“So teach him to close the door”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me
36 , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January
37 air．
Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really
38 thing to do．But then she took it a step
39 ．“Come on, Kolby”, she said, grabbing some treats（犒劳物） and
40 him in front of the open door．“Touch．” And “touch” he did, which moved the door to a
41 position．She
42 him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” And I saw and became
43 ．Over the last few days I have been with Kolby．Each time he comes in I bring him back to the
44 door and ask him to close．There have been
45 in the beginning, but lately more and more successes．
However, there remains much work to be done．I have to get him to follow my hand signal again and again
46 he will close the door from a distance．But, I now realize, as long as you keep to the focus , the
47 will be completed, and, with the way things are
48 , completed quickly．
What a
49 treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the
50 I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby．
A wish is just a wish until you decide to take
51 ．Once you
52 the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and out of
53 ．Once you want to accomplish a goal, and
54 that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs to be done．Just
55 doing it．
| 小题1: | | A．complain | B．scream | C．worry | D．scare |
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| 小题2: | | A．thin | B．fresh | C．dirty | D．cold |
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| 小题3: | | A．interesting | B．funny | C．tough | D．possible |
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| 小题4: | | A．again | B．further | C．deeper | D．backward |
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| 小题5: | | A．pushing | B．catching | C．driving | D．positioning |
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| 小题6: | | A．stopped | B．fixed | C．closed | D．checked |
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| 小题7: | | A．rewarded | B．provided | C．offered | D．thanked |
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| 小题8: | | A．moved | B．convinced | C．concerned | D．puzzled |
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| 小题9: | | A．open | B．closed | C．broken | D．perfect |
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| 小题10: | | A．pleasures | B．experiments | C．failures | D．pauses |
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| 小题11: | | A．in case | B．even if | C．as if | D．so that |
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| 小题12: | | A．interest | B．task | C．profit | D．harmony |
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| 小题13: | | A．changing | B．reacting | C．progressing | D．happening |
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| 小题14: | | A．wonderful | B．small | C．different | D．simple |
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| 小题15: | | A．knowledge | B．skills | C．lessons | D．experience |
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| 小题16: | | A．patience | B．part | C．delight | D．action |
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| 小题17: | | A．hold on to | B．pay attention to | C．come up with | D．live up to |
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| 小题18: | | A．date | B．touch | C．reach | D．power |
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| 小题19: | | A．prove | B．decide | C．approve | D．realize |
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| 小题20: | | A．imagine | B．start | C．keep | D．enjoy |
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