【初中·完形填空·The Park Bench】
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Every evening an old man sat on the same bench in the park. He never spoke to anyone, and people thought he was lonely.
One day a little girl dropped her balloon. It flew up and caught in a tree. She began to cry. The old man stood up, took a long stick from his bag and — very carefully — brought the balloon down. The girl laughed and ran away.
From then on, children came to him with lost balls and broken kites. He was good at fixing things.
He was not lonely at all. He was just ______ for someone to need him.

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