Some people do not like anything to be out of place．They are not late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people’s birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive．Mr．Hill is such a man．

　　Mr．Hill works in a bank, and lives alone．The only family he has is in the next town：his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Jack．Mr．Hill does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Jack’s seventeen birthdays．

　　Last week Mr．Hill had quite a surprise．He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast; he parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal．Just then, there was a knock at the door．He opened the door and found a policeman standing on the door-step．

　　“What have I done wrong?”Mr．Hill asked himself．“Have I driven on the wrong side of the road?Has there been some trouble at the bank?Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”

　　“Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman．“my name is Jack．”

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　　When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to win a scholarship(奖学金)．Having been a straight-A student, I believed I could take tough subjects and really learn something．One such course was Would Literature given by Professor Jayne．I was very interested in the ideas he 　　1　　 in class．

　　When I took the first exam, I couldn't believe that I got a 77, C＋, on my test paper, 　　2　　 Enlgish was my best subject．I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to me carefully but remained(保持)　　3　　．

　　I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that meant because school had always been easy for me．I read the books more carefully, but got another 77．Again, I 　　4　　 with Professor Jayne．Again, he listened but wouldn't change his 　　5　　．

　　One more test before the final exam．One more 　　6　　 to improve my grade．So I redoubled my efforts(努力), but they did no good and everything 　　7　　 as before．

　　The last problem was the final．No matter what grade I got, three C＋ were still there．I might as well kiss the 　　8　　 goodbye．

　　I stopped working hard．I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would．The night before the final, I even 　　9　　 myself to a movie．The next day I decided for once I'd have fun with a test．

　　A week later, I was surprised to find I got anA．I hurried into Professor Jayne's office．He seemed to be 　　10　　 me．“If I gave you the As you expected, you wouldn't continue to work as hard．”

　　I looked at him, realizing that his strategy(策略)was 　　11　　, I had worked my head off, as I had 　　12　　 done before．

　　At the end of the term, my course grade arrived．A＋．It was the only A＋ given．The next year I received my scholarship．I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence．

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　　Saturday morning was bright and fresh．There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step．

　　Tom appeared with a bucket of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other．His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence around the garden．It was thirty yards long and nine feet high．He felt very depressed．

　　Then he had a wonderful idea．He picked up his brush and started to work．

　　Soon Ben came along the road．He was happily eating an apple．He stopped to look at Tom．Tom went on painting and pretended(假装)not to see Ben．

　　“I'm going swimming,” said Ben．“Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can't．You have to stay and work, don't you?”

　　“Work?” Tom said．“This isn't work．I'm enjoying myself．Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?”

　　Ben thought about this．Tom continued painting carefully．Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added a bit more paint in just the right place．Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest．He was getting more and more eager to have a try himself．

　　After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little．Tom thought about it, and said,

　　“No, Ben, I can't．You see．Aunt Polly wants it to be done well．Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care．”

　　“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben．“I can do it．I'll be really careful．Just let me try．I'll give you half of my apple．Well, I'll give you all of it!”

　　“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom．“You must be very careful．”

　　He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart．He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben's apple．All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint．When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting．He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint．Then Johnny offered him twelve marbles, and so on．

　　By late afternoon Tom had gained all sorts of toys, and the fence had gained three coats of paint．Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence．She was so pleased with Tom's work that she gave Tom a large cake!

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