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　　Miss White was the owner of a little bakery．She was forty years old，and she was not married．

　　A customer who came to Miss White's bakery two or three times a week had never asked for any good bread，but，strangely enough，he wanted only two pieces of old and dry bread each time．

　　One day Miss White found on the customer's finger red and brown dirt．

　　She guessed that the customer probably was a poor artist．He lived in an old house，where he painted pictures and ate dry bread．Miss White，a woman with a kind heart，noticed that the customer began to look thinner and very sad，so she wanted to do something for him．

　　As usual the customer came again and ordered two pieces of dry bread．Suddenly a fire car came by with a great sound．When the customer hurried to the door to look，Miss White quickly cut the bread with a knife and put a lot of butter into it．She covered the bread with paper before the customer turned back to the counter（柜台）．Not long after，the customer returned and shouted angry words with Miss White．“I'll kill you．You have made my picture waste．I have been working hard for three months drawing a picture for a new city hall．I always make my drawing in pencil first，and when it's done，I cleaned the pencil lines with dry and hard bread pieces．”

　　Hearing that，Miss White knew how foolish her kind heart was．

1．A bakery was a place where ________．

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A．paper was made

B．pictures were painted

C．colors were sold

D．bread was made and sold

2．The customer only bought hard and dry bread because ________．

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A．he cleaned the pencil lines with it

B．he liked to eat it

C．Miss White only sold it

D．he was very poor

3．In the end，we know that the artist's drawing must be ________．

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4．The story shows that Miss White was ________．

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Every　　 second day he went to the library for some books to read. But after a page or two，he would put the book down and pick up　　 new one

A．the：a　 B不填；龇　 C th。；the　 D不填；a

This Saturday morning I was having a walk around, enjoying the quiet morning, beautiful weather and lovely life, with my dog Jett running　 16　 (enjoy) beside me.

At one home I passed, I noticed a newspaper that　 17 (lie) by the roadside instead of near the door. Thinking I would make someone else’s life a little 18　 (easy), I picked up the paper and gently threw it towards their door. 19　 instead of landing on the doorstep, the paper sailed　 20　 the wrong direction because of the strong wind and landed on the roof of a big truck in the driveway.

　 No one saw the funny scene but me and I burst out laughing. It was very quiet and they were probably still sleeping. It was too early to knock on the door and tell the homeowner 21 their newspaper was. 22 , instead I walked home, got dressed and went to the store to make it right.

　 I returned a little later with a new newspaper and a basket of strawberries freshly 23 (pick) from my garden. I found the homeowner in the driveway with some of his friends. With a deep breath I came up to him and said, “I hope you have a great sense of humour.” I explained what had happened to 　 24　 newspaper.

　 Hearing this they all laughed loudly and I couldn’t help but smile all day. I’ve heard it said. “Character is what you do 25　 nobody is looking.” I should be a man of character!

These days I believe most of us have been informed of a newly born disease dubbed swine flu.　　 Even the farmers in remote areas heard of this 1　 a host of times, though they may even have no clues at all about 　2　 this disease really is.

3　 hearing the breakout of the flu in Mexico, needless to say, I myself did feel a strong sense of fright. Maybe many people, 　4 somewhat worried, might not feel so concerned to the degree I felt. Maybe some of us still felt that the disease was too 　5　 away from us at that time, for it just hit Mexico and not too many deaths were caused then. If you really thought so, I could do nothing but 　6　 to laugh at you for your extremely childish and immature thinking. This disease led me to think of ASRS taking place years ago. 　7 was beyond our wildest dream how many doctors and nurses departed 　8　 their families forever for the sake of saving lives. All these are so brutal that we are reluctant to mention them any more.