阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

One day a farmer’s donkey (驴) fell down a well (井). The animal cried for hours as the farmer tried to find a way to get it out. Finally, he d____86____ to give up the animal, because it was very old and the well needed to be covered up.

He invited all of his neighbours to come and help him. They all began to fill the well w____87____ dirt (泥土). The donkey realized what was h____88____ and began to cry. Then, to everyone’s surprise, it became quiet.

A few minutes l____89____, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was a____90____ at what he saw. With each shovel (铲) of the dirt that hit its b____91____, the donkey shook it off and took a step up.

As the farmer’s neignbours went on to shovel dirt on top to the animal, he s____92____ shook it off and took a step up. Pretty soon, the donkey h____93____ got out.

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. E____94____ of our troubles is stepping stone. You can g____95____ out of the deepest well just by not stopping and never giving up! Shake (摇) it off and take a step.

完成对话。在对话的空格中填入适当的单词，使对话完整正确。一空一词（含缩略词）（共10小题，每小题1分；计 10分）

A: Hi, Li Ming. I'm going to Mike's party. Can you go with me?

I want to let you know him.

B: Mike? Who is Mike?

A: Oh! He is my new 1  and my new friend. He came to our class this term.

He is having a party at his house. He invited friends  2  his party.

B:   3  is it?

A: It is at 7:00 this evening. Are you  4  at that time?

B: Yes, I am. I would like to meet him. What do you think of him?

A: We have some things in  5  and he likes to do the same things as me. We  6 like sports. And we often play basketball after school. He is good at basketball and he plays  7  than me. Then we go home together. But there are also some  8  between us.

B: Is he    9   than you?

A: No, he is outgoing. He never stops talking with others. It's easy to make friends with him.

B: Really? I can't    10    to meet him.

A: I'm sure you two can become good friends. Oh, it's time to leave. Let's go.

B: That sounds great!

 One year ago. I asked a worker to help me repair my old house. He had a bad first day on the job: his car broke on the way, then he found he had left his tools for work at home and his wife telephoned to say his son had a bad cold. While I drove him home, he was silent all the way. When arriving, he invited me to meet his family.

As we walked towards the front door, he stopped at a small tree, and touched the tree with hands. When we opened the door, I was very surprised to see he changed into another person and there was a big smile on his face instead. He hugged (拥抱) his son and gave his wife a kiss.

After a while, when he walked me to the car, I asked him why he had touched the tree just then. "Oh, that's my trouble tree," he answered.  "Sometimes I have troubles on my job, but one thing is for sure, they don't belong to my wife and my son. So I just hang up (悬挂) the troubles on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up. "

“The funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, I hardly remember what I put the night before. "

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（10分）

1.How was the worker's firs day?

2. Where did the worker stop as they walked towards the front door?

3. What did the worker call the tree?

4. When did the worker pick up the troubles every day?

5. Did the worker remember fewer troubles the next morning?

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There is a little story about an insurance(保险) salesman in Tokyo. Even though this man tried very hard to promote the insurance, nobody bought it. One day, he came to a small temple and began to brag about his insurance. After listening to his introduction, the monk said: “Your recommendation of insurance can’t arouse any of my interests! When you are communicating with others, you must have the charm to attract others, or you will be unpromising in the future. Young man, try to change yourself!”
The salesman thought deeply about each word. From then on, he invited all his friends to point out his weakness and kept on improving himself bit by bit for all his life. Thirty years later, he became a millionaire. And this man is the famous Yuan Yi Ping. His experience reflects one attitude: sometimes, we should change ourselves instead of changing the world.
【小题1】The salesman _________________________.