A man stopped at a flower shop. He wanted to order some flowers for his mother for ________ birthday. However, she lived 200 miles away and he was busy with work.

As he got ________ of his car and walked to the shop, he noticed a little girl ________ in the corner. She looked quite ________.

He asked her what was wrong. The girl said, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. ________ I only have 75 cents, and a red rose costs two dollars.”

The man smiled and said. “Come with me. I ________ for the rose.”

He bought the little girl a red rose and also ordered his own mother some flowers.

As they ________ leaving, he thought he might offer the girl a ride. She told him ________ to go.

To the man’s surprise, the girl directed him to a cemetery (墓地). Her mother ________ two weeks ago.

On the way back to his work, the man was silent. Later that day, he went back to ________ flower shop, picked up his flowers and drove all the way to his mother’s house. He wanted to give the flowers to her in person (亲自) more than ever.

Sophia likes English very much. She spends a lot of time _______ it every day. She usually goes to the school _______ and reads English newspapers. After school, she goes to the city library behind her school. She needs to use the computer there to surf the Internet _______ she does not have a computer at home. She tries hard to chat with her American e-friends in _______.

In fact, Sophia did not like English at first. At that time, studying English was very _______ for her. She did not know the good ways of learning English. But one day, her new English _______ told her the importance of English and taught her how to learn English well. From then on, she started to try to _______ English songs, read English newspapers, and write down _______ English sentences in the notebooks. Now, she _______ English very much. She hopes to become an English teacher some day and help more ________ learn English well.

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