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① Several men hit the Sao Paulo Museum of Art just before dawn on December 20th , 2007，and __1__ shocked the authorities as it took the thieves just three minutes to steal paintings __2__ two world— famous artists, Pablo Picasso __3__ Candido Poninari，__4__ are worth millions of dollars. Images from the secret camera show that two men began their action at 5∶09 a. m. ，__5__ the guards in the museum were going through their shift change(换岗). They broke through two glass doors，__6__(run) to the museum’s top floor and grabbed the two paintings from different rooms，somehow __7__(avoid) nearby guards. The alarm never rang，and by 5∶12 a. m. ，they were making their escape. After __8__，the police were interviewing the 30 museum employees. “Everything indicates thieves were sent to do it by some wealthy art lover for __9__ own collection. He was not rich enough to buy the paintings，__10__ he was wealthy，” said the lead police officer，Marcos Gomes de Moura. It was a very cold evening, an old man was waiting for a ride across the river. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didn’t ask for any help. The wait seemed __1__(end)．Then came another rider，the old man __2__(catch) his eye and said, “Sir, would you mind doing me a favor？”Stopping his horse，he replied, “Of course.” Almost __3__(freeze), the old man could not get __4__ the ground. The horseman helped him onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river，__5__ to his home.“Sir, you didn’t even ask the other riders for help, why? What __6__ I had said ‘no’ and left you there？” the horseman asked.The old man looked at him straight in the eyes and said, “I looked into their eyes, I found they didn’t care，__7__ told me it would be useless, but when I looked into __8__， I saw kindness.”These words touched the rider deeply. “Thank you for __9__ you’ve said, I hope I will never be too busy to help others.” with that, Thomas Jefferson, the __10__(three) president of the US, turned his horse around and went away. ③