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　　I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard the young voice．

　　“Mom, come here! There's this lady here like my 　　1　　!” The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to 　　2　　．I smiled and told her：“It's okay．” Then I talked to the boy, “Hi, I'm Darry Kramer．How are you?”

　　He 　　3　　 me from head to toe, and asked：“Are you a little 　　4　　?“Yes, I have a son,” I answered．“Why are you so little?” he asked．

　　“It's the way I was 　　5　　,” I said．“Some people are little．Some are tall．I'm just not going to grow any bigger．” After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy's hand, and left．

　　My life as a little person is filled with 　　6　　 like that．I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents．

　　It takes only one glance to see my 　　7　　．I stand 114 cm tall．I was born a dwarf(侏儒)．　　8　　 this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up．

　　I didn't 　　9　　 how short I was until I started school．Some kids laughed at me．Then I began to 　　10　　 the first day of school each year．New students would always stare at me as I 　　11　　 to climb the school bus stairs．

　　But I learned to smile and 　　12　　 the fact that I was going to be 　　13　　 my whole life．I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage．What I lacked in height, I 　　14　　 in personality．

　　I'm 47 now, and the stares have not 　　15　　 as I've grown older．People are 　　16　　 when they see me driving．I try to keep a good attitude．When people are 　　17　　, I remind myself：“Look what else I have－a great family, nice friends．”

　　It's the children's questions that make my life 　　18　　．I enjoy answering their questions．My 　　19　　 is that people will accept various peers(同龄人), whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with 　　20　　．

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Serious Business

　　Let me take you 　　1　　 a couple of years．Come with me as we relearn a lesson, one that has stuck with me, in my present memory, and 　　2　　 me yet．

　　We walked into Elida Road Hardware, an old-fashioned hardware store．No automatic door, not a computer in the building．It was one that I went to fairly often．As we entered the door, two sounds 　　3　　 us．The sleigh bells of last year made that sweet, peaceful tinkle as we opened the door．The other sound was the electronic beeper that reminded Andy of our 　　4　　．

　　"Good afternoon, Ryan,"　　5　　 the cheerful greeting．Andy was a very 　　6　　 sort of owner．He was of medium build and height, and the smile on his face welcomed us．

　　We walked across the old wood floor．Andy asked us what he could help us with．I told him we were 　　7　　 a spring．He very patiently replied, "I have lots of springs．You're going to need to be more 　　8　　．"

　　"Just a spring for an old-fashioned screen door．"

　　"That's it．A screen door spring．Right down there．" We 　　9　　 where he was pointing, and sure enough, there they were．Andy knew his store, and his products．That was why I came here instead of Meijer．The service couldn't be beaten．The price－Yes．But service and 　　10　　－No．

　　I picked up one and followed him to the 　　11　　．

　　He 　　12　　 the price, doing the math in his head．"＄1.88, with tax：comes to ＄1.99．"

　　Put it on my dad's account．"

　　He nodded and smiled, "Good dad's account．" He laughed．"I don't know what you boys would do 　　13　　 dad's account!"

　　He handed me the ticket and as I 　　14　　 it I asked, "You really trust my signature?"

　　His reply surprised, 　　15　　 delighted, me．"When I can't trust Jerry Hoover's boys I can trust nobody!"

　　We left, and the brain 　　16　　 started to forget things, in order of importance．But what Andy said that day rang in my ears．And it rings in my ears today．That's a tall order to live up．to．It's a high standard of 　　17　　．My father made a fame for that name, and I get to 　　18　　 the benefits．But on account of this, I must 　　19　　 that fame．And that's 　　20　　 business．

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　　One day, a train Was approaching the small town of Cheekyville．On the train was a 　　1　　 man with a big suitcase．He was 　　2　　 William Warbler and he looked very uncommon indeed．

　　But what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to 　　3　　 he did so by singing opera．Even if someone said "good day", he would clear his throat and 　　4　　．

　　"Gooood dayyy to youuuuuuuu…tooOOOO!"

