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　　How many dolls(洋娃娃)can you stuff(塞)into a spare room? The 　　1　　

2,300-comes from Gali Little and Katie Banman, both 11, and Katie’s 9-year-old sister, Sarah．They know 　　2　　 they just did it．

　　The girls weren’t trying to 　　3　　 it into the Guinness(吉尼斯)Book of World Records．They want to 　　4　　 children who lost so 　　5　　 during hurricanes(飓风)Katrina and Rita．

　　“My mom and I were 　　6　　 the news and I saw a lot of children, and 　　7　　 of them had amy possessions(私人物品)…I thought they might 　　8　　 a doll to hold onto and tell secrets to,”Gali said．

　　Gali 　　9　　 her idea of collectin dolls with Katie and Sarah, who are friends as well as neighbors, and the project was 　　10　　 way．The girls start their 　　11　　 at their schools first．They also collected 　　12　　 in their neighborhood．

　　The girls were very 　　13　　 with their success．“I thought we would get only about 100 dolls．”Sarah said．

　　When the three-week 　　14　　 time is over, the dolls are shipped to a charity group．It will then 　　15　　 the dolls to children still in shelters(庇护所)in hurricane-hit areas．

　　　　16　　 do the girls feel about kids having new 　　17　　 friends to hold onto because of their actions?“Proud,”the three said with one 　　18　　．

　　This story has a 　　19　　 ending in more than one way．Not only will thousands of kids be getting new dolls, but Gali’s mom now also has her spare 　　20　　 back．

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　　When I was 8 years old, I once decided to run away from home．With my suitcase 　　1　　 and some sandwiches in a bag, I started for the front door and said to Mom, “I'm leaving．”

　　“If you want to 　　2　　, that's all right,” she said．“But you came into this home without anything and you can leave the same way．” I 　　3　　 my suitcase and sandwiches on the floor heavily and started for the door again．

　　“Wait a minute,” Mom said．“I want your 　　4　　 back．You didn't wear anything when you arrived．” This really angered me．I tore my clothes off－shoes, socks, underwear and all－and 　　5　　, “Can I go now?” “Yes,” Mom answered, “but once you close that door, don't expect to come back．”

　　I was so 　　6　　 that I slammed(砰地关上)the door and stepped out on the front porch．　　7　　 I realized that I was outside, with nothing on．Then I noticed that down the street, two neighbor girls were walking toward our house．I ran to 　　8　　 behind a big tree in our yard at once．After a while, I was 　　9　　 the girls had passed by．I dashed to the front door and banged on it loudly．

　　“Who's there?” I heard．

　　“It's Billy! Let me in!”

　　The voice behind the 　　10　　 answered, “Billy doesn't live here anymore．He ran away from home．” Glancing behind me to see if anyone else was coming, I begged, “Aw, c'mon, Mom! I'm 　　11　　 your son．Let me in!”

　　The door inched open and Mom's smiling face appeared．“Did you change your 　　12　　 about running away?” she asked．

　　“What's for supper?” I answered．(277 words)

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　　Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut．It was 　　1　　 for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to 　　2　　 little children whose parents were busy．Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other 　　3　　 of the club．The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the 　　4　　 to ring．So far they had been busy, in spite of the 　　5　　 that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13．

　　　　6　　, the girls’world was invaded (侵入) by a second group 　　7　　 themselves the Babysitters Agency．They were 　　8　　 and the group also included a few boys．They Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to 　　9　　with the older group．They could clean and work for less money; however, they 　　10　　 it would be difficult to compete．The shock was even greater than they had 　　11　　 when most of their best customers started to call the new group．They 　　12　　 to get only a few jobs．

　　To try a new 　　13　　 Kristy recruited (招收) a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to 　　14　　 their money with the other group．They club 　　15　　 only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t 　　16　　 for their job assignments．Thus, more parents were 　　17　　 with the club．

　　Finally, the girls realized that the 　　18　　 in the other group were not good babysitters．They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house 　　19　　 they were sitting．When the children of the families started to 　　20　　, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening．

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　　The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto, California, all have the same access to computers as boys．But researchers say, by the time they get to high school, they are victims(受害者)of what the researchers call a major new gender(性别)gap in technology．Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Women(AAUW)says,“Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer．They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which to understand information．

　　After re-examining a thousand studies, the AAUW researchers found that girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes．Girls rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers．And they use computers less often than boys outside the classroom．

　　An instructor of a computer lab says he's already noticed some difference．Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says,“Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it somehow．”

　　Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon noticed that girls' computer usage was falling behind boys．Karen Gould with the company says,“The number one reason girls told us they don't like computer games is not that they're too violent, or too competitive．Girls just said they're unbelievably boring．”What girls want, Purple Moon found, is characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what's going on in their own lives．“What we definitely found from girls is(that there is no intrinsic)(内在的)reason why they wouldn't want to play on a computer; it was just a content thing,”says Karen Gould．

　　The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this：the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century．

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