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　　John stood up and studied the crowd of people who were making their way through the station．He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he 　　1　　, the girl with a(an)　　2　　．The story had begun twelve months before in a 　　3　　．Taking a book off a shelf he found himself 　　4　　 by the notes penciled in the margin(空白处，白边)．The soft handwriting 　　5　　 a thoughtful soul and insightful mind．In the front of the book, he discovered the 　　6　　 owner's name, Rosanna．

　　During the next year the two grew to know each other through the 　　7　　．Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart．The day finally came for their first 　　8　　－7∶00p.m. at the station．

　　A beautiful young girl in a green suit was coming toward him, whose 　　9　　 was(were)tall and slim．John started to walk towards her with delight, entirely forgetting to 　　10　　 that she was not wearing a rose．He 　　11　　 made one step closer to her, and then saw Rosanna, a short and fat woman well past 40, with a rose on her coat was standing almost directly 　　12　　 the girl．The girl in the green suit quickly walked away．

　　John felt 　　13　　 he was split(撕开)in two, and there he stood．His fingers gripped(紧握)the worn leather copy of the 　　14　　 that was to identify him to her．He knew this would not be 　　15　　 something perhaps even better than love．John felt choked by the bitterness of his 　　16　　．“I'm John, and you must be Rosanna．I am so glad you could meet me, may I take you to 　　17　　?”

　　The woman's face broadened into a big smile．“I don't know what this is about, son,” she answered, “but the young lady in the green suit who just 　　18　　 begged me to wear this rose on my coat．And she said 　　19　　 you were to ask me out to dinner, I should tell you that she is waiting for you in the big 　　20　　 across the street．She said it was some kind of test!”

　　One day I took a bus with my girlfriend．It was so 　　1　　 that we stood for several stops until a vacant seat was 　　2　　 for her．

　　Then a pretty girl rushed towards me, saying,“Hi, where are you going?”I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to 　　3　　 her．Clearly she had taken me 　　4　　 somebody else．I returned her greeting with politeness, 　　5　　 to give explanation to my girl later．

　　Noticing my dialogue with somebody else, my girl 　　6　　 her eyes and found she was pretty．She asked jealously,“Who's she?”The pretty girl, quite 　　7　　 of the situation, spoke out first,“Hi, let me 　　8　　 myself．I' m Nancy, used to be 　　9　　．Very glad to meet you．”She behaved very 　　10　　．

　　But I was 　　11　　 to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors．I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend 　　12　　 the pretty girl again turned to me,“Will you give me your cell phone number so that we 　　13　　 keep contacts(联系)later?”I had to submit to her 　　14　　．

　　Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop．

　　A minute later I got a short 　　15　　 on my phone－from a stranger．My girlfriend 　　16　　 my phone and read the note．It was from the girl, who said,“Just now, two thieves tried to 　　17　　 your pocket．I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention．I should have left at the 　　18　　 stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also 　　19　　 to leave at the same stop．Because of the 　　20　　 I delayed my departure．Now you' ll understand all I have done to you．Wish you luck．”ks5u．com

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　　The school was across the street from my home and I could watch the kids as they played during the 　　1　　 A girl seemed so small that she pushed her way through the crowd of boys on the playground．She 　　2　　 from them all．

　　I began to notice her at other times, basketball 　　3　　, playing alone．She would practice dribbling(运球)and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark．One day I asked her 　　4　　 she practiced so much．She looked 　　5　　 in my eyes and without a moment of 　　6　　 she said,“I want to go to college．The only way I can go is if I get a(an)　　7　　, I am going to go to college to play basketball．My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't 　　8　　．”

　　Well, I had to 　　9　　 to her－she was determined．One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 　　10　　 in her arms．I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter．“Oh, nothing, "came a soft reply．”I am just too 　　11　　．”The coach told her that at her height it was 　　12　　 for her to get to play for a top ranked team much 　　13　　 offered a scholarship．So she should stop dreaming about college．

　　She was heartbroken and I 　　14　　 her disappointment．I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet．She told me that her father said those coaches were 　　15　　．

　　They just did not understand the 　　16　　 of a dream．He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she really wanted a scholarship, 　　17　　 could stop her except one thing－her own 　　18　　．

　　The next year, when she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach．She was indeed 　　19　　 with a scholarship．She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked 　　20　　 it for all those years．