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　　Many years ago , when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was 　　1　　 to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas．I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, 　　2　　 I was planning to stop and visit a friend．While I was standing 　　3　　 at the cash register(收费处), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for 　　4　　．

　　I 　　5　　, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke 　　6　　 from the back of my car．I stopped and wondered what I should do．A car 　　7　　 behind me．I found it was the 　　8　　 I had spoken to at the gas station．They said they would take me to my 　　9　　．We chatted on the way into the city, 　　10　　 when I get out of the car, the husband gave me his business card．

　　I wrote him and his wife a thank-you 　　11　　 for helping me．　　12　　, I received a Christmas present from them．Their note that came with 　　13　　 said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful．

　　Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning．In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd 　　14　　 the lights on all day, and the battery(电池)was 　　15　　．Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars－was 　　16　　 next door．I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom．

　　"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my 　　17　　 trouble．They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it．They would accept no 　　18　　, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks．I received a letter back from one of the salesmen．No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it 　　19　　 a lot, he said．

　　"Thank you" - two 　　20　　 words．They're easy to say and mean so much．

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　　One evening Robert was on his way home from the railway station．When he turned round a．　　1　　, he heard footsteps behind him and he thought 　　2　　 was coming near．He began to walk 　　3　　．The footsteps became faster, too．He slowed down．The footsteps also 　　4　　 down．Now he was 　　5　　 that he was being followed．He tried to hide．　　6　　 the steps followed him．He didn’t know 　　7　　 to save himself, so he jumped over a fence and found 　　8　　

in a cemetery, throwing himself down on one of the tombs．

　　The man 　　9　　 followed．Robert could hear the man jump over 　　10　　．Thoughts of thieves or murderers filled his 　　11　　．Robert stood up and．　　12　　 the man who was 　　13　　 him．“What do you want?”he said．“　　14　　 are you following me?”

　　“I say,”asked the stranger．“Do you 　　15　　 go home like this,　　16　　 are you taking some special exercises 　　17　　?I want to go to Mr．Brown’s and don’t know 　　18　　．The station master told me to follow you as you 　　19　　 next door．　　20　　 me for asking, but is there much to go before you get home?”

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