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　　Whenever we do something wrong, Jesus Christ sees it．He loves us and doesn't say it．Perhaps he's wondering how long we'll keep our mind suffering．A little boy named Johnny was visiting his grandparents on their farm and he was given a slingshot(弹弓)to play with out in the woods．He 　　1　　 for some time but he could never hit the target he had set for himself．Getting a little 　　2　　, he walked back to the farmhouse for dinner．As he was 　　3　　 back, he saw Grandpa's pet duck．Just out of 　　4　　, he let the slingshot fly , hitting it in the head ,and killed it．In a panic, he 　　5　　 the dead duck in the woodpile, only to see his sister Sally 　　6　　 be watching him．Sally had seen all this, but she said 　　7　　．After lunch that day Grandma said, “Sally, it's your turn to wash the dishes．” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen．” And then she spoke 　　8　　 to him, “Remember the duck？” So Johnny did the dishes．Later that day, Grandpa asked if 　　9　　 wanted to go fishing, but Grandma said, “I'm sorry but I need Sally to help me make supper．” But Sally just smiled and said, “Well, that's all right because Johnny told me he was too 　　10　　 to help you．And she whispered again, “Remember the duck?” So Sally went fishing and Johnny 　　11　　 to help make supper．After several days of doing both his 　　12　　 and Sally's, Johnny finally couldn't 　　13　　 it any longer．He came to his Grandma and told her that he had killed the duck．Grandma smiled and gave him a big 　　14　　．“Sweetheart, I know．You see, I was watering the flowers at the window 　　15　　 I saw you shoot my duck with the slingshot, and I saw the whole thing．But because I love you, I 　　16　　 you．I was just wondering how long you would let Sally 　　17　　 of you．”

　　In reality, no matter how 　　18　　 or how uncomfortable it is to admit our wrongdoing, we should always choose to 　　19　　 it and work it through instead of running away from it．Hard as it is, it 　　20　　 us and makes us who we are．

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阅读理解

　　Papa's jaw dropped when Mama told him that Sister had cheated on her final exams－not to succeed but to fail．“It's unbelievable!” he said．“Sister has always been so proud of her good grades!”

　　“Yes, she has,” said Mama．“But it's not unbelievable．It just shows how badly she wanted off the swimming team．”

　　“Wanted off the swimming team?” said Papa．“She never said anything about that to me．”

　　“Of course she didn't,” said Mama．“She was afraid you'd blow your top．You already had her getting a swimming scholarship to college and winning gold medals at the Olympics．Can you imagine how much pressure she must have felt? For her, being on the team couldn't have been much fun．”

　　“Oh, my gosh!” Papa said, clapping a hand to his forehead．“I've been so stupid! I just thought she'd want to be a champion swimmer because she's so good at it．”

　　“It's like anything else, dear,” said Mama．“No matter how good at it you are, if it stops being fun, you won't want to do it anymore．”

　　Papa put his head in his hands．

　　“She must be really mad at me,” he mumbled．“Maybe I should say sorry to her．”

　　Sister's footsteps could be heard on the stairs．She came into the kitchen and looked hopefully up at her parents．

　　“Honey,” said Mama with a smile, “your papa and I have decided that there's no reason for you to be on the swimming team if you don't want to．”

　　Sister's face lit up like a Christmas tree．“Yippee!” she cried．

　　“And,” added Papa, “there's no need for any more drills．I'm sure you'll bring your grades back up all by yourself．”

　　Sister ran to Papa and jumped into his arms．She gave him a big hug．“I'm going to go play cards with Lizzy!” she said．“See you later!”

　　From the kitchen window, Mama and Papa watched their daughter run down the sunny road toward Lizzy's house．

　　“It's good to see her happy again,” said Mama．

　　“It sure is,” Papa agreed．“As for the swimming team, there's always next year．”

　　“If?” Mama prompted him．

　　“Oh, right,” said Papa．“If she wants to．”

　　Mama smiled．“At least you're learning, dear,” she said．She kissed him．

　　“Well, you know what they say,” Papa said．“Better late than never．”

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