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　　There was a woman in Detroit, who has two sons．She was worried 　　1　　 them, especially the younger one, Ben, 　　2　　 he was not doing well in school．Boys in his class 　　3　　 fun of him because he seemed so 　　4　　．

　　The mother 　　5　　 that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school．She 　　6　　 them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a 　　7　　 a week and do a report about it for her．

　　One day, in Ben’s 　　8　　, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it．Ben 　　9　　 up his hand and the teacher let him 　　10　　．“Why did Ben raise his hand?” they wondered．He 　　11　　 said anything; what could he possibly want to say?

　　Well, Ben not only 　　12　　 the rock; he said a lot about it．He named other rocks in its group and even knew 　　13　　 the teacher had found it．The teacher and the students were 　　14　　．Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 　　15　　．

　　Ben later went on to the 　　16　　 of his class．When he finished high school, he went to Yale University 　　17　　 at last became one of the best doctors in the United States．

　　After Ben had grown up, he 　　18　　 something about his mother that he did not know as a 　　19　　．She, herself, had never learned how to 　　20　　．

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　　A very little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox．He had with him a plastic pail(桶)and a shiny, red plastic shovel(铲)．In the 　　1　　 of creating roads and tunnels in the sand, he 　　2　　 a large rock in the middle of the sandbox．

　　The boy dug around the rock, 　　3　　 to move it off the dirt．At first, he wanted to carry it out of the sandbox with his hands; however, it was too heavy．Later, with much 　　4　　, he pushed the rock across the sandbox by 　　5　　 his hands．When the boy got the rock to the 　　6　　 of the sandbox, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and 　　7　　 the little wall．　　8　　, the little boy pushed, but every time he thought he had made some 　　9　　, the rock tipped(翻滚)and then fell back into the sandbox．The little boy pushed and pushed, but his only 　　10　　 was to have the rock roll back．

　　Finally he 　　11　　 tears．All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window 　　12　　 the drama was unfolded．The moment the tears fell, a large 　　13　　 appeared across the sandbox．It was the boy’s father．Gently but 　　14　　, he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?”

　　Defeated, the boy 　　15　　 back, “I did! I did! I used all the strength that I had!”

　　“No, you didn’t．You didn’t ask me for help．” The father 　　16　　 down, picked up the rock and dropped it off the sandbox．

　　Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be 　　17　　? Are you discovering that you don’t have 　　18　　 it takes to lift them? There is someone who is willing to give us the 　　19　　 we need．Maybe, it’s sometimes a good idea to ask others for 　　20　　 when we meet difficulties we can’t overcome．