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The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don’t know h  1   to use it. Sometimes it makes things difficult for me.

One day I wanted to see my friend nearby. I could a  2  at his house in five minutes, but I looked at my mobile phone and thought i  3   would be better to ring him up. I r  4  him for the first time, but the line was busy. Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number. Then I tried a 5  and this time I got an answer from him.

I asked him if he was at home in the afternoon. And he said--at 1  6  I thought he said--he would be at home all afternoon. So I went to his house, but then I found n  7 in. I called him for the fourth time. This time I got so angry that I s  8  , “You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home all afternoon!”

Here w  9  his answer, “No, I said: ‘I will NOT be at home all afternoon.’”

I went back to my room, sat down in front of the mobile phone and looked at it. What e  10  could I do? Nothing!

Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
“I don’t sing,” said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did. He had never sung in pubic before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋)he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too，have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
【小题1】The lady asked the player to sing a song because            .

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There are many things that you should be c___1._ with when you are at home. Read the following ways to p___2.__ yourself.

1.  Keep the door locked when you are a___3._ at home. Many people think it’s the best way to protect themselves.

2.  Keep a list of phone numbers to call for h___4._, such as 110.or a neighbour’s  number.

3.  Be careful with the electrical appliances. If you don’t know h___5._ to use them, ask your parents. Make a safety check b_6._  you go to bed.

Look t_7._ the keyhole when you hear the doorbell. If there are strangers, ask “Who is that?” with the door locked and say “come here later.” D__8.__ tell them your parents are o___9.__ . Say “Mum is having a shower.” or “Dad is having a sleep.” To ignore（忽视） the doorbell is not a good idea b___10.__ sometimes bad people ring doorbells to see if anyone is at home.

Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
"I don't sing," said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!"
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!"
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
【小题1】The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.