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Parents sometimes learn much from their children.

Many years ago,a 1       my friend David worked day and night,he was still not rich. One day,when he arrived h 2       after work,he found his 3-year-old daughter was decorating a box with some expensive wrapping paper. He thought she was w 3       money and became angry with her. He even p 4       his daughter by beating her. However,the little girl brought the box to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you,Daddy. Merry Christmas!" He was embarrassed (樾抢的) by his overreaction (过激反应) ,but he became angry a 5       when he found that the box was empty.

He shouted at her, " Don't you know that when you give someone a present,there should be s 6       inside it?"

The little girl looked up at him with t 7       in her eyes and said, "Oh,Daddy,I blew kisses in the box. I filled it with my 1 8      . All for you,Daddy."

The father was very surprised. He put his arms around his little girl,and said s 9       to her. Later,David told me that he kept that box by his bed for years. When he was discouraged (情绪低落) ,he would take out an imaginary (想象的) kiss from the box and r 10       the love of the child.

1. a       2. h       3. w      4. p       5. a      

6. s        7. t      8. 1      9. s       10. r      

 1. although   2. home   3. wasting

4. punished   5. again   6. something

7. tears   8. love   9. sorry   10. remember

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