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Dear Dr．Bamford,

　　I know you are a famous scientist who has done great work on cloning(克隆)animals．Please excuse me for writing to you, but I need your 　　1　　 Let me explain．

　　I am a 58-year-old man．I'm very rich．I live in a large house．My wife died three years ago; we didn't have children．

　　So, am I 　　2　　?No, because Cindy is with me．Every night we eat dinner together and watch TV．Cindy sits beside me 　　3　　 I feel very happy．I'm fascinated(着迷的)with her beautiful green eyes．She's also very smart．Sometimes she thinks only about herself．But that's what I 　　4　　 about her．She is quite a beautiful Siamese cat．There is no other cat like her in the whole world．

　　These days I worry about 　　5　　 Cindy．She is getting older and older．Cats don't live 　　6　　 humans, of course, s she will die before I do．I cannot imagine my life 　　7　　 Cindy．

　　Well, why not get another cat after Cindy dies?　　8　　!No other cat can ever replace(代替)her．

　　I have been thinking about this：Clone Cindy．Scientists are able to clone sheep and mice and other animals．They should be able to clone cats without much 　　9　　 Luckily, I am a rich man．I don't care how much money I will spend cloning Cindy．I think 　　10　　 to clone pets．It's not cloning humans．

　　What do you think? Could you clone Cindy?

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Police smash pizza gang

　　Yesterday, a daring robbery 　　1　　 at the famous Pizza Palace．At two thirty, two men 　　2　　 the Pizza Palace．They 　　3　　 guns．　　4　　 member of the gang, a woman, stood 　　5　　．Their car waited in the street．

　　The robbers did not take 　　6　　 money, but they took a lot of pizzas．They ran towards their car．But they 　　7　　 reached it．They fell into a hole．The woman, however, jumped into the car and tried to drive 　　8　　．She could not 　　9　　 there was a traffic jam．Three policemen came and arrested the members of the gang．

　　This 　　10　　 to be the world's first pizza robbery．

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Dear Kurt,

　　Yesterday something 　　1　　 happened to us．There was a big 　　2　　 near the ferry．I think three young men robbed two 　　3　　 tourists．One woman told my father that the men 　　4　　 her friend's purse．Two of the men ran away, but the other man went 　　5　　 the ferry with the women．

　　My father and I did not 　　6　　 the ferry．He went to a shop 　　7　　 and quickly phoned the police．He asked them to 　　8　　 the ferry when it arrived．

　　We 　　9　　 the river on the next ferry．The police got there in time! The man was 　　10　　 handcuffs．I was pleased that my father helped those women．

　　Write and tell me your news soon, Kurt．

　　Best wishes

　　Paul

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Dear Kitty,

　　I've been in New Zealand for over two weeks．Now, I'm studying in New Plymouth．I'd like to tell you something about my daily life here．

　　I have much to do every day, so I am quite 　　1　　．I always get up at seven in the morning．　　2　　 having breakfast together with my home-stay family, I 　　3　　 to school．It takes me about 20 minutes to get to school on foot．It's 　　4　　 now, but it is not very cold, just like early spring in Shanghai．

　　We have lessons in the morning．At noon, we have lunch together．Each of us brings 　　5　　 from our home-stay family．

　　After lunch, we usually take a walk along the streets for about half an hour．The shops here are quite different from those in Shanghai．I have bought some wonderful post cards, and one of them is 　　6　　 the way to you．

　　In the afternoon, we study by ourselves at school．At about four, I go home．If it rains, my home-stay father will come to 　　7　　 me up in his car．I have 　　8　　 together with my home-stay family．That's the best time of the day．We talk about what we can 　　9　　 and enjoy every minute of it while eating．

　　Well, I am having a good time here．How are things going with you? I am 　　10　　 hearing from you．

Yours,

Alan

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Yao Ming is a Chinese super 　　1　　 player．He is very 　　2　　．He is 226 centimeters in 　　3　　．He has more than just the height．He 　　4　　 has great skill and speed and he is a good team player．He is the 　　5　　 of two great basketball players．When he was young, he learnt 　　6　　 to play one of the world's 　　7　　 games．He is now in 　　8　　．He is helping a famous American basketball team called Houston Rockets in the 　　9　　．Now as one 　　10　　 the stars in the NBA, Yao Ming is working hard to fulfill his dream．He shows the world that Chinese people can be good at playing basketball, too．

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　　Two friends visited the zoo together．The zoo was very 　　1　　 and it was impossible to go everywhere．They had to 　　2　　 where and which animal to visit as their time was limited(限定)．So both of them agreed not to go back 　　3　　 choosing a branch road at every crossing．

　　A road sign at the first crossing showed one way to 　　4　　 quarters and the other to tiger hill．They decided on the former after a 　　5　　 discussion because lions were“the king of the grassland．”The second 　　6　　 a division going separately to the panda and the peacock．They chose panda as it was the nation’s treasure, so they 　　7　　 its way．Thus they made choices all 　　8　　 the way and each choice meant giving up so that they couldn’t help regretting．But they had to make it, and immediately．If they couldn’t, they would 　　9　　 more．Only rapid decision could offer more 　　10　　 for sightseeing and reduce(减少)possible regret．

