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　　I used to believe that drinking coffee would make you short．I once asked my mom 　　1　　 I could drink her coffee．She asked me if I wanted to 　　2　　 big and tall．I 　　3　　．She told me to look at her(she is very short，only 5 feet tall)－she drank lots of coffee．“Coffee stunts(妨碍)your 　　4　　, just look at me!” I wanted to be tall so I wouldn't go near coffee 　　5　　 I was over eighteen years old．Then I 　　6　　 that drinking coffee did not stunt one's growth．I began to drink coffee．And incidentally(慢慢地)I grew up to be 5 feet 4 inches tall．I know drinking coffee is not the reason 　　7　　 my being short．

　　Now, coffee is 　　8　　 for me．When I get home every day，I will have a cup of coffee．When having dinner with my friends，I 　　9　　 drink coffee．Every time I drink it，I remember my mom's words and 　　10　　．

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　　Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve Paul saw a dirty and poorly-dressed boy walking 　　1　　 his shining car．“Is this your car, Paul?”he asked．

　　Paul told him how he got the car and the boy was 　　2　　．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing?Boy, I wish…”he said, without 　　3　　 his sentence．Paul thought the boy wished he had a 　　4　　 like that．But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly．“I wish,”the boy went on,“that I could be a brother like that．”

　　Paul looked at the boy in surprise．He invited him to take a 　　5　　 in his car and the boy agreed happily．After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes 　　6　　, said,“Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

　　Paul smiled a little．He thought the boy wanted to 　　7　　 his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car．But Paul was wrong 　　8　　．The boy ran back into his house, and after a short while came back with his disabled brother in his arms．

　　He 　　9　　 him down on the step and pointed to the car．“There she is, Buddy, just like what I told you upstairs．His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t 　　10　　 him a cent．Some day I’m going to give you one just like it．”

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