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　　Sometimes things happen beyond expectation．A 10-year-old boy decided to study Judo(柔道)　　1　　 he had lost his left arm in a car accident．He began his 　　2　　 with an old Japanese Judo teacher．He was doing well, but he could not 　　3　　 why the teacher had taught him only one move for quite a long time．

　　“Sir,” the boy finally said, “I think I should 　　4　　 more moves．”

　　“But this is the 　　5　　 move you will ever need to know,” the master replied．

　　Not quite understanding, the boy kept 　　6　　．Several months later, the teacher 　　7　　 the boy to his first tournament(锦标赛)．　　8　　 himself, the boy easily won his first two matches．The third match proved to be more 　　9　　．However, after some time, the opponent(对手)became impatient．The boy used his one move to 　　10　　 the match．Now the boy was in the finals．

　　This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger and more 　　11　　．Concerned that the boy might get 　　12　　, the referee(裁判)wanted to stop the match．

　　“No,” the teacher 　　13　　, “let him continue．”

　　Soon his opponent made a mistake．　　14　　 the boy used his move to attack him．The boy won the match and became the champion．

　　On the way home, the boy and the teacher 　　15　　 every move in every match．Then the boy asked 　　16　　 was really on his mind．“How did I win the tournament 　　17　　 only one move?”

　　“You won for two reasons,” the teacher answered．“First, you’ve 　　18　　 one of the most difficult moves in Judo．And second, the only known 　　19　　 for that move is to grasp your left arm．But you’ve lost it．” The boy’s biggest 　　20　　 had become his biggest strength．

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　　One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited variety．In fact, it was a bird, 　　1　　, a sparrow．

　　“What’s that?” I asked when I first heard the gentle thumping(重击声)．“It sounds like Joe is outside playing basketball,” my wife, Anita, said．She 　　2　　 and listened more devotedly．“It’s coming from the 　　3　　．” she said．“Maybe it’s one of the little kids．”

　　We rushed out the door．Jonathan, our youngest, was 　　4　　 to make trouble．“If he’s making holes in the wall again…” I said as I searched there．No 　　5　　 at all．But there was that 　　6　　 again, coming from right up there．

　　And that’s when I 　　7　　 the sparrow．It was flying 　　8　　 just inches below the ceiling．It was 　　9　　 trying to get out, but couldn’t see that the way out wasn’t up, but down 　　10　　 the open door．So the bird continued 　　11　　 its wings and hitting its head against the 　　12　　．

　　“Poor thing,” Anita said．“It must be 　　13　　．”

　　“Well, maybe it’s because of us,” I said as I moved toward it．I tried to show the bird how to glide(滑翔)down to get outside, but that only seemed to 　　14　　 it more．“Why don’t we just 　　15　　 for a few minutes?” Anita suggested．“I’m sure he’ll 　　16　　 eventually．” So we went back into the house, where we continued to hear the ongoing 　　17　　．Then suddenly, it was 　　18　　．We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was gone．

　　“See?” Anita said．“I told you he’d succeed．”

　　Yeah,” I said．“But how many knocks on the head did it 　　19　　 him?”

　　I’ve thought about that little sparrow through the years．Just like that sparrow, we often meet situations, we don’t know how to 　　20　　．Born to go upward, we don’t even consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping(拍打)around and just glide down a little bit．

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　　Once upon a time，a king, in the company of his ministers, went to the imperial garden for a walk．When he was walking around a pond, a strange idea 　　1　　 upon him and he asked, “How many buckets(桶)of water are there in the pond?” The ministers looked at each other, 　　2　　 to give an answer．

　　Rather disappointed, the king ordered, “You have three days’ grace．Anyone who offers an answer will be handsomely rewarded．Those who fail will be punished．”

　　The time limit was due(到期的)in the twinkling of an eye, yet the ministers were still at their wit’s end．At this time a child appeared who declared that he knew the answer．The king told his 　　3　　 ministers to go with the child for the measurement．To their 　　4　　, the child refused the suggestion with a smile, “It is very easy．No 　　5　　 to go to the pond．” This made the king laugh 　　6　　, “All right, let us know what it is．” The child blinked and said, “That 　　7　　 on the size of the bucket．If it is as big as the pond, there is one bucket of water; if it is 　　8　　 as big, two buckets; if one third as big, three buckets; if…” “Stop! That’s it．You’ve got the 　　9　　．” The king was satisfied and the child was rewarded as expected．