　　Almost everyone considered William Warbler unusual, since no one could get a normal 　　5　　 word out of him．And, as no one knew how he made his living－and he lived quite 　　6　　, always wearing his same old second-hand suit－they often had no 　　7　　 for him．

　　William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when, one day, a rumor 　　8　　 that William had 　　9　　 a role in a very important opera in the nation's capital, that there had been posters everywhere 　　10　　 the event, and that it had been a great 　　11　　．And to everyone's surprise, when William was being 　　12　　 by reporters, he answered their questions he speaking 　　13　　 singing．And he did it with good 　　14　　, and with a clear and pleasant voice．

　　From that day, William 　　15　　 singing at all hours．Now he sang only during his stage appearances．Some people had an idea 　　16　　 he had changed, but others still had none, and continued believing him to be somewhat mad．They wouldn't have thought so 　　17　　 they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase．It was a large stone, with a hand - carved message on it．

　　The message said, "Practise, my boy．Practise every second, for you never know when your 　　18　　 will come．" Little did people 　　19　　 that he only got the role in the opera because the 　　20　　 had heard

　　William singing while out buying a newspaper．

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　　A main means by which you acquire information is through reading．In college you’re expected to do much more 　　1　　 than in high school．When you read, read 　　2　　．Read to answer questions you have asked yourself 　　3　　 questions the author has asked．　　4　　 be alert to bold or italicized(斜体的)print．This material needs to receive special emphasis．Also, when you read, be 　　5　　 to read everything, including tables, graphs and illustrations(插图)．

　　Often tables, graphs and illustrations can 　　6　　 an idea more powerfully than written text．　　7　　 the main idea in reading is central to effective studying．You must learn what the 　　8　　 central idea is, and understand it in your own way．Every 　　9　　 contains a main idea．Make it a 　　10　　 to find the main idea in each paragraph you read．

　　There is usually one important 　　11　　 associated with every main idea．The more important details you can identify, the 　　12　　 it will be to 　　13　　 for examinations because you have made a link between an idea and information that 　　14　　 it．The more links you can make between details and ideas, 　　15　　 ideas themselves, the more powerful will be the efforts of your 　　16　　．

　　Generally, reading 　　17　　 to yourself does not help you study more effectively．

　　　　18　　 you move your lips while you read, you’re not reading efficiently．If you read aloud or move your lips while you’re reading, you are reading slowly, so 　　19　　 moving your lips．Try putting a finger over your lips．Your finger will 　　20　　 you not to move your lips．Make an effort to read faster．

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　　My husband Mike hated Christmas．He didn’t hate the true meaning of 　　1　　, but the commercial aspects(方面)of it．Knowing he felt this 　　2　　, I decided one year to 　　3　　 the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on．I reached for something 　　4　　 just for Mike．The idea came in an unusual way．

　　Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was 　　5　　 at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match 　　6　　 a team sponsored(资助)by a church．

　　These youngsters from the church, dressed in shoes so 　　7　　 that shoestrings(鞋带)seemed to be the only thing holding them together, 　　8　　 our son’s team were in their beautiful new wrestling shoes．

　　As the match began, I was 　　9　　 to see that the other team was wrestling without a helmet(头盔)designed to 　　10　　 a wrestler’s head．They clearly could not 　　11　　 them．Well, our son’s team ended up defeating them and took every weight class．But as the other team 　　12　　 up from the mat(垫子), they walked around with a sense of pride that couldn’t admit 　　13　　．

　　Mike, seated beside me, shook his head 　　14　　, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said，“They have a lot of potential(潜力), but 　　15　　 like this could take the heart right out of them．” Mike loved 　　16　　 and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball．That’s when the 　　17　　 for his present came．That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and 　　18　　 some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them to the church．

　　On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his 　　19　　 from me．His smile was the 　　20　　 thing about Christmas that year．

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　　It was a freezing cold night．An old man was waiting for a 　　1　　 across a river and the wait seemed 　　2　　．Hearing horses coming close, he 　　3　　 watched as several horsemen passed．He let the first one 　　4　　．Then another, and another．Finally, when the 　　5　　 rider come close, the old man stopped him and said, “Sir, would you mind 　　6　　 an old man a ride? There doesn't appear to be a way to go by 　　7　　．”

　　“Sure．Hop 　　8　　,” the rider replied．Seeing that the old man unable to get on all by himself, the horseman 　　9　　 and helped him onto the horse．The horseman took the old man not just across the river, 　　10　　 to his house．

　　When they got to the old man's house, the horseman's 　　11　　 caused him to ask, “Sir, I noticed that you let other riders pass by without 　　12　　 any effort to ask for a ride．Then I came up and you 　　13　　 asked me．What if I had refused and left you there?”

　　The old man looked the rider 　　14　　 in the eyes and replied, “I looked into the 　　15　　 of the other riders and immediately saw that there was no 　　16　　 for my situation．It would have been 　　17　　 to ask them for a ride．But when I looked into your eyes, your 　　18　　 was quite obvious．I knew, 　　19　　, that you were sure to give me help in my time of need．”

　　Those words touched the horseman deeply．

　　“I'm very grateful for what you have said,” he told the old man．“May I never be too busy in my own affairs that I 　　20　　 to help others with my kindness．”

　　With that, Thomas Jefferson turned his horse around and made his way back to the White House．

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　　You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school．School is also the place 　　1　　 you socialize and learn to get along with people．But this is 　　2　　 easy．What can you do 　　3　　 you just don’t like one of your classmates?

