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阅读理解

　　Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble．I’m not a bad person; I have a hard time learning when to keep my mouth closed．

　　My mom has told me again and again,“Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me．If you continue to be this rude, you will get into big trouble．”

　　It’s been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didn’t want to hear．I used to feel it was my duty to stand up for myself．

　　One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate talking behind me．It was Nathaniel, talking to himself as usual．

　　I said ever so nicely,“Nathaniel, would you be quiet?”

　　Nathaniel continued talking to himself．I quickly shouted“Nathaniel, shut up!”

　　For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words back and forth at each other．

　　“At least I don’t have an ugly lazy eye like you!”I shouted．

　　I knew this would upset him deep inside．It would hurt his feelings and shut him up．

　　What I said filled him with anger．He tried to reach over my seat and grab me as he shouted,“That’s it!That’s it!”

　　Surprised at his reaction, I sat back in my seat．Never had I seen Nathaniel act like this before．

　　Later on, we were taken to the principal’s office．

　　There, Mr．Black, the principal, told us to discuss the matter．It wasn’t until then that I finally found that when I hurt someone physically, the wounds eventually heal．But when I hurt them with my words, sometimes the pain(痛苦)never goes away．

　　At the end of the discussion, I said sorry to Nathaniel．

　　When I headed back to my room, I spent some time praying．I began to think about how often what I said hurt others．But I believe that as I keep praying and asking God to help me he’ll tell me when to keep my mouth closed．

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　　A young man was intereeted in jade(玉)stones．So he went to Mr Smith, a gemologist(玉石家)，to learn from him．Mr Smith refused because he feared that the young man not have 　　1　　 to learn．The young man asked for a chance again and again．　　2　　 Mr Smith agreed and told him “Be here tomorrow”

　　The nest morning the young man came．Mr Smith put jade stone in the young man's hand and told him to 　　3　　 it．He then went about his work．The young man sat quietly and waited．

　　The following morning, Mr Smith again 　　4　　 a jade stone in the yong man's hand and told him to hold it．On the thied, fourh, and 　　5　　 day, Mr Smith did the same thing and repeated his 　　6　　．On the sixth day, the young man held the jade stone, 　　7　　 he could no longer stand the silence．”When am I going to learn something?”asked the young man．

　　“You will learn,”said Mr Smith and went about his work．

　　Several more days went by and young man felt very 　　8　　．One morning he was asked to do it once more．As soon as he held it, the young man shouted 　　9　　 looking at his hand,”This is not the same jade stone!”

　　“You have begun to 　　10　　,”said Mr Smith．

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