A water bearer (搬运工) in India had two buckets(水桶). One small bucket had a crack (裂缝) and the other large was perfect. One always came home full and the other was not.

This went on. The water bearer carried one and a half buckets full of water to his owner's house. The poor cracked bucket was ashamed of (羞愧) itself. One day it spoke to the bearer by the river.

"I am ashamed of myself, and I want to say sorry. "

"Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"

"I have been able to hold only half. Because of my crack, you have to do all this work, and you don't get full value for your efforts," said the bucket.

The bearer felt sorry and said, "As we return to the owner's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the road." As they went up the hill the cracked bucket noticed the beautiful flowers and this made it feel better.

The bearer said, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side, but not on the other side? I planted flower seeds(种子) on your side, and every day while we took water to the owner's house from the river, you have watered them. "

We are all "cracked buckets". But we shouldn't be ashamed, because we can be the cause of beauty. We can also find our good points.

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1.An Italian bearer took water to his owner's house every day.

2.The small bucket was ashamed of itself.

3.The water from the cracked bucket watered the flower seeds on both sides.

4.The water bearer was so clever that he could find the value of the cracked bucket.

5.The passage tells us that we are all cracked buckets.

You're probably used to getting takeaway delivered (递送) to your home these days. Maybe you and your parents even order pizza (A)from time to time. But the first pizza delivery in history took place nearly 150 years ago—in Italy.

In 1878, Queen Margherita became the first queen of Italy. As the story goes, the queen grew tired of eating "fancy" meals and wanted to eat "common" food. Raffaele Esposito, the (B)most famous pizza cook at that time, was asked to deliver a pizza to the queen. He prepared a pizza with tomatoes, cheese and basil-the red tomatoes, white cheese and green basil standing for the colors of Italy's new national flag, As soon as the pizza was taken(C)________of the oven, he quickly delivered it to the queen himself. The queen had never eaten pizza before and said (D)it was one of the best things she'd ever eaten. Esposito named the pizza after the queen, and it has been served in nearly every pizza restaurant in the world ever (E)________.

Today, (F)比萨仍然是世界上最流行的快餐之一. In1973, US pizza company Domino's Pizza promised to deliver its pizzas in "30 minutes or less"— if the pizza was late, it would be free. Little Caesars, another US pizza company, offers a "Hot-N-ready" pizza at nearly all of its stores. (G)It cooks these pizzas around the clock so that there are always fresh pizzas available (可获得的). You go to the store, pay 6 dollars (about 42 yuan) and walk out with a fresh pizza with no waiting time. Pizza, it seems, might be the ultimate (终极的) "fast" food.

1.写出画线部分(A)和(B)的同义词或近义词:________

2.在画线部分(C)和(E)处填入适当的单词:________

3.文中画线部分(D)指代的是________

4.将画线部分(F)译成英语________

5.将画线部分(G)改写为: These pizzas ________ around the clock by it.

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