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    Tom lives in a town near New York. His father has a shop there and his mother is a doctor. Tom is seven years old this year and begins to go to school this September. It is a little far from their shop and his father drives a car to take him to take him to school five days a week. So he is never late for class and his father likes him very much.

    It is Monday today. Miss Green is teaching them to count(数数) from one to ten in the morning. Tom is study hard. Soon he can count them. Miss Green is very happy and asks, "How many people are there in your family, Tom."

    Tom stands up and says, "Two, Miss Gao."

    "Who are they?"

    "My father and my mother."

    "Oh," Miss Green is surprised(吃惊). She says "Then there are three people in your family."

    "But now I'm not at home. I'm at school, you know."

A Smart Dog

    Rico is a dog who lives in Germany,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}When his owner says the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!

    Then the researcher tried something else. They put seven of Rico's toys in the room and one new toy that Rico had never seen before.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times.!

    Researchers cannot really say that Rico know words or languages.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}They believed Rico can think about what he hears and thin about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to thin and remember thins as well as three-year-old child.

    From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.

    Bill was a boy of 15. His parents didn't care about him. Bill often slept in class and always failed in his exams. Neither his teachers nor his classmates liked him.

    One day, Miss Jones, a new teacher, came to Bill's class. She began her lesson. She asked a question. "I'd like the smartest boy to answer my question. ''Then she said loudly, "Bill, please!”

    Bill was surprised. And he stood up without a word.

    "Just try it! I believe you can!" She encouraged(鼓励)Bill.

    After school, Miss Jones had a long talk with Bill. She told him that she cared about him and believed in him.

    Bill thought a lot that evening. From then on, he worked hard and Miss Jones helped him with his homework in the afternoon. She even cooked for him.

    Later, Bill had another exam. He was very excited to pass the exam. A change took place in Bill's heart.

    Mr. King is the manager (经理) of a hotel. One day all of the hotels in the city are full because there is a large meeting. In the evening, three men come into the hotel and ask for rooms. Mr. King says there are no rooms because of the meeting. The men are unhappy.

    Mr. King wants to help them. He remembers that Room 418, a very small room is empty. He asks them if they would share (分享) a room. The three men says yes. Mr. King says the room would be thirty dollars, ten for each one (每一个). Each man gives him the money and then they go up to the room.

    Mr. King soon begins to feel sorry. The price is too high for that small room, he thinks. He says to his assistant (助手), Here is five dollars. Take the money to the men in Room 418. I ask too much for their room.

    The assistant takes the money. While she is on the way there, she starts to think, "How can three men divide (分配) five dollars? So the assistant returns (还) one dollar to each man and she keeps the two dollars for herself.

    Each man pays ten dollars at first. After the assistant returns them one dollar each, each pay nine. There are three men. So $9x3= $27. The assistant keeps $2. $27 + $2= $29. Where is the missing (消失的) dollar?