In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work．Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts．He always had an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he planned a game which he called “Lexico”．However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its names from “Lexico” to “Alph” and then to “Criss Cross”．He wanted to make some money from his new game but he didn’t have any real commercial(商业的)success．

　　In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game．The two worked together on developing the game and in 1948 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name ——“Scrabble”．

　　At first, it didn’t sell very well．In the first year it sold just 2250 sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8500 sets a year．

　　Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy’s department store in New York, Jack Strauss, happened to play “Scrabble” while he was on holiday．He thought it was a wonderful game and, when he went back to work after his holiday, he insisted that Macy’s should stock(储备)the game and make an effort(努力)to call the public’s attention to it．

　　As a result, “Scrabble” became a big success in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries．

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　　Bruce shook his money box again．

　　Nothing! He carefully counted the coins that lay on the bed．All that he had was ＄24.52．The 　　1　　 which he wanted was at least ＄90．How on earth(究竟)was he going to get the rest of the 　　2　　 ?

　　He knew that his friends all had bicycles．It was hard to hang out(闲逛)with people when you were the only one 　　3　　 a bicycle．He thought about 　　4　　 he could do．He couldn't get money from his parents, because he knew they had no extra(额外的)money．

　　There was only one way to get money, and that was to earn(挣钱)it．He would have to find a job．He decided to ask Mr Clay for 　　5　　．

　　“Well, you can start right here, ” said Mr Clay．“You see, my windows need cleaning and my car needs washing”．

　　That was the beginning of Bruce's part-time(兼职)job．For the next three 　　6　　 he worked every day after finishing his homework．He took dogs for walks and cleaned rooms．

　　The day finally came when Bruce 　　7　　 his money and found ＄94.32．He wasted no time and went down to the shop to 　　8　　 the bicycle he wanted．He rode home proudly, looking forward to 　　9　　 his new bicycle to his friends．Bruce liked his bicycle very much because he had bought it with his own money．At last, his dream came true, and his parents were 　　10　　 of him．

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　　Once a baby cries, the parents will go to see what happened as soon as possible．According to a new study, a baby's cry can make adults react(反应)very quickly, even if they are not related．

　　Oxford University researchers used the classic game whack-a-mole for the study．Whack-a-mole(打鼹鼠游戏)requires people to hit one of nine buttons(按钮)．The players must react as quickly as they can to whichever of the buttons lights up at random(随机)．It is a game that requires speed and accuracy(准确度)．

　　The study included 40 men and women volunteers aged 19 to 59．Some of them had sons or daughters but none had a baby at the time．They played whack-a-mole after listening to different sounds, including babies crying, the crying of adults in trouble and birdsong played at a similar pitch to the babies' cries．

　　The volunteers' scores were higher after listening to the sound of crying babies．Men and women had similar scores overall．The results showed that a crying baby gets special attention．

　　"Few sounds make people react quite like the cry of a baby," said Morten Kringelbach of Oxford's psychiatry(精神病学)department, who led the study．"For example, it's almost impossible to ignore(忽视，不理)crying babies on planes．This is true even though there are so many other noises around．"

　　He added that a baby's cry can increase adults' heart rate and blood pressure．This is understandable, because in the course of human evolution(进化), taking care of babies has always been an important job for adults．When a baby is hungry or feeling bored or unwell, it will cry．As a result, human brains and bodies develop a special reaction to a baby's cry．

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