　 I even have to go to the dentist by myself．It is really hard for me to do everything well, but I have learned 　　8　　．

　　As time goes by, I understand my mother．She makes me clever and diligent ?(勤奋的)　　9　　 a great mother!

　　A 　　10　　 mother is worth(等值于)one hundred teachers!Don't you think so?

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