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　　Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago，I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off．But I was 　1　 into stillness by what I saw．Mother，seated at the far end of the sofa，　2　with the second-hand green typewriter on the table．She told me that she couldn't type fast and then she was out of work．My shock and embarrassment(尴尬)at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof of how 　3　 I understood the pressures on her．Sitting beside her on the sofa，I began very 　4　 to under-stand．“l guess we all have 　5　 sometime，”Mother said quietly．I could 　6　 her pain and the tension(压力)of 　7　 the strong feelings that were Interrupted by my arrival．Suddenly，something inside me 　8　 I reached out and Put my arms around her．She broke then．She put her face 　9　 my shoulder and sobbed．I held her 　10　 and didn't try to talk．I knew I was doing what I should，what I could 　11　 it was enough．In that moment， feeling Mother's 　12　 with feelings，I understood for the first time her being so easy to 　13　．She was still my mother，　14　 she was something 　15　：a person like me，capable fear and 　16　 and failure．I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions(场合)when I sought 　17　 in her arms．

　　A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station 　18　“It's a job I can do，though．”she said simply．But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued．I had a very 　19　 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping 　20　 across the paper．I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type．

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　　Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go 1 .He liked sitting beside a window when he was 2 , so when he got on the plane, he looked for a window seat . He found all of them 3 except one . There was a young man 4 beside it , and Robinson was 5 that he had not taken the one by the window . Anyhow, he went 6 it .

　　When he reached it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written in large letters, 7 “This seat is kept for proper balance. Thank you.” Mr Robinson had never seen such a notice before, 8 he thought the plane 9 be carrying something particularly heavy in its room which made it 10 to have the passengers properly balanced. So he walked 11 and found 12 empty seat, not beside the window to sit on.

　　Two or three other people 13 to sit in the window seat 14 the young man, but they 15 read the notice and walked on . Then when the plane was nearly 16 a very beautiful girl 17 into the plane. The young man who was watching the passengers coming in, 18 took the notice 19 the seat beside him-and by this means succeeded in 20 a pretty companion (伴) during the whole trip .

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No one in the United States could forget the sorrowful story, April 14th, 1865 36 Abraham Lincoln was murdered.
The night after a very busy  37 , the President and his wife went to Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C where a new play was to be put on.
Near the theatre  38  a 25-year-old unsuccessful actor named John Wilkes Booth, who was strongly against the North though he hadn’t fought  39 the South himself. As the play  40  after a moment of rest, Booth came into the theatre. He walked slowly and quietly  41  the door through which he could see the President’s  42. He looked  43  carefully so as to find the guards  44  task was to protect the President from the enemy. To his joy, there was none of  45  and nobody noticed him. He reached the door quickly and began to get hold of the gun  46  in his pocket.
It was quiet in the theatre and everyone 47  his eyes on the stage. Suddenly a terrible sound of  48  broke in on the play. It surprised everyone and soon they looked  49  where the sound had just come .Smoke was seen coming out of the President’s box, where the  50  had enjoyed the play. Right away the theatre was full of shouting and excited people. Soldiers hurried in to  _51  the building, but it was too  52 ! The murderer had already  53  from the box onto the stage, from which then he hurriedly ran out of the theatre and soon disappeared in the  54_.
The news came that Lincoln, whom the people had  55  to love as an inspiring leader and a wise, warm-hearted, honest man, was short in the chest and died early the next morning.

No one in the United States could forget the sorrowful story, April 14th, 1865 36 Abraham Lincoln was murdered.

The night after a very busy  37 , the President and his wife went to Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C where a new play was to be put on.

Near the theatre  38  a 25-year-old unsuccessful actor named John Wilkes Booth, who was strongly against the North though he hadn’t fought  39 the South himself. As the play  40  after a moment of rest, Booth came into the theatre. He walked slowly and quietly  41  the door through which he could see the President’s  42. He looked  43  carefully so as to find the guards  44  task was to protect the President from the enemy. To his joy, there was none of  45  and nobody noticed him. He reached the door quickly and began to get hold of the gun  46  in his pocket.

It was quiet in the theatre and everyone 47  his eyes on the stage. Suddenly a terrible sound of  48  broke in on the play. It surprised everyone and soon they looked  49  where the sound had just come .Smoke was seen coming out of the President’s box, where the  50  had enjoyed the play. Right away the theatre was full of shouting and excited people. Soldiers hurried in to  _51  the building, but it was too  52 ! The murderer had already  53  from the box onto the stage, from which then he hurriedly ran out of the theatre and soon disappeared in the  54_.

The news came that Lincoln, whom the people had  55  to love as an inspiring leader and a wise, warm-hearted, honest man, was short in the chest and died early the next morning.