My father likes collecting（收藏）things very much. He1 many things. My father likes basketball very much, 2  he doesn't like 3  basketball. He only likes 4  football games, and he likes basketball shoes very much. He has 45 pairs of basketball shoes. But he

    5wear these basketball shoes. He also has a collection  6about 400 CDs. In his room, you can see these CDs on the table, in the 7, and under his bed. My father likes  8 very much. My father has some other sports collection,  9. He has 10 soccer balls, 12 tennis balls, and 7 basketballs. I also  10my father's sports collection very much.

    Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and places the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp 1 about it.

    The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom's biscuits behind a tree. He 2  an idea to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him," I know who 3  your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a 4 ?"

   "Well, yes… are you going to punish him, sir?"  Tom asked." No, I am not," the coach explained 5." That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for more 6."

    Tom receives another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later." Now," said the coach," go and 7  them with the boy who stole your biscuits." Tom didn't understand the coach's intention(意图), 8  he still followed his advice.

    Half an hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to 9  his toy robot in payment for the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so 10 .

    In some situations, forgiveness(原谅) is better than punishment.

    Jackson and Thomas are two good friends. They always 1 each other.

    One evening Jackson says to his wife, "Thomas got married (结婚) last month. He doesn't have 2 money. I'd like to give something to him in his 3.

    "Oh, that's a good 4," says his wife. "But don't tell him," says Jackson. "If he knows I put things there, he will 5 take them.

    So, later that night Jackson takes two bags of fruit and food to Thomas's kitchen.

    The next day, he 6 something strange (奇怪的).

    "I took two bags of fruit and food to Thomas's house last night, 7 I still have the same number of bags in my house. 8 did that happen?"

    Jackson 9 to take the things again that night. But the next morning, he sees the 10 number of bags again! "That's strange," he thinks. That night he 11 again.

    He carries a large bag of fruit and food in his hand. With the bright moonlight, he can see 12 person coming down the road. He is carrying something in his 13, too.

    "Thomas!" Jackson cries. "What are you doing?"

    "I'm worried about you, Jackson", says Thomas. "Your family is 14 than mine. I think you need more food and fruit. The two friends quickly know what happens to them.

    They both laugh happily. "It is15 to have a friend like you," they both say.