　　Why did the ministers feel it so 　　10　　 to settle the problem? Because they fell in a trap, following a 　　11　　 way of thinking．People’s thinking often goes a habitual way－the beaten track of straightforwardness．It is a static(静态的)way presupposing every object definite and certain, i．e．the size of the pond and the bucket should be clearly 　　12　　．If one of them is unknown, it will be difficult to do the measurement, let alone 　　13　　．Why not change your mode of thought－from static to dynamic(动态的, from concrete to 　　14　　? If you adopt an indirect way and try to find out the proportional relation between the pond and the bucket, you’ll get an answer－flexible yet adequate to solve the problem．

　　Sometimes to get out of the difficulty one must change one’s way of thinking, or simply change one’s 　　15　　 to a problem．

　　Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area．

　　When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t 　　1　　 drive to a store and back home．He always looks 　　2　　 up and down the streets of his neighborhood．He looks for anything 　　3　　 such as strange cars, loud noises, 　　4　　 windows, or people gathering on street corners．

　　Tim 　　5　　 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA．The neighborhood watch group 　　6　　 on the third Wednesday of every month．That’s 　　7　　 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 　　8　　．?Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 　　9　　 their homes, streets, and families safe．

　　Tina Stedman, president of 　　10　　 neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim．“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not to them．Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the 　　11　　 to steal from other people or to make them feel 　　12　　 sitting in their own homes．”

　　Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 　　13　　 out for one another, “We watch each other’s homes．We keep watch 　　14　　 the neighborhood at night and on weekends．Usually a group of four or five of us goes out together．If something doesn’t look right, then we call the police．For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 　　15　　, or someone destroying property, we report to the police．”

　　Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups help a lot in keeping crime down．Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can’t do everything．”

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　　In today's world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people's health．However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and that is harmful to human health, too．

　　People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf．Today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work．Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave(织)cloth become deaf．Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf．Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and most of pop music is a kind of noise．Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people's life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people ill or even drive them mad．

　　It is said that a continuous noise of over 85 decibels(分贝)can cause deafness．Now the governments in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels．

　　In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problems．

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　　I live in and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune．But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge 　　1　　 and hardly any income．　　2　　, I stopped giving and became very 　　3　　．

　　Things started to change．I became 　　4　　 enough to have a home, and 　　5　　 a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt．One day we saw a homeless person with the 　　6　　 , "Will work for food．" I 　　7　　．My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in 　　8　　．I replied, "Honey, they just use that money for 　　9　　 or other bad things．" She didn't respond．But when I said that, it didn't feel right．

　　Three days later, I was 　　10　　_ to pick up my daughter from school．A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside 　　11　　 me to help him．So I stopped my car, and he ran over with 　　12　　．He said, "God bless you, I only need 77 cents．" I 　　13　　 into my ashtray and 　　14　　 enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies．

　　Greatly shocked by this 　　15　　, I gave him all the money in the ashtray．He 　　16　　_ with joy and tears in his eyes, "You just made it 　　17　　 for me to see my mom for Christmas! The bus 　　18　　 this great sale is leaving right away!" It was a moment I'll never forget．I think that man won't forget it either, but I was the one who got the best gift in life - giving．It also 　　19　　 me that nothing is a coincidence, 20 everything has meaning．

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　　Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams．All the 　　1　　 had been working hard for some time, reviewing(复习)their lessons for the exams．If they didn't 　　2　　,they would have to retake(重考)them in September．There were usually a few who 　　3　　, but Jane didn't want to be one of them．She had worked hard all year, 　　4　　 just before the exams, she was still working so hard that her sister Barbara was 　　5　　 about her．She went to bed too 　　6　　 The night before the first exam, Barbara insist(坚持)that she have an 　　7　　 night and take a 　　8　　 pill．She promised to wake 　　9　　 up in the morning．

　　As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep(睡过头)．Her 　　10　　 kept jumping from subject to subject．At last, with the help of 　　11　　 she went to sleep．In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination 　　12　　 but she couldn't answer any of the questions．　　13　　 around her was writing pages and pages．　　14　　 she thought hard, she couldn't find anything to write　　15　　．She kept looking at her 　　16　　．Time was running out．There was only an hour to go．She started one question, wrote two sentences, 　　17　　 and tried another one．With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences．By this time she was so worried that she started 　　18　　．Her whole body shook．It shook so much that she 　　19　　 up．She was still in bed and it had all been a 　　20　　 dream．A minute later, Barbara called her name．

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　　I ran into a stranger as he passed by．“I’m so sorry!” was my reply．Then he said．“Excuse me too－I wasn’t 　　1　　 watching for you．” We were very polite, this stranger and I．Then we went 　　2　　 our way after saying goodbye．

　　But at 　　3　　, a different story is told．How we treat our loved ones, young and old．Later in the kitchen, as I 　　4　　 our meal, my daughter walked up to me, very still．When I turned, I 　　5　　 knocked her down．“Get out of the way!” I shouted with a frown(皱眉头)．She stepped away silently, with her little heart 　　6　　．I didn’t realize how harshly I had spoken．

