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　　Joe Black had his son 1 . He called the baby Richard, 2 his father, but people usually called him Dick, which is 3 Richard. When little Dick was three, he began to go to kindergarten. Joe thought it was 4 that he was going to be the 5 child in the school, and that he was going to learn to read perfectly in a few months. But to Joe's 6 , Dick proved to be an 7 child, neither very quick nor very slow to learn. Joe blamed the 8 of the teaching. To his prejudiced father, Dick could not possibly be anything 9 a genius.

　　The time came for Dick to go on to a primary school, 10 before long, he was taking his first examination. It was in 11 .

　　Joe had a sister, Margaret, who had a daughter. She was 12 than Dick, and cleverer. She had taken 13 examination a year before, and had done well in it. Margaret came to see her brother one day 14 Dick's examination, and after they had talked about different things for some time, Margaret mentioned the examination.

　　“ 15 ?”she asked.

　　Joe looked a little embarrassed (窘迫) and 16 for a few moments. “ Well, ” he said at last, “ I regret to say that he 17 . ”Then he added, “But it wasn't his fault! They cheated him 18 asking him questions about things that happened before the poor boy 19 , so 20 he didn't know the answers. ”

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