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Maybe you have seen this in schools: some students are Studying nearly all the time but they just pass their exams, while some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better in exams．How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to success．But now they have understood that smart work can make them succeed, too．

Hard workers don't mind working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers to these questions, "Why should I suffer this? Isn't there a better way to do this?" Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus now．Progress in every field is the direct result of "try to find a better way" by smart workers．

There was a large soap factory in Japan． Once it received an unusual letter from someone who complained that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought．

How could empty soapboxes go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machine （机器）let an empty soapbox go．There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem．The engineer soon worked out a solution: he put a huge X-ray （X光射线） machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes．After teaching the workers how to use it, he sat down in his seat, exhausted．

"Sir, we could have solved the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way," a worker said．

"Really? How? "

"We can put a huge fan （风扇） near the packing machine． The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes, leaving the other boxes with soap．There would be no need for an X-ray machine, two computers, and operating by workers．"

See, this is smart work． In order to succeed, we should not only work hard like the engineer, but also think smart like this worker．

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1．Some students spend much less time on schoolwork but do much better in exams _______.

A．because of their hard work

B．because of different education

C．because they try to find a better way

D．because they study for a much longer time

2．Someone wrote to the soap factory and complained that _______.

A．the soapbox he bought was empty

B．their soap was too expensive

C．the soap he bought was terrible

D．their service was very bad

3．The soap factory could only _______ near the packing machine to solve the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way．

A．set some soapboxes

B．set an X-ray machine

C．put two large computers

D．put a huge fan

4．The phrase "blow away" here in Chinese means _______.

A．停止 B．吹走 C．熄灭 D．逃脱

5．The article mainly tells us that we should _______ in order to succeed．

A．think of different answers to our questions

B．spend much less time on our schoolwork

C．work hard like the engineer and think smart like the worker

D．spend enough money repairing the machine for any problem

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　　Do you like to go camping(野营)？Do you know how to start a fire？If you don't know how to start a fire，you 　　1　　 your food，and can't sit by the side of a fire，and can't keep yourselves 　　2　　．

　　Long，long ago people 　　3　　 how to start fires．They probably started fires from lightning (闪电)．But they had to 　　4　　 the lightning fire burning，for there was 　　5　　 to start it 　　6　　．

　　Later people learned how to start fires．They 　　7　　 out hitting two pieces of stone(石头) together could make a spark(火光)．The spark could set 　　8　　 on fire(set…on fire使……燃烧)．They could start this kind of fire again if it went out(熄灭)．

　　Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing(摩擦)two sticks together．They made a hole(洞)on a large stick and put the 　　9　　 stick into the hole．And then they turned the stick again and again，　　10　　 a few minutes they started a fire．

　　About two hundred years 　　11　　，people began to 　　12　　 matches(火柴)．One early match looked 　　13　　 the match we use today．The match gave people a 　　14　　 way to start fires．Today people are 　　15　　 finding new ways to start fires．One of the new ways to start a fire is to use an electric fire starter(电子打火器)．Now you can 　　16　　 matches and electric fire starter at 　　17　　．Of course an electric fire starter is more expensive than 　　18　　，　　19　　 it is useful．

　　After people learned to make fires，their lives became 　　20　　．

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Eric and Helen are close friends．Yesterday was Helen's birthday，so Eric went to a shop trying to find a special birthday present．At last he saw a hair clip in the shape of a bird．He knew immediately the hair clip was exactly what he wanted for Helen．From the first time he saw it in the window，Eric knew he liked it．

Eric was happy as he walked to Helen's house．When she opened the door he said，"Happy．．．" and then stopped talking for a moment before going on，"birthday，Helen．" He just couldn't believe what he saw! There in Helen's hair was a bird hair clip．It was exactly the same as the one in his gift box! People at the party were talking，but most of the time Eric wasn't listening．He couldn't forget the hair clip．

Finally it was time for the birthday cake．"There are eighteen candles on the cake，Helen．Do you think you can blow them all out?" her parents said．"Make a wish first，wish for something that you want very much before you blow out the candles．If all the candles go out，you will get your wish．"

"I wish I had a bird hair clip，" Helen said and she blew out all the candles．

"What?" asked Eric．"What did you say?"

"The hair clip in my hair isn't mine．It's Millie's．She thought it looked good on me and she said I could have it for the evening．"

Eric quickly showed his little square box to Helen．He couldn't wait for her to open it!

1．How old is Helen?

A．16 B．18 C．20 D．22

2．What shape is the hair clip?

A B C D