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　　After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and returned to her bedroom on the second floor. She was too  1 to do any house -work that morning, 2 in the evening she was going to an unusual dress party with her husband. What she wanted to play was a  3 genie and as she had made that special dress of hers the night  4 she was anxious to  5 it on. 6 the dress was  7 but a big piece of white cloth, 8 would be very effective to make her look like a genie. After putting it on, Mrs Richards went  9 happily. She wanted to find out  10 it would be comfortable to wear.

　　Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining room, there was a  11 at the front door. She thought it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if  12 failed to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to  13 the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly  14 in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and entered a man. When Mrs Richards realized that it was the man from the Electricity Board (电业局) , that came to read the metre(电表) , she stepped out of the storeroom  15 and tried to explain the matter, but it was  16 late. The man let out a sharp  17 and jumped back several paces, his eyes and mouth  18 wide and both his hands raised. When Mrs Richards first  19 and then ran after him, he ran away,  20 the door behind him with great force.

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　　After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and returned to her bedroom on the second floor. She was too  1 to do any house -work that morning, 2 in the evening she was going to an unusual dress party with her husband. What she wanted to play was a  3 genie and as she had made that special dress of hers the night  4 she was anxious to  5 it on. 6 the dress was  7 but a big piece of white cloth, 8 would be very effective to make her look like a genie. After putting it on, Mrs Richards went  9 happily. She wanted to find out  10 it would be comfortable to wear.

　　Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining room, there was a  11 at the front door. She thought it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if  12 failed to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Now not wanting to  13 the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly  14 in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and entered a man. When Mrs Richards realized that it was the man from the Electricity Board (电业局) , that came to read the metre(电表) , she stepped out of the storeroom  15 and tried to explain the matter, but it was  16 late. The man let out a sharp  17 and jumped back several paces, his eyes and mouth  18 wide and both his hands raised. When Mrs Richards first  19 and then ran after him, he ran away,  20 the door behind him with great force.

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What I noticed first about my new parrot, Chico, was that he couldn’t fly. His wings had been cut short and he was stuck on the   1  just like us humans. When the weather turned nice, I took Chico outside. I sat him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him   2 . At first he seemed   3 . He walked back and forth on the branch looking anxious or nervous. He didn’t even flap his wings in an attempt to fly. Somehow he knew he was   4 .
One day Chico got especially excited . He paced back and forth and made an incredible amount of   5 . Then all of a sudden he stopped and let out an even louder scream. He started   6  flapping his wings for the first time ever － then he lifted off the   7  like a space shuttle! I was amazed and   8  . Little did I know his feathers had been growing back, and Chico had been   9  until the moment was ripe for escape!
Two days later Chico   10  . First I tried to trick him back with food, but he would not come near me. Then I took his   11  and put it away—still he would not come. Finally, I made him a firm promise that I would let him   12  every day the weather was nice if he did come back.   13  , he flew onto my shoulder.
From that day on, whenever the weather was good I would let him out early and he would fly around and be back before dark. The   14  lasted for two months before suddenly Chico became   15 . The vet said that he had been infected with a disease from the pigeons in the neighborhood. Within a few days he died.
I was very sad. The   16  crossed my mind that if I had not set him free to fly, he would be still alive. But what   17  is there in being a bird if you can’t fly?
Chico made his first break for   18  on a late Monday afternoon in April. When will you make yours? You too can take a   19  when the conditions are right, knowing you too, in your own way, were built to fly. If you don’t    20 , what will be the purpose of your life?