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　　Saturday morning came, and everything was bright and fresh．Every boy in town was happy, 　　1　　 Tom Sawyer．

　　Tom stood on the sidewalk 　　2　　 a bucket of white paint and a brush with a long handle in his hands．He looked at the fence that his aunt had told him 　　3　　 and felt very 　　4　　．It was thirty yards long and three yards high! He dipped his brush in the paint and painted a corner of the fence．Then he stood back and 　　5　　．The section that was painted was so small, and the 　　6　　 section was so big! He sat 　　7　　 a tree to have a rest．

　　He began to think of all the games 　　8　　 he had planned for the day．Soon the boys who were free would come along and make fun of him．But just then, he had a wonderful idea．He picked up his brush and went back to work．

　　Ben Rogers came along the road, 　　9　　 happily and carrying an apple．He stopped and looked at Tom．Tom went on painting and 　　10　　 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, 　　11　　 you?’

　　Tom went on painting．‘Work?’he 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 went on painting, carefully, Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence, and then added a bit more paint in just the right place．Ben was watching Tom's every move．He was getting more and more interested．

　　After a while, he said,‘Tom, will you let me do some painting?’

　　Tom thought about it, and said,‘No, Ben, I can't．You see, Aunt Polly wants it to be done properly．I'm the only one who can do it right．’

　　‘Oh, please, Tom,’　　12　　 Ben．‘I can do it．I'll be 　　13　　 careful．Just let me try．I'll give you half of my apple．I'll give you all of it!’

　　‘Well, all right, Ben,’said Tom．‘But you must be careful．’

　　He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart．He sat down again under the tree, and started to eat the apple that Ben had given him．

　　All day, boys came to make fun, but they ended up 　　14　　 to paint．When Ben got tired, Billy Fisher was waiting．He gave Tom a kite 　　15　　 a chance to paint．Then Johnny Miller 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 Tom's work．She was so pleased when she saw the painted fence that she gave Tom a large cake!

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　　Jack Johnson is one of the most popular singer-song writers in the world．

　　Jack was born on May 18.1975 in Hawaii Being the song of a famous surfer．Jack usually has an interest in surfing．Most of his life lessons were learned in the water．At the age of 17, Jack entered the finals of the Pineline Masters－the worlde’s most famous surfing competition．Everyone thought Jack would become a professional surfer like his father．Unluckily．One month later,he had a deadly accident while surfing and was seriously hurt．

　　Life is like a reaching door．When it closes, it also opens．Jack started to practise playing the guitar and write songs when he was staying in hospital．At first ,his father thought Jack only did it for fun．but soon he was suiprised at the great progress his song had made．

　　When studying in the university．Jack didn’t stop practising his guitar skills．He played the guitar for school partses．He wrote songs and sang for his teachers and friends．They liked his songs．His first music albam Brushfire Fairytaies came out in 2001．It was a great success．His second album，On and On ，was much like his first．They were filled with sweet，easy-going songs that everybody liked listening to later．Jack had lots of concerts in and out of America．He became popular all over the world．

　　Jack had five albums by 2010 and more than 15 million copics of them were sold．His music doesn’t fit into any of the popular music styles like pop,rocks R and B or hip-hop．It is more like folk music, played with a guitar and beautiful voice．When listening to his songs,you feel like lying on the beach enjoying the warm sunfine．

　　Jack is a talent,though he himself says he is only a surfer who loves music．In his songs we can find his secret of success．Whatever happens in our lives,we have to accept it and do the best we can．

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　　A famous philosopher(哲学家) once wrote,“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn base-ball.” Many people believe that Abner Dou-bleday 1 ndline　 baseball. They say that in 1839, in Cooperstown, NY, Doubleday organize(组织)the first game of baseball ever 2 ndline. Cooperstown is now the 3 ndline　 of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Others believe that baseball 4 ndline　 from an English game called rounders. As early as the 1600s, people were playing rounders. People playing rounders first hit a ball with a bat and then ran 5 ndline　 bases. It looked like baseball, 6 ndline　 there were some differences. The main difference was the way 7 ndline　 fielders(外野手)got run-ners out. In rounders, the fielder threw the ball at the runner. If the ball 8 ndline　 the runner while he was running around the bases, the 9 ndline　 was out.

　　Gradually(逐渐地), Americans changed rounders to make it baseball. The big 10 ndline　 came when the fielder stopped 11 ndline　 　the ball at the runner. Instead， the fielder tagged(追上)the runner, just as fielders 12 ndline　 today.

　　In 1845, a sportsman called Alexander Cartwright wrote a set of baseball rules 13 ndline　 the clubs. Many of these rules are still used.

　　With the 14 of the modem equip-ment(设备), baseball has become more and more15 ndline.

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