　　That night, when I lay 　　7　　 in bed, God’s quiet voice spoke to me, “While 　　8　　 with a stranger, you are calm and polite, but with those you love, you are QUICK to excite－Go look around on the kitchen floor, you will find some flowers there by the 　　9　　．Those are the flowers she brought for you．She 　　10　　 them herself－pink, yellow, and your favorite blue．She stood there quietly, and you never saw the 　　11　　 in her eyes．”

　　By this time, I felt sad and small and now my own tears had begun to fall．I quietly went and knelt by her 　　12　　, “Wake up, my dear,” I said．“Are these the flowers you picked up for me?” She smiled, “I found them out by the tree．I 　　13　　 them in a napkin, just for you．I knew you’d like them, especially the 　　14　　．” I said, “I am so sorry that I missed them today－and I 　　15　　 have fussed(发牢骚)at you that way．”

　　And she whispered, “Mommy, that’s Ok－I still love you 　　16　　．”I hugged her and said, “I love you too, and I love the flowers．”

　　Do you know that：if you die tomorrow, the 　　17　　 you are working for could easily replace you in a matter of days．But the family you leave 　　8　　 will feel the loss for the rest of their lives．And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into our 　　19　　 than into our families－an unwise investment indeed．

　　Remember that 　　20　　＝(F)ATHER－(A)ND－(M)OTHER－(I)－(L)OVE－Y(OU)．

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　　Girls that eat with their families are less likely to develop eating disorders, a study says．

　　New research shows girls who regularly have 　　1　　 meals are much less likely to adopt extreme weight control 　　2　　 such as vomiting(呕吐), using laxatives(泻药)or diet pills．

　　A study 　　3　　 more than 2500 American high school students found that girls who ate five or more family meals a week had a much healthier 　　4　　 with food in later life．

　　The research, 　　5　　 in international magazine Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, polled students aged 13 to 17 in 1999 who were 　　6　　 five years later．Regular family meals were found to have a protective effect 　　7　　 the girls’ age, weight, socio-economic status, 　　8　　 habits or relationship with her family．

　　Experts say doctors should 　　9　　 families to have dinner at the table 　　10　　 on the couch in front of the television to 　　11　　 serious eating disorders．

　　Belinda Dalton, director of eating disorders clinic the Oak House, said 　　12　　 with family helped "normalize"(正常化)young people's relationship with food．

　　"When the young are feeling that they're not dealing properly, they 　　13　　 something that they can control and food is something 　　14　　 and accessible for them to control．　　15　　, if they're sitting with their family on a regular basis then their family can be more in 　　16　　 of their eating," Ms Dalton said．"It's about young people feeling connected with their family and that builds self-esteem(自尊)and sense of 　　17　　 and that works very actively 　　18　　 someone developing an eating disorder．"

　　An eating disorders expert, Kirsty Greenwood, said meal times were often difficult for sufferers．"It's typical that they feel very 　　19　　 of their eating habits and often won't eat with other people．Perhaps it's because they haven't 　　20　　 the importance of the family meal in their growing up," she said．

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　　My life suffered a lot five years ago when my father died of an accident, leaving my mother and two younger brothers alone．At that time, I was in a senior high school．As the 　　1　　 son, I had no choice but to 　　2　　 of the school and work in a factory．Life went on without any 　　3　　．I didn’t dare to ask for more, just hoping to 　　4　　 two younger brothers．However, that’s not an easy thing, for I couldn’t 　　5　　 their tuition even if I worked from day to night．The present misery(痛苦)made me want to have another try, but it seemed impractical, for I couldn’t lose this job．

　　A thread of hope sparkled(闪耀)in those gloomy days suddenly．It was a rainy dusk when I walked in the rain．Suddenly the rain stopped 　　6　　．I raised my head and found that “the sky” was in fact a dark blue 　　7　　．Then I heard a deep voice．“Why not run without an umbrella？” a one- legged man with a walking stick said to me．“　　8　　 you run, you would get less wet．” His words 　　9　　 me deeply．He told me he once had dreamed of being a policeman, but an accident ruined his 　　10　　．Later he became a promoter(促销员)．Though his present work was demanding(费力地)and didn’t suit for his 　　11　　, every outing was a wonderful start to him．He was glad that he didn’t 　　12　　 and still “run” on the road of life．Inspired by his remarks, I became an assurance representative．After two years’ struggle, I made it and my family turned 　　13　　 gradually．I returned to my senior school, and eventually succeeded in my 　　14　　 to university．

　　Everything is so simple：to run without an umbrella！When you run out of the 　　15　　 season of your life, there will be a bright sky ahead of you!