When my father was a boy, he had a dog named Laddie. Laddie stayed constantly by Dad’s side—fishing, playing ball, and even 【小题1】 (follow) him to school. Laddie would simply follow Dad’s smell and track him all the way to school. Arriving after all the doors were closed, Laddie would sit outside the school, waiting 【小题2】 (patient). Eventually, someone would open 【小题3】 door and Laddie would slip in after him. Once inside, the dog would walk from room to room 【小题4】 he found his master. Of course, Dad’s teacher would immediately demand that the dog 【小题5】 (remove).

Later, my father went off 【小题6】 (join) his five brothers in World War Ⅱ, but Laddie continued to attend school, lying quietly each day 【小题7】 the feet of Dad’s younger brother, Dick. Laddie’s attendance was 【小题8】 consistent that Howard Junior High School awarded him an honorary diploma when Dick graduated. Now, that’s one smart dog.

Years later, when my dad was an adult, he met another dog: Casey. Casey went everywhere with Dad. In fact, I complained Dad spent 【小题9】 time with Casey than he did with any of his human family members. Casey trusted my father unconditionally, 【小题10】 sometimes Casey’s blind faith in my dad got them both into trouble.

In 1850,an American lawyer,James N.Bethune,bought a slave to work in his home.The slave,a woman,had a small child 【小题1】(call)Tom,who was blind and autistic(自闭症的).

One day,Bethune 【小题2】(walk)around his garden when he heard music coming from the house.He went inside and found young Tom playing on the family piano.Bethune 【小题3】(instant)realized that the boy,who was only four,had special abilities.He asked a band of 【小题4】(music)to come to the house and play in front of him.Tom reproduced perfectly the music he had heard.It was obvious that Tom had the ability to memorize and repeat pieces of music after 【小题5】(hear)them just once.

In 1857,“Blind Tom”took part 【小题6】his first public performance.The reviews were so good that Bethune took him on a tour of the US.Three years later,“Blind Tom”【小题7】(invite)to the White House,【小题8】he performed for the President.Over the next forty years,Tom performed

“Blind Tom”died in 1908.

Two Great Minds

Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany. He was the first child 【小题1】 (bear) to Hermann and Pauline Einstein. Though he attended school as a young boy, he also received instruction at home on Judaism and violin.

By the end of twelve, he 【小题2】 (teach) himself geometry. At the age of sixteen, he failed an exam in order to qualify to train as an electrical engineer. He was not a citizen of any country until 1901 【小题3】 he became a citizen of Switzerland. In 1905, Einstein wrote a paper on 【小题4】 is now known as the special theory of Relativity. Following an impressive few years of work, Einstein became a lecturer at the University of Bern.

Albert Einstein, 【小题5】 was not only a genius but also a person with a sense of humor, was invited to give a lecture at a distant university. He was too tired 【小题6】 (give) it but he didn’t want to let his audience down. And his driver Hans said that he would do it for him, 【小题7】 he had listened to his lecture many times and learned it by heart.

When the lecture began, Hans went to the platform 【小题8】   Einstein. Einstein took a seat in the audience and listened to Han’s lecture. Hans gave the lecture perfectly. However, before Hans left the platform, a professor asked such a difficult question that he 【小题9】 not answer.

Einstein thought they were in trouble. But Hans asked Einstein to answer the question instead of him, 【小题10】(say) that it was such an easy question that even his “driver” could answer it!