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Have you ever listened to young children talking on the playground? They are always boasting（自夸）. They say things like, “My dad’s car is bigger ___小题1:__ your dad’s,” and “My mom is smarter than yours.”
There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, __小题2:___were always boasting. Gavin was the worst. Everything about his family was always the best. ___小题3:___ the others said, he could always go on better. One day ___小题4:__ they were walking to school, Harry said, “My father had a bath twice ___小题5:__ week,” Ted spoke next. “That’s nothing,” he said. “That is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice.” Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was __小题6:___ turn. But this time Ted thought, “I’m going to win.” Gavin didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was silly. He walked on ___小题7:___ silence. Both Ted __小题8:__ Harry smiled. They were sure that for once they___小题9:___ (beat) Gavin. They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing. “We’ve won,” Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too soon. On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad is ___小题10:__ clean that he doesn’t have to bathe at all.”