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| When people find something valuable and return it to its owner, they are often given a reward. This is because the person not only found what was lost but also spent time 1 its owner or taking it to the police station. There was once a young boy 2 found a woman's purse in a shopping centre. Inside the purse there 3 some money and the woman's driving license. Her name and 4 were printed on the license, so the boy knew where she lived. That evening he went to her house and 5 her door. When she opened it, he said, "I found your purse," and handed it to her. "Thank you very much," she said. She opened her purse and took out all the money. She wanted to give the boy a small reward, 6 there were only bills of ＄20 in the purse and she thought that $ 20 was too 7 to give the boy." I'm sorry," she said, "but I don't have any small 8 to give you." The boy said, "That's all right," and he went away. A few days later he found 9 woman's purse. It also had her driving license in it, so he knew where she lived. He went to her house and said "I found your purse," and handed it to. "Thank you very much," she said. She opened her purse and took out all her money. "That's 10 ", she said, "Before I lost my purse I had a $100 bill and a $20 bill in it. Now I have a $100 bill, a $10 bill and two $5 bills." "Yes," the boy said, and smiled. | |||
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| Long long ago, there was a swan (天鹅) with golden feathers (金羽毛). She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house 1 the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, 2 still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn't have enough 3 to buy food. The swan was 4 to see that. She said to herself, "I'll give one of my 5 to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers. "That evening, she 6 to the poor woman's house and left a golden feather on the table without saying 7 . From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much 8 than before. But day after day,t he woman became greedy (贪婪). She said to her 9 . "The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all 10 feathers shen she comes next time." "Oh, no, Mom!" cried the daughters, "This will 11 the swan. She helps us a lot! "But the mother wouldn't listen. When the 12 came as usual,t he mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers 13 chicken feathers. Then, the Golden Swan said, "Poor Mother, I came to 14 you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will 15 come back. Never be greedy!" With these words, the swan flew away. | ||||
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| A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had 1 to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well 2 it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted. Then on the morning of his graduation (毕业), he was called to his father's room. His father told him how 3 he was to have such a fine son, and told him how 4 he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 5 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣经) with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his 6 to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then 7 out of the house, leaving the Bible. Many years passed and the young man was very 8 in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family. 9 that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him 10 that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a 11 telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take 12 of the things that his father left him. When he began to search through his father's important papers, he saw the still new Bible, 13 as he had left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to 14 the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag (标牌) dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the 15 of his graduation, and the words "PAID IN FULL". Sadness and regret (悔恨) filled his heart. | ||||
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| Monty Robert's father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to 1 with his father. Sometimes they didn't have enough money to 2 food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a 3 farm. When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper 4 what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. He wrote a seven-page paper 5 his dream of having a horse farm one day. He 6 drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper. The next day he handed 7 in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red "F" with some words "See me after class." 8 the boy did and asked his teacher, "Why did I get an F?" The teacher said, "This dream will not 9 for a young boy like you. 10 a horse farm needs a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it." Then the teacher added, "If you write this paper again with a 11 dream, I will give you a good grade." After school he thought about it 12 . At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making 13 changes at all. He wrote, "You can keep the F and I'll keep my 14 ." Many years later, Monty had his own 200 acres horse farm. His dream came true. So don't let 15 take away your dreams. Follow your dreams, no matter what they are. | ||||
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| The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to 1 an umbrella with her. She got on the bus to the town and before long it began to rain. The rain had not stopped 2 the bus arrived at the market half an hour later. Mrs Grant stood up and absent-mindedly (心不在焉的) picked up the umbrella that was 3 on the seat in front of her. A cold voice said loudly, "That is mine, Madam!" Suddenly remembering that she had come out without her umbrella, Mrs Grant felt 4 for what she had done, trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant 5 the owner of the umbrella was giving her. When she got off the bus, Mrs Grant made straight for a shop where she could buy an umbrella. She found a pretty one and bought it. Then she 6 to buy another as a present for her daughter. Afterwards she did the rest of her 7 and had lunch in a restaurant. In the afternoon she got on the homeward (回家的) bus with the two umbrellas under her arm, and sat down. Then she 8 that, by a curious coincidence (巧合), she was sitting next to the woman who had made her feel 9 that morning. That woman now looked at her, and then at the umbrellas. "You've had quite a good 10 ," she said. | ||||
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| One famous artist Sheikh went back to his hometown. He hadn't seen of his friends for many years, who was a 1 man. When Sheikh asked about him, he was told by people that he was no longer poor. Sheikn 2 to pay a visit to his friend. 3 talking with his friend, Sheikh asked him the 4 for the change. The man answered that he had been so poor that he had to sell some properties (财产) that 5 him. By selling these things, he had 6 some money enough to start a business with. As he was on his way home with the money, he saw a poor woman 7 by the road. The man asked the woman reason, and she 8 that her husband died and her children were 9 . Hearing this, the man felt pity, and on seeing that she needed to money than 10 , he gave all the money to her. He 11 home and spent the night sad and 12 for his family. The next morning, 13 he was summoned (召唤) to the house of a rich man. The rich man told him that he had 14 bags of rice which he wanted to sell quickly and the man could buy it at a low price on loan (借用) from him. The poor man did so and sold the rice 15 . Soon he became rich. | ||||
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