　　If you discover that you have problems 　　4　　 your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance(宽容)．Tolerance is the 　　5　　 to recognize and respect the 　　6　　 in others．We cannot change the way that other people act, 　　7　　 it is important to learn to live happily with them．

　　Practicing tolerance will allow everyone to form better 　　8　　 with each other．Getting to know someone 　　9　　 help you understand why they do things 　　10　　 from you．It is important to remember that just because something is different does not mean that it is bad．Tolerance 　　11　　 us to keep an even temper and open mind．

　　One thing to 　　12　　 is the old saying, “Treat others how you want 　　13　　”．You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is 　　14　　 to treat them with equal kindness．If you tolerate 　　15　　 it does not mean that you have to like it．No one is asking you to 　　16　　 who you are or what you believe in．Tolerance just means that you will be 　　17　　 of the differences in others and not try to make them change．

　　It is important to 　　18　　 tolerance because it will make everyone’s lives easier．Learn to 　　19　　 people for their different abilities and interests．The world is a very 　　20　　 place, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make a difference．

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　　Ben and his wife Susan were on their way to have dinner with their friends, Ian and Betty．It was a dark, 　　1　　 night, and they did not know the road very well．They 　　2　　 through Cookstown, until they found 　　3　　 they thought was the road to Dorling, 　　4　　 Ian and Betty lived．　　5　　 it soon became clear that they were not on the road to 　　6　　 at all．The road that they were on was getting 　　7　　, and there were not other 　　8　　 on it．The wind was blowing 　　9　　 with every minute that passed．

　　They came to a small 　　10　　．They drove past a church, and then two houses without lights on．There was 　　11　　 about to tell them where they 　　12　　, or where the road went．Just then Ben saw a telephone-box, fifty metres or so further on．While he walked 　　13　　 along the road to see if there was a name outside the church, Susan 　　14　　 Ian and Betty to tell that they were still 　　15　　．

　　Betty was just saying that the 　　16　　 was already rather dry, when Ben came back to the 　　17　　, his head down 　　18　　 the wind．He said that there was a tree 　　19　　 across the road, and that the telephone lines were down, Susan heard 　　20　　 more from Betty about the dinner．

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　　Mr．Glen is a millionaire．Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 　　1　　 his small company．Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee．He always 　　2　　 his success to it．

　　At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph．D．degree, 　　3　　 to return to the homeland, starting a company．Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the 　　4　　 made through years of work after school and the scholarships．At the airport he had to accept the 　　5　　 customs check．The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for 　　6　　．Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 　　7　　 for his watch．So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 　　8　　 fake(假货)．When he was 　　9　　 of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 　　10　　 cost nearly 100,000, into pieces 　　11　　 hearing Glen's words．Glen was 　　12　　．Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 　　13　　．For many times of entry-exit 　　14　　 he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment．The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and 　　15　　 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 　　16　　 reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be 　　17　　 according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long．

　　After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too．He said that this made a deep 　　18　　 on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 　　19　　, which he would remember as the 　　20　　 of his success forever．

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　　In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive．Some experts say the 　　1　　 is to make jobs more varied(多样的)．But do more varied jobs 　　2　　 greater productivity? There is evidence to suggest that 　　3　　 variety certainly makes the worker's life more enjoyable, it doesn't 　　4　　 make him work harder．As far as increasing productivity is concerned, then, 　　5　　 is not an important factor．

　　Other experts feel that giving the worker 　　6　　 to do his job in his own way is important, and there is no doubt that this is true．The 　　7　　 is that this kind of freedom can't easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated(复杂的)machinery which must be used in a 　　8　　 way．Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to 　　9　　 it．

　　Another important 　　10　　 is how much each worker 　　11　　 to the product he is making．In most factories the worker 　　12　　 only one small part of the product．Some car factories are now 　　13　　 with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his 　　14　　．It would seem that not only is degree of worker contribution an important factor 　　15　　 it is one we can do something about．

　　To what 　　16　　 does more money lead to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this is 　　17　　 ．But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring．　　18　　 just lets them enjoy their spare time more．A 　　19　　　argument may explain demands for shorter working hours．Perhaps if we 　　20　　　making their jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them．