I was successful at my job．I worked very hard, but it 1 me and my family a fabulous(极好的)lifestyle．I'd worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director．2 , one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was 3 explained to me that they were letting me go．I just sat there 4 they talked on and all I could think was,“I've 5 ．”I'd been so well respected 6 I was of no value．
For six weeks, I was in a very 7 place．I wandered around my house like a zombie(僵尸)．I could 8 things needed doing, but would not do anything．My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive(积极的)in everything 9 me．
Then, in late June, my youngest son's football team made the city cup final．The year before, he'd been very sad when I 10 the same final, so he was 11 when I told him I'd go．Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me 12 him on was unbelievable, From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my some and their passions(激情)．I attended match after match and performances of my elder son's band－I 13 went to another city to watch him play．These moments were so 14 ．My life had been so much devoted to 15 for so long, and I felt 16 that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world．
17 , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose-I was someone's mum!I felt a sense of being 18 Again．Now I feel more positive about my professional 19 and I'm getting on better with my family than I ever have．Losing my job made me realize just how 20 it is to achieve real balance in life．
Even though he has been caught, the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is still causing trouble．His arrest 1 as many questions as it has answers．Top of the list is 2 should happen to Saddam now, closely 3 by calls for information from him about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction．
He is currently being held by 4 troops at a secret place．The US says he will stand trial for his cruel actions during his years in 5 ．This is likely to take place at a court 6 two weeks ago by the US-backed Iraqi Governing Council．The council's president Abdul Aziz al-hakim has warned Saddam could be executed(处死)if 7 guilty(有罪的)by the court．And the US 8 this．
“I think he ought to receive the 9 punishment for what he has done to people, ” said US president George W．Bush, 10 directly stating that Saddam should be put to death．
However, many 11 , including Saddam's long time enemy Iran, believe he would receive a fairer trial in an international court． 12 Britain, American's closest supporter, said it would not take part in any trial that could lead to Saddam's execution．
The UN Security Council has yet to 13 its position clear．But UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan 14 say that“the UN does not support a death penalty．”
Besides waiting for a trial of Saddam, the world wants to see 15 the US and Britain can find the 16 weapons they gave as the 17 for the war in Iraq．Asked if Saddam's capture(捕获)could 18 a breakthrough(突破)in the hunt for the weapons of mass destruction, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, “ 19 obviously that possibility there．But I think we should 20 what we're doing in Iraq．”
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threw
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has throw
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had thrown
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which
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that
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what
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followed
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to follow
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to be followed
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British
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Iraqi
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Iranian
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strength
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power
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politics
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force
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set out
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set on
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set off
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set up
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found
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finding
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was found
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find
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supports
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opposes
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agrees
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disappoints
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better
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best
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worst
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with
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for
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without
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of
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people
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officers
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nations
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armies
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make
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why
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cause
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reason
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lead to
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solve
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It
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carry off
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carry forward
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carry through
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carry on
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character．
R．W．E, erson
It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to 1 her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful 2 in the garden．
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs(丁香)，he said, “I know where we can find 3 that you want．Get the children and come on．” So they went, 4 down the country roads．
There on a small hill, they saw a lot of purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to 5 the flowers． 6 , she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．
When they were 7 a nursing home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They 8 the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the 9 in her hands, and smiled at her．The old granny 10 her again and again．She smiled happily, too．
11 the young mother came back to her car, her 12 asked her, “Who is that old granny?” “Why did you give our flowers to her?”
“I don’t know her,” their mother said．“But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children．I have all of you, and I 13 have my mother．Just think how much those flowers 14 to her．”
Hearing 15 their mother said, all the children were greatly 16 ．
As we know, everyone needs love．In our society, only more love is 17 to the people, 18 those who are in great 19 , we will feel happy． 20 by this, can we have a better life, a more humorous world．
