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　　I believe in my mother．My belief began when I was just a kid, 　　1　　 I dreamed of becoming a doctor．

　　My mother was a 　　2　　．Through her work, she observed that 　　3　　 people spent a lot more time 　　4　　 than they did watching television．She 　　5　　 that my brother and I should only watch two or three pre-selected TV programs during the week．In our free time, we had to read two books each time from the Detroit Public Library and 　　6　　 written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check marks and underline the important 　　7　　．Years later we realized her marks were a 　　8　　．My mother was illiterate(不识字的)．Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 　　9　　．

　　When I entered high school I was an A-student, 　　10　　 not for long, I wanted fancy clothes．I wanted to hang about with the guys．I went from being an A-student to B-student to a C-student, but I didn’t 　　11　　．I was cool．

　　One night my mother came home from her multiple jobs and I 　　12　　 about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said,“Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and 　　13　　 bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With everything left over, you can have all that you want．”I was very 　　14　　 with that arrangement but 　　15　　 I got through allocating(分配)the money, there was none left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 　　16　　 over our heads and any kind of food on the table, but much less buy clothes．I also 　　17　　 that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere．Success 　　18　　 intellectual preparation．I went back to my studies and became an A-student 　　19　　, and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a 　　20　　．

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　　My mum is in the Philippines．

　　When she first flew off, I felt 　　1　　－at least I could play“Madden”for a couple of hours more than 　　2　　, or wait a few days before I clean my room!

　　　　3　　 did I know that I would be in for a month long struggle for survival while she was away．OK．I’m exaggerating(夸张)．She 　　4　　 lots of food and money to make sure I don’t starve．But starving is the least of my worries．My 　　5　　 is the everyday tasks around the house－doing the laundry．sweeping the floors and 　　6　　 the room, which don’t seem too difficult 　　7　　 Mam is away．

　　After I did the laundry and vacuumed(用吸尘器清洁)my room, l finally got to 　　8　　．

　　“Wow．so this is what Mum means when she says she’s tired 　　9　　 cleaning the house,”l said to myself．

　　And I wasn’t even finished．My mum usually 　　10　　 me to dust my room every weekend．Because she’s been gone, it almost 　　11　　 my mind．Now I’m left 　　12　　 big piles of dust, not just in my room 　　13　　 around the rest of the house．Yay．

　　It’s not that my mum has magical powers 　　14　　 make houseework easier．It’s that she knows and remembers 　　15　　 to do those things．

　　Yes, mums can nag(唠叨)and mums can 　　16　　 children．But here’s a case in which this old saying holds 　　17　　：“You don’t know what you have until it’s 　　18　　．”

　　so if your mum isn’t on 　　19　　, give her a hug right now and 　　20　　 her for making life easier．

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　　Mrs．Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age．She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 　　1　　 she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 　　2　　 a driving offence(犯规，犯法)．

　　Then one day she nearly 　　3　　 her record．A police car 　　4　　 her, and the policemen in it saw her 　　5　　 a red light without stopping．Of course, she was stopped．It seemed 　　6　　 that she would be punished．

　　　　7　　 Mrs．Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 　　8　　 old to drive a car, and that the 　　9　　 why she had not stopped at the red 　　10　　 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 　　11　　 old age, so that she had simply not seen it．

　　When the judge had finished what he was 　　12　　, Mrs．Jones opened the big handbag she was 　　13　　 and took out her sewing．Without saying a word, she 　　14　　 a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt．

　　When she had 　　15　　 done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed 　　16　　 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying,“Now it is your 　　17　　．I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight．”

　　The judge took the 　　18　　 and tried to thread it．After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded．The case(案例)against Mrs．Jones was 　　19　　, and her record 　　20　　 unbroken．

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　　Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son's soccer team．It was the final quarter．The 　　1　　 was two to one, my son's team in the 　　2　　．Parents encircled the field, 　　3　　 encouragement．

　　With less than ten seconds 　　4　　, the ball rolled in front of my son's teammate, one Mickey Donnelly．With shouts of “Kick it!” echoing 　　5　　 the field, Mickey reared back and gave it 　　6　　 he had．All round me the crowd erupted．Donnelly had scored!