　　Life is more or less like this－choices often appear that one has to choose, for example, between two desirable(合意的)jobs, two fascinating universities．To get one you have to give up the other－you can 　　11　　 get half of it．If you spend time weighing the pros and cons and thinking about gains and losses, you will most likely 　　12　　 with empty hands．Don’t be sad about it．At least you have got half of the desirable things in life－something that is hard to come by．

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　　I was watching some little kids play football．These kids were only five or six years old, but they were playing a real game－two teams, complete with coaches and parents．I didn’t 　　1　　 any of them, so I was able to enjoy the game without worrying about winning or losing－I wished the parents and coaches could have done the same．

　　The teams were completely matched．I will 　　2　　 call them Team One and Team Two．Nobody scored in the first period, but they didn’t 　　3　　 to care．They were having fun．In the second quarter, the Team One coach pulled out what must have been his first team and 　　4　　 in the scrubs(替补队员), except his best player who now guarded the goal(球门;进球得分)．The game took a big turn．I guess winning is 　　5　　 even when you’re five years old．Because the Team Two coach left his 　　6　　 players in, and the Team One scrubs were no match for them．Team Two came around the little kid who was now the Team One goalie(守门员)．He was an excellent player, but he was no match for three or four who were also very good．The lonely goalie gave it everything he had, trying to 　　7　　 the incoming balls．Team Two scored two goals soon after that．It infuriated(使大怒)the young boy．He shouted and ran．After the fourth goal, the little boy became quite desperate(希望渺茫的)and then he 　　8　　．

　　When the boy went to his knees, I saw the father come and carry him 　　9　　 the field, and I heard him say, “Scotty, it doesn’t matter how many times they scored on you．I want you to go back there and finish the game．In my eyes, you are the winner! Go on, now．”The little kid ran back onto the field, and they scored two more times, but it was 　　10　　．Now in all viewers’(观众的)eyes, he is the Winner．

　　When you’re 　　11　　, and you’re getting scored on, and you can’t stop them, even if you are angry－it doesn’t matter to those who love you．In their eyes, so long as you don’t 　　12　　 up, you are the winner．And they are always proud of you．

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　　I should say I owe my success to my mother．My belief began when 1 was just a kid．I 　　1　　 becoming a doctor．

　　My mother was a servant．Through her work, she found that 　　2　　 people spent a lot more time reading than they 　　3　　 watching television．She told my brother and me to watch only two to three pre－selected TV programs during the week．In our free time, we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and 　　4　　 written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check marks and highlights．Years later we realized her marks were a trick because my mother was uneducated．

　　When I entered high school, 1 was an A－student．but not for 　　5　　．I wanted the brightly coloured clothes and 1 wanted to hang out with the guys．I went from being an A．student to a B．student to a C－student．0Be night my mother came home after 　　6　　 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts．

　　She said,“Okay, I'll give you aU the money I 　　7　　!this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With everything paid off．you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want．”I was very 　　8　　 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating(分配)the money, there was 　　9　　 left．

　　I realized my mother was a great woman to be able to keep a roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy clothes．I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere．Success required intellectual preparation．

　　I went back to my 　　10　　 and became an A－student again, and at last I 　　11　　 my dream and I became a doctor．

　　My mother is a woman with 　　12　　 formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children．There is no job more important than parenting．

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　　Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house．No card came with it．Calls to the flower shop were not 　　1　　 at all．After a while I stopped trying to 　　2　　 the sender’s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper．

　　However, I never 　　3　　 imagining who the giver might be．Some of my happiest 　　4　　 were spent daydreaming about the sender．My mother encouraged these imaginings．She’d ask me if there was someone for whom I had shown special 　　5　　．Perhaps it was the old man across the street whose mail I’d delivered during the winter．As a girl, though, I had more fun imagining that it might be a 　　6　　 I had run into．

　　One month before my graduation, my father died．I felt so sad that I became completely 　　7　　 in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn’t 　　8　　 if I had a new dress or not．But my mother, despite her own sadness, would not let me 　　9　　 any of those things．She wanted her children not only to be lovable but to feel 　　10　　．In truth, my mother wanted her children to see 　　11　　 much like the gardenia－lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery(神秘)．

　　My mother died ten days after I was married．I was twenty-two years old．That was the year the gardenia stopped 　　12　　．

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　　I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice．The look on his face said that one of us had done something 　　1　　．

　　“Which one of you did this?”

　　We all looked down at the 　　2　　．There was child’s handwriting in chalk there．I was filled with a lot of 　　3　　．I hoped no one could see it．Would he guess it was me?I was so worried．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 to tell the truth．

　　To 　　5　　 who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil．“I want each of you to 　　6　　 exactly what you see on the step．”I tried my best to write the words 　　7　　．I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me．

　　He 　　8　　 our pieces of paper and looked at them．“　　9　　 none 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 wanted was for Dad to 　　10　　 me!

　　“I did it．”My sister stepped forward and said 　　11　　 had done something she hadn’t．She was grounded for a month．

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

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