It took Peter quite a while to find a place for his car and in the end he had to 　　1　　 it in a small street，some way from the dentist’s．As he got out，he looked at his watch．He would meet the dentist at five and he still had half an hour．He 　　2　　 the square(广场)and sat down in a chair，to 　　3　　 the falling sun．

　　As he sat there，he watched the children playing．He was 　　4　　 to see a red car like his own come out of the street where he had parked(停车)．The car moved fast and soon disappeared．Peter felt in his pockets for 　　5　　 ，but they were not there．

　　“My car！”he shouted in a loud voice，which made several people look at him．He got up and ran out of the square，then down the small street．His car was not to be seen- 　　6　　 then he found it was behind a large one，with the keys 　　7　　 his car．

　　By the time he reached the dentist’s，it was 　　8　　 ．“A very strange thing happened to me．”he said to the dentist to explain why he was 　　9　　 ．

　　“ 　　10　　 ，sir．”said the dentist．“In fact l have only just got here．”

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　　Tom woke up on Monday morning．He felt 1ndline．He always felt sick on Monday mornings．He had to go to school for a 2　 week! He almost wished there were no weekends．3　 was even more difficult for him to go back to school!

　　He 4　 in bed and wondered what excuse(借口)he could make this time．He looked at his body，but could find 5　 wrong．A little headache? 6ndline．He had used that excuse many times．Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose (松动)．Good! He was just going to start groaning(呻吟) 7 　 he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out．That would 8ndline! He looked for something else．Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes．He pulled his right foot out and looked at it．9　 of the toes was really hurting．Tom began to groan．

　　“What's 10　 with you?”Aunt Polly asked．

　　“My toe hurts．”

　　The old lady fell into a chair，11　 a little，“Tom，you frightened me．Now shut up at once and get out of 12ndline．”

　　Tom felt like a thief being caught．“Well，it seemed all right．It hurt so much 13　 I forgot my tooth．”

　　“Tooth，eh? What's wrong with your tooth?”

　　“One of them is loose and it hurts 14．”

　　“No problem，"answered Aunt Polly，“I can pull it out”

　　“Please，Aunt! Don't pull it out．It has 15　 hurting now．Please!”

　　“No way! Well，you'll have your tooth out and you'll go to school．”

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　　People celebrate(庆祝)birthdays in almost every country on Earth．And they celebrate them in many different ways．

　　In China and in Japan, for example, the arrival of the New Year is more important than a person’s birthday．So everyone adds a year to their ages on New Year’s Day, instead of on their birthday．

　　In Brazil, the special birthday food isn’t cake, but special candies．In China, it’s long noodles-for long life．In Iceland, people have pancakes with candies rolled inside them on birthdays．

　　In Britain, a birthday is an all－day celebration．At school, the birthday child is lifted up and “bumped” by his classmates．This means the child is lifted by the feet and arms and bumped to the ground, once for each year and once for good growth．In Israel, the same custom(风俗)is followed, except the birthday person is lifted and lowered while sitting in a chair．

　　In Holland, children not only get presents, but they give things out, too．They give cakes, cookies and candies to their classmates and teachers on their birthday．

　　In Mexico, it’s good luck to give birthday greetings as early in the day as possible．So it’s usual for the birthday child to be woken up at mid－night by friends birthday songs．

　　In India, birthday celebrations also begin before dawn(黎明)．Prayers(祈祷)and blessings must be said before morning comes．

　　In Thailand, two tall candles are lighted the night before a birthday．One is as tall as the birthday person．If it goes out early, it’s bad luck．Another custom of Thailand is that they buy live(活的)fish and birds for the birthday person and then the birthday person frees the animals, and it brings good luck．

　　In Nigeria, everyone in a certain age group celebrate their birthdays together, on a certain day．

　　In many countries birthday customs are changing．Old customs are giving way to western style birthdays, with candle-topped cakes．But one thing never changes－Birthdays are special days for everyone!

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　　One day, John’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire(退休)after working for forty years．John said 　　1　　．“I’m only nine, so it means Grandpa has been working…er a really long time．”

　　His parents said,“Yes．That’s 　　2　　 we are going to have a surprise party for him．”

　　John loved his grandpa and wanted to do 　　3　　 for him．He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before．He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position(职位)on that card, so he decided 　　4　　 a new one for his grandpa．

　　When the big day came, John was ready．But he 　　5　　 want to put his gift together with the others’．He carried it around with him the whole evening．

　　When all the other people had left, John took his grandpa’s hand and brought him over to a chair and gave 　　6　　 the gift．

　　His grandpa smiled,“Well, it must 　　7　　 a nice gift．May I open it now?”

　　“Sure!”John said excitedly．

　　As Grandpa opened it, tears(眼泪)came into his eyes．John gave him the 　　8　　 gift he had ever had!It was a business card with his new position：FULL-TIME GRANDPA!John said,“Now your full-time job is being my grandpa!”

　　“Well．　　9　　 do I get paid?”his grandpa asked with a smile．

　　“As many hugs(拥抱)as you want!”With 　　10　　 words, John gave his grandpa a hug．

　　“Well, I guess that I’m the richest man in the world!”said Grandpa．

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