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| John loved playing basketball after school. John's parents were anxious about their son because he 1 half of his spare time playing basketball, even though he would soon 2 the college entrance exam (高考). Many evenings, John returned home 3 at the beginning of the new term. His parents told him to concentrate more 4 his studies, but their words went in one 5 and out the other. His parents were so angry that they 6 his basketball. From that day on, John returned home on time but locked 7 in his room. At first, his parents dreamt their son could study hard to enter a top university. But 8 news shattered (破灭) their dream. John's pre-exam test scores were 9 . One night, John's mother looked into his room and 10 him reading a basketball magazine. So John's parents discussed the matter. They 11 to make a deal (约定) with John. If John scored high marks in the following tests, he could get his ball back and 13 once again; if he failed, they would keep the ball 12 he improved. John 14 reading his magazines. He started working hard. He started getting high marks and got his 15 back. The ball stayed with John until he entered a top university. | ||||
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John lived all alone because his wife had died. He had worked hard as a tailor all his life, but misfortune had left him penniless. He had 16 sons, but they only had time to 17 and eat dinner with their father once a week.
18 the old man grew weaker and weaker, and his sons came by to see him less and less. He often worried 19 would become of him, until at last he thought of a plan.
The next morning he went to see his friend, the carpenter, and asked him to make a large 20. Then the locksmith, and asked him for an old 21 . Finally the glassblower for all the broken pieces of glass he 22 . The old man took the chest home, filled it to the 33 with broken glass, locked up tight and put it beneath his 24 .
“What’s in this chest?” his sons asked, looking under the table.
“Oh, nothing,” the old man replied, “just some things I’ve been 25 .” They kicked it and heard a rattling inside. “It must be full of all the gold he’s saved over the years,” they 26 to one another.
So they talked it over and realized they needed to 27 the treasure. They decided to 28 living with the old man, and 29 they could look after him, too. So the first week the youngest moved in, the second week the middle and the third week the eldest. This 30 for some time.