　　Then there was 　　7　　．Mickey had scored all right, but in the 　　8　　 goal, ending the game in the 　　9　　．For a moment there was 　　10　　 hush．You see, Mickey has Down's syndrome(先天性痴呆)and for him there is no 　　11　　 thing as a wrong goal．All goals were celebrated by a 　　12　　 hug from Mickey．He had even been 　　13　　 to hug the opposing players when they scored．

　　The silence was 　　14　　 broken when Mickey, his face 　　15　　 with joy, grabbed my son, hugged him and yelled, “I scored!I scored!Everybody won!Everybody won!” For a moment I held my 　　16　　, not sure how my son would react．I 　　17　　 not have worried．I watched, through tears, 　　18　　 my son threw up his hand 　　19　　 the classic high-five salute and started chanting, “Way to go Mickey!Way to go Mickey!” Within moments 　　20　　 teams surrounded Mickey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal．

　　Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied,“It was a tie．Everybody won．”

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　　The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn't seen for many years．I couldn't believe the change in him．In fact, he didn't even seem like the 　　1　　 person．

　　When I first knew Bill, back in 　　2　　, he was one of the most carefree people I had ever 　　3　　．He was always ready to have a party．He thought 　　4　　 of going out for beer at three o'clock in the morning or driving 50 miles to see an old 　　5　　 he really liked．Bill and I were in the same class in college, and life was never dull when he was 　　6　　．With him there was one wild 　　7　　 after another．Sometimes I wonder how we 　　8　　 to study for our exams．

　　Last week I was in Houston on business and I 　　9　　 Bill in the bar at the hotel．　　10　　, I wasn't even sure it was him．Was this short-haired businessman really the same person?I wasn't really sure 　　11　　 I came near him but it indeed was Bill．Now he works for a bank．He 　　12　　 most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house．How he had changed!Back when we were in college, the 　　13　　 thing Bill cared about was possessions．Now they seemed to be his main 　　14　　．Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never 　　15　　 Bill changing so much．My image of him 　　16　　 the one I had formed 　　17　　 the time when we were college students together．

　　I suppose it's 　　18　　 to expect people to remain the same, especially 　　19　　 I have changed so much myself．But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill 　　20　　 more than the new Bill．Maybe he felt the same way about me．

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　　Alone in the light at the dining room table, I sat in tears．

　　Finally, I'd succeeded in getting both kids to bed．I got them both washed, 　　1　　 by cries of delight, crazy running around, laughing and throwing things．　　2　　 calmed down, they lay in their beds as I gave each the five minutes' back rubs as usual．Then I began the night time routine of a song, both kids' 　　3　　．I sang it over and over until they seemed fully engaged in 　　4　　．

　　A recently 　　5　　 man with full custody(监护权)of his children, I was determined to give them as 　　6　　 and stable a home life as possible．I 　　7　　 a happy face for them．Everything was just as it had always been with the exception 　　8　　 their mother was now missing．There, another night successfully 　　9　　．

　　I rose slowly, tiptoed out of their room and went downstairs．

　　Sitting at the 　　10　　 room table, I realized that this was the first time since I came home from work that I'd been able to 　　11　　 sit down．

　　Then it all crowded in on me：the fatigue(疲惫)，the 　　12　　 of the responsibility, the worry about bills I wasn't sure I could pay that month．And 　　13　　．I felt as though I were at the bottom of a great sea of loneliness．I sat there, silently sobbing．

　　Just then, a pair of little arms went around my middle and a little face peered up at me．I looked down into my five-year-old son's 　　14　　 face．

　　I was 　　15　　 to be seen crying by my son．“I'm sorry, Ethan．I didn't know you were still awake．I'm sorry．I'm just a little 　　16　　 tonight．”

　　“It's okay, Daddy．It's okay to cry．You're just a 　　17　　．”

　　I can't express how happy he made me, who gave me 　　18　　 to cry．He seemed to be saying that I didn't have to always be 　　19　　, that it was occasionally possible to allow myself to feel weak and 　　20　　 my feeling．Somehow, it was possible for me to get to sleep that night．Thank you, my son．

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　　Finally, it's 2∶50 pm!I quickly pack my books and rush home．That black mailbox is standing there restlessly．There should lie a 　　1　　 envelope from the University of California, Berkeley．

　　It's 　　2　　!This is already my fifth letter and I am 　　3　　 waiting for other colleges I applied to．I cannot 　　4　　 to open this heavy envelope and my heart 　　5　　 beating fast．

　　“Congratulations!…I am pleased to 　　6　　 you admission to…”

　　Yes．I am in!I have been waiting for this 　　7　　 decision since November last year．

　　　　8　　 all the extra work that I have done to get ready to be 　　9　　, I feel that it is extremely hard for a girl to get accepted by colleges 　　10　　 the unevenly-distributed gender proportion(男女比例失衡)．

　　I was on the track-and-field team for two years, doing shot-put and high jump, and taking part in a 　　11　　 of state competitions．First place in the Golden State Mathematics Competition is 　　12　　 of my academic ability．

