My father died when I was nine. I’m an only child. My mother and I were

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问题     My father died when I was nine.
    I’m an only child. My mother and I were very poor for a time. She had a brother, who lived in【B1】______His name was John. Uncle John came to London several times to see us. He was very【B2】______of me and took me for walks in Hyde Park. But Australia is a long way away and we didn’t see very much of him.
    I went to Art School when I was【B3】______, but what I really wanted to study was architecture. However, it is a difficult【B4】______to get into, and requires long training. I worked for a time as a【B5】______illustrator but didn’t make very much money from it. I even did office work for a time. When I got up to go to work in the mornings, I felt as if I were going to【B6】______That is how much I【B7】______it.
    One day, nine years ago, when I was twenty two, I got a letter from a【B8】______in Australia.【B9】______and that he had some other important news for me. He refused to say what it was until he came to London personally to see me. We met in a hotel in London a few weeks later. The news was that Uncle John had made quite a lot of money in Australia and had left it all to me.【B10】______. I felt like jumping up and down for joy. But I didn’t of course.【B11】______. I used the rest to study architecture and then to start my own business. [br] 【B3】

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