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　　Yesterday I was heading to my writing group with a book to read on the journey．While waiting for the 　　1　　, I searched in my pockets for something to 　　2　　 as a bookmark(书签)．All I had was a couple of ten-pound notes, so I 　　3　　 folded one and slipped it between the pages．

　　Sitting on the bus I 　　4　　 to take the book out to read, 　　5　　 I was distracted(使分心)by a young woman 　　6　　 on her cell phone behind me．She was talking to her younger 　　7　　．She wanted to know where he was, why he had lied to 　　8　　 mother again．She asked him 　　9　　 he knew their mum had broken down in tears because of him．

　　She let him 　　10　　 exactly what she thought of him but I could tell there was 　　11　　 under all the disappointment．She tried so hard to get this boy to come to see his 　　12　　, but I got the impression that she was 　　13　　 a losing battle．

　　I never looked around．I just stared at my 　　14　　 and the ten-pound note sticking out of it．When she 　　15　　 the bus, I got off behind her．I asked her to take the 　　16　　 and buy her mum a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers．“To tell your mum that being a mother is the 　　17　　 and most important job in the world．”I said．

　　As I turned away I heard her 　　18　　 say, “That's really nice of you!” 　　19　　, I wondered if in some way I was saying a thank you to my own mum by doing this．But most of all I 　　20　　 I had raised a smile on the face of a mother suffering for her child．

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　　Yesterday I was heading to my writing group with a book to read on the journey．While waiting for the 　　1　　, I searched in my pockets for something to 　　2　　 as a bookmark(书签)．All I had was a couple of ten-pound notes, so I 　　3　　 folded one and slipped it between the pages．

　　Sitting on the bus I 　　4　　 to take the book out to read, 　　5　　 I was distracted(使分心)by a young woman 　　6　　 on her cell phone behind me．She was talking to her younger 　　7　　．She wanted to know where he was, why he had lied to 　　8　　 mother again．She asked him 　　9　　 he knew their mum had broken down in tears because of him．

　　She let him 　　10　　 exactly what she thought of him but I could tell there was 　　11　　 under all the disappointment．She tried so hard to get this boy to come to see his 　　12　　, but I got the impression that she was 　　13　　 a losing battle．

　　I never looked around．I just stared at my 　　14　　 and the ten-pound note sticking out of it．When she 　　15　　 the bus, I got off behind her．I asked her to take the 　　16　　 and buy her mum a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers．“To tell your mum that being a mother is the 　　17　　 and most important job in the world．”I said．

　　As I turned away I heard her 　　18　　 say, “That's really nice of you!” 　　19　　, I wondered if in some way I was saying a thank you to my own mum by doing this．But most of all I 　　20　　 I had raised a smile on the face of a mother suffering for her child．

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　　The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA．“　　1　　 station?A train for Santa Fe collided(相撞)a 　　2　　 at the McDonald Street Crossing．Please come here at once．With an ambulance(救护车), too．A man is badly wounded,”said a(n)　　3　　 voice of a young woman．

　　“OK．We’ll come soon．Please stay there and wait,”replied the 　　4　　．

　　Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 　　5　　 off．Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was 　　6　　．No collision, no wounded man．

　　“What a dirty 　　7　　!”said the policeman angrily．“We must find out that mischievous(恶作剧的)　　8　　 and…”

　　They had not been able to say anything about a 　　9　　 when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly．All of a sudden, a truck appeared．It came 　　10　　 towards them, too．When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly 　　11　　 to move on．Right then and 　　12　　, before the eyes of all the people 　　13　　, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of meters away．

　　When Randolph Bruce, the 　　14　　, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just 　　15　　 the young woman had foretold(预言)on the phone．As he was taken to hospital in time, he was 　　16　　 at last．Later the police did whatever they could to 　　17　　 the woman who had 　　18　　 them, but failed．

　　It is really 　　19　　 that a prophecy(预言)should coincide(巧合)with the fact so 　　20　　．

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