　　I have been doing community service since my freshman year, from 　　13　　 poor people set up a shelter in Mexico to teaching fifth grade students in mathematics and English, to reading stories to younger kids in the library．Even though I do not get 　　14　　, I feel that I am obligated to lend a 　　15　　 when people are in need．

　　My college admission essay was based on a community service 　　16　　 I had with a group of blind kids．I am pretty sure it is the 　　17　　 that I have made towards this society, the spirit of never giving up, that surprised admission evaluators．Even though I am a girl, I can still do the same job as boys do, and 　　18　　 better．

　　The whole 　　19　　 tells me that you get what you deserve; things will be better 　　20　　 you make the efforts．

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　　We buried Donald Brown last May．He was murdered by tour men who wanted to rob the supermarket manager he was 　　1　　．Partolman Brown was 61 years old．In just six months he and his wife had planned to 　　2　　 to Florida．Now there will be no retirement in the sun, and she is 　　3　　．

　　Donald Brown was the second police officer to 　　4　　 since I became Police Commissioner of Boston in 1972．The first was John Schroeder, shot in a pawnshop 　　5　　 in November 1970．Their names are together on the 　　6　　 roll in Police Headquarters．

　　At least two of these police officers were shot by a handgun, the 　　7　　 almost anyone can buy nearly everywhere for a few 　　8　　．Ownership of handguns has become so 　　9　　 that this weapon is no longer 　　10　　 the instrument of crime; it is now a 　　11　　 of violent crime．

　　Gun 　　12　　 are fond of saying that guns don't kill, people do．But guns do kill．Half of the people who 　　13　　 suicide do so with handguns．Fifty-four percent of the murders in 1972 were committed with handguns．

　　No one can 　　14　　 me, after returning from Patrolman Brown's 　　15　　, that we should allow people to own handguns．I know that many Americans feel deeply and 　　16　　 that they have the right to own and enjoy guns．I am asking that they 　　17　　 them up．I am not asking for 　　18　　 or licensing, or the outlawing of cheap guns．I am saying that no private citizen, whatever his claim, should 　　19　　 a handgun．Only the 　　20　　 should．

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　　As a saying goes, every bean has its black．It is impossible to make no mistakes all one's life．My grandpa Nybakken, a carpenter, is no 　　1　　．Several decades ago, he made a mistake－a(n)　　2　　 mistake, though．

　　On a cold Saturday, Mother's father was building some wooden cases for the clothes his 　　3　　 was sending to an orphanage(孤儿院)in China．On his way home, he 　　4　　 into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone．He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church．His search proved 　　5　　．

　　When he 　　6　　 replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened．The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the cases, which he had nailed shut．His brand new glasses, having 　　7　　 him 20 that very morning, were heading for China!He had to drive home 　　8　　．

　　Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to give a report on Sunday night at my grandfather's church, 　　9　　 Grandpa and his family also attended．

　　“But most of all,”he said,“I must thank you for the 　　10　　 you sent last year．You see, the bandits(土匪)had just 　　11　　 through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses．I was desperate．”

　　“　　12　　 I had the money, there was simply no way of 　　13　　 those glasses．Along with not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day．Then your cases arrived．When my staff 　　14　　 the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top．

　　Then, still gripped with the 　　15　　 of it all, he continued：“Folks, when I tried 　　16　　 the glasses, it was as though they had been made just for me!I want to thank you for being a part of that!”

　　The people listened, 　　17　　 at the special glasses．But the director surely must have 　　18　　 their church with another, they thought．There were no glasses on their 　　19　　 of items to be sent overseas．

　　But sitting quietly in the back, with tears 　　20　　 down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way．

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Pass Your Love On

　　Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself．Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “would you mind 　　1　　 your seat?A couple would like to sit together．”The only 　　2　　 seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts(石膏绷带)，a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression．　　3　　 am I going to sit there, I thought immediately．But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help．”Finally, I 　　4　　 to move to that seat．

　　The girl was named Kathy．She 　　5　　 in a car accident and now was on her way for 　　6　　．

　　When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to 　　7　　 that Kathy would not be able to 　　8　　 herself．I considered 　　9　　 to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too 　　10　　 to offer a service to a 　　11　　．But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more 　　12　　 than my discomfort．I offered to help her eat, and 　　13　　 she was uncomfortable about accepting, she 　　14　　．We became closer and closer in a short period of time．By the end of five-hour trip, my heart 　　15　　, and the 　　16　　 was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself．

　　I was very glad I had reached 　　17　　 my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her．Love 　　18　　 flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us 　　19　　．When we 　　20　　 to serve another, we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world．

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