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Tom is a student of Hongqi Middle school. He u______小题1:to be interested in comics about insects. He often borrowed some because he couldn’t a_______小题2:to buy too many comics. Every day he wasted most of his time on these comics and was not patient with h _______小题3:in his study.
One day Tom caught an insect at school and c_______小题4:lots of trouble. To his s_______小题5:, the insect died half an hour later. That night, Tom had a bad dream. He was so t________小题6: of it. Then he went to sleep with his bedroom light o________小题7:.
Tom knew it was the insect’s d_______小题8: that terrified him. Also, Tom found it was necessary for him to p______小题9: attention to his daily studies. Only in this way could he forget that insect. In the e______小题10:, Tom made a decision to change himself.
Now Tom has become one of the best students in his class.