Irecentlyheardastoryaboutafamousscien-tist.Becauseofhisgreatachievementshewasthoughttobemorecreativethanthecommonper-son.Whenhe36. (ask)whyhewasabletodothishegavetheanswer.Itallcamefromanexperiencewithhismotherwhenhewasaboutthreeyearsold."I37. (try)togetabottleofmilkfromthefridgewhenIlostthebottleanditfell？spilling(溢出)themilkalloverthefloor―aseaofmilk!IwasfrightenedandIdidn'tknowwhattodo！”hesaid.
Hismotherheardthenoiseandgotintothekitchen."I38. (consider)howtoexplainallthistoyoumum."hesaid.Insteadof39. (punish)himshesaid "Robertwhatagreatmessyouhavemade!I40. (notsee)suchahugeseaofmilkbefore!Wellsincethemilkhasalreadybeenspilledwouldyoulike41. (play)inthemilkforawhile?
We42. (clean)itupafterthat.”Thenhedidso. Afterafewminuteshismothersaid"YouknowRobertwheneveryou43. (make)amesslikethisfinallyyouhavetocleanitup."Heusedasponge(海绵)andtogethertheycleanedupthespilledmilk.
His mother then said "You knowwe44. (fail)inhowtosuccessfullycarryabigmilkbottlewithtwotinyhandsjustnow.Let'sgooutintheyardandfillthebottlewithwatertoseeifyou45. (discover)awaytocarryit."Thenthelittleboylearnedthatifhegrasped(抓紧)thebottleatthetopwithbothhandshecouldcarryitwithoutdroppingit.
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