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My faith in human nature has never been so great as it was last weekend after our family get-
together in the town of Vail.
On Saturday, we all went to the market right in the middle of the town. Near the end, we all 11
at the fountain near the bridge, and the kids waded (蹚水)around in the fountain until we 12
This is one of the busiest walking streets.
After we returned to the hotel late in the afternoon, my 7-year-old son Ponder 13 that
nowhere could he find his backpack, which 14 his Gameboy and his watch. After a thorough 15
we determined that he must have left it at the fountain.
Ponder has never 16 anything. So we just take for granted that he needs no supervision (指
导)for managing his 17 .
He was upset, not about the Gameboy, but about the watch. "But Dad," he said, through
massive 18 . "they don't make that kind of watch anymore." We were all very 19 .
Our dinner reservation was at a restaurant just on the other side of the bridge, so I 20 him that
we would not only search the area around the fountain when we went back for dinner, but we would
also find the police and ask them if the backpack had been 21 .
As we exited from the parking garage, we could see the fountain as we walked down the long
staircase. I saw something black 22 there, but it was right next to a woman standing by the
fountain, so I could not 23 what it was or if it was hers.
"See it, Dad?" Ponder shouted. "Don't get too 24 because that may not be it," I said. But that
was it. It had been five or six hours since we left the fountain, and it was 25 there. There was no
ID in it, and it looked like someone had looked through it and then set it right out where all could
26 it.
I literally 27 when we reached it and it was his!Everyone in our party was blown away by
this "miracle(奇迹)". In my wildest 28 . I would never have imagined that this could happen
nowadays.
What a charmed life, eh? I believe this was a perfect 29 for a child in losing something
important…to lose it and feel the full 30 of that loss, and then to miraculously get it back.
( )11. A. drove B. hiked C. met D. united
( )12. A. landed B. left C. settled D. slept
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