Don and his son, Allen, love basketball very much. On Allen's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (第十) birthday, Don decided to drive him to Chicago, for the first game of the World Championships. The car ride took them two hours. They had no tickets but hoped to buy two from other people.

    After arriving, they walked in the streets for two hours, carrying a sign which said, “We need two tickets.” But the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(最便宜的) ticket was $175 and they could not {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(买得起) it. They were about to leave when a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(陌生人) stopped them. He {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(拉; 拖) out two tickets and handed them to Don. “How much do you want?” “Free ! No money is needed!” said the man.

    When asked, the man explained. “I am working for Joe, who hasn't {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(错过) a World Championships for 16 years. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(但是), he is ill and he can't make it this time. So he told me to give the two tickets away. The only rule he set is to give the tickets to people who really needed them. A lot of people looked as if they might just take the tickets and sell them quickly. Then I saw you. You remind me of my dad and myself when I was a child. I really wanted to go to see a World Championships game at that time. But I never got the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(机会).” With the tickets, we entered the court {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(高兴地).

    It's an important and unforgettable game that Don and his son watched! Here is what Don said, “It's{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (值得的) remembering it. My boy and I must have turned to each other 30 times duringthe game. I can't forget that night.”

    It is said that friends are God's way of taking care of us. I can't agree more. So it is my favorite {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (谚语). And it always makes me think about my best friend Sherry. She and I have lots of interests in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (共同的). Both of us like shopping {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (在线). On weekends, we always {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(选择) to climb the mountain which is the highest in our city. We like the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (清新的) air there, and of course, it is a good way to be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (健康的). However, Sherry is more outgoing and hard-working {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (比) me.

    This year she won the English speech {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (比赛) again. She always asks me to take my study {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (严肃地). If we both have free time, she will invite me to the library to enjoy reading. It is well known that a good friend is like a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (镜子), just like Sherry. She is my true friend who reaches for my hand and touches my heart.

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