As a child, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather’s farm. __by miles of winding stone walls, the house provided endless hours of __ for a city kid.
I can still remember one afternoon __ I was eight years old. I’d wanted more than anything to be __to climb the walls surrounding the farm. The walls were old;some stones were _ __ , others loose. Still, my yearning(向往)to climb across those walls __ so strong that finally, one spring afternoon, I took all my __and entered the living room, where the __ had gathered after Sunday dinner.
“I, I want to climb the stone walls,” I said. __ a chorus(异口同声) went up from the women in the room.“Heavens, no!” they cried,“You’ll hurt yourself!”I wasn’t too __;the __ was just as I’d expected. Just __I could leave the room, I was stopped by my grandfather’s loud voice.“Now wait a minute.” I heard him say,“Let the boy climb the stone walls. He has to learn to do things __ .”
For the next two hours I climbed those old walls and had the time of my life. Later I told my grandfather about my __ .I’ll never forget what he said. “Fred,”he said, smiling, “you made this day a (an) __day just by being yourself. Always remember, there’s only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you __ as you are.”
Many years have passed __ then, and today I’m a host in the television program __ “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”, seen by millions of children.
There have been __over the years, but one thing___ ______ the same:my suggestion left to children at the end of almost every program. “There’s only one person in this whole world like you,” The kids can hear me say, “and people would like you exactly as you are.”
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A.fruit B.fun C.richness D.wonder
A.when B.that C.while D.which
A.regretted B.allowed C.realized D.provided
A.remaining B.leaving C.missing D.losing
A.grew B.disappeared C.built D.turned
A.trouble B.mind C.heart D.courage
A.adults B.relations C.men D.women
A.Quietly B.Hurriedly C.Frequently D.Immediately
A.excited B.sad C.disappointed D.pleased
A.sound B.end C.response D.story
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A.news B.experience C.doubt D.wonder
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A.straightly B.exactly C.quietly D.rightly
A.since B.till C.until D.by
A.name B.named C.naming D.to name
A.jobs B.events C.adventures D.changes
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