Mabel is a beautiful girl. She likes all kinds of clothes, but she didn't  1  her heart into her lessons when she was at school. With her friend's help she finally finished middle school,  2  she learned little there. Of course, she can't do any important work and now she is a salesgirl in a  3   . She has to work there and hopes to find a better one.

One afternoon the girl argued with her mother angrily. So the following morning, when she served an old man, she was very   4  The old man chose a pair of shoes and bought them. Before he left, he asked, "How  5  will the shoes last?"

      "It depends. If you don't use them, the shoes will   6  be broken."

      The old man  7  nothing and went away. That afternoon, while Mabel was  8  for supper, she cut her finger. She had to go to a hospital. That old man happened to be on duty. After Mabel got the medicine from him, she asked, "When will I get   9  ?" "It depends," said the old man. "If you don't use  10  , you'll lose your finger. "

1．A．take                   B．bring          C．put                 D．get

2．A．but                  B．and           C．or            D．so

3．A．hospital               B．shop            C．bank          D．hotel

4．A．happy                 B．polite           C．unhappy        D．surprised

5．A．often                B．soon          C．much          D．long

6．A．never                 B．always         C．seldom         D．usually

7．A．told                   B．said           C．spoke          D．talked

8．A．doing                   B．making         C．preparing       D．looking

9．A．good                  B．bad            C．worse       D．better

10．A．it                      B．them           C．theirs            D．its

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　I'm a newspaperman(新闻记者)．I don't have much money, 　1 　I meet a lot of interesting people, some are 　2 　; 　3 　are poor．I like my job very much and I'm good at it．I don't talk a lot, but I'm a good 　4 　．Perhaps I'm the best listener in the city, and I look stupid(愚蠢的)and soon I am getting a lot of 　5 　．

　Let me 　6 　you 　7 　of how I got people to talk．I was writing an article(文章)about 　8 　in the city, how they live, 　9 　they do, and so on．So yesterday afternoon I went to the park, sat on a bench(长凳) 　10 　the sun, and waited．Soon an old woman came and sat near to me．She was carrying two large paper bags and an old handbag．I sat quietly 　11 　her about ten minutes, and 　12 　I took out some chocolate(巧克力)and I gave her a piece．After that, she 　13 　me about herself．She doesn't have a 　14 　．She and two friends sleep in the bus station．On warm days she comes to the park 　15 　her few clothes and things in