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　　This story took place in France during World War Ⅱ．At the edge of the forest lived a French girl named Marie．She spent her time looking 　　1　　 goats in the forest．

　　One day, she was sitting on a fallen tree, 　　2　　 she heard a voice from behind the bush．It said, “Don’t look around, but listen 　　3　　．You know the little window in the roof over your bed and hold your 　　4　　 lamp just under the window for ten minutes．And then put 　　5　　 the light and go to sleep．”

　　She did 　　6　　 the unseen man told her．She could hear a plane flying round and round 　　7　　 her cottage．“I’m helping the plane!” Marie said to 　　8　　．

　　At that time thousands of French people were 　　9　　 in the forests and mountains to resist the Germans．They were in need of food and weapons, which had to be 　　10　　 to them from planes coming from England．In this way, Marie carried out 　　11　　．

　　One morning Marie met the owner of the voice, a young French soldier．He sat near her and said, “Thank you, Marie, for what you have done．Tonight is very important．Things of great 　　12　　 will be dropped and the light must be shown at 3 o’clock in the morning．Can you keep 　　13　　 till then?” “I’ll not 　　14　　,” Marie answered．Night fell．Two 　　15　　 soldiers burst in, gun in hand．They searched the cottage and remained in her room and she was 　　16　　 to go outside．She sat still, wondering what she could do．She couldn’t stand on the bed to show the light．She remembered her 　　17　　 to the French soldier．The enemies were asleep．Just then she had an idea．Noiselessly she got out of the room and 　　18　　 fire to the hay．In a moment the cottage was burning．She ran 　　19　　 the forest．In the morning, the French soldier came．“You’ve done well, Marie,” he said, “You did not fail．The plane 　　20　　 us what we need．Your parents are safe．Come and join us．”

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　　Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings．The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of 　　1　　 is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest．She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much．Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the 　　2　　 of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his 　　3　　．Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he 　　4　　 it．Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without 　　5　　．When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld．When Demeter 　　6　　 what happened to Persephone, she became so 　　7　　 that she caused all plants to 　　8　　．People were in 　　9　　 of starving．But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow 　　10　　 her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her．　　11　　, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s 　　12　　．She could go back to her mother if she had not 　　13　　 anything while she was in the underworld．Demeter 　　14　　 it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴)seeds in the underworld．When Zeus 　　15　　 this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her 　　16　　, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld．And so it 　　17　　 that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore 　　18　　 not let the crops grow．

　　That is 　　19　　 we have winter when plants do not grow．When Persephone returns, Demeter is 　　20　　, it is spring, and plants begin to grow again．

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　　I’m a newspaper reporter．I don’t have 　　1　　 money, but I meet a lot of interesting people．Some are rich, 　　2　　 are poor．One or two are dishonest, but the others tell the truth most of the time．On the whole, I like my job and I am good at it．I type fast．I have a good 　　3　　．I don’t talk, but I’m a good 　　4　　．I’m probably the best listener in the entire city and I 　　5　　 stupid．I have a very stupid face．People look at me, and then they explain things to me very slowly．Other reporters ask people a lot of questions and 　　6　　 them angry, but I just look stupid and soon I am getting a lot of 　　7　　：many uninteresting ideas, many irrelevant(不相关的)facts, but always 　　8　　 interesting news for my newspaper．

　　I have a method for 　　9　　 news from the ordinary men in the street．Let me give you 　　10　　．Yesterday afternoon I needed information about recreation for elderly 　　11　　 people in the city．I went to the park, sat on a bench 　　12　　 the sun, and waited．Soon, an old lady came and sat next to me．She carried two large paper bags and an old handbag．I sat quietly beside her for about ten minutes, and then I 　　13　　 a chocolate bar slowly．I made a lot of 　　14　　 with the paper wrapping．Next, I offered her a piece of my chocolate．After that, she told me about 　　15　　．She doesn’t have real home．She and two friends sleep in the bus station; on warm days she comes to the park with her few belongings in two paper bags．Later, we went to a restaurant for a cup of coffee and a sandwich．I 　　16　　, of course, I didn’t 　　17　　 any notes．I asked her a few questions about recreation, but she wasn’t interested in 　　18　　．She needed money and a place to live in, she said．She told me a lot about the bus station．I gave her a dollar and some 　　19　　．Finally, I 　　20　　 her in the park, went back to the office, and typed up some notes for my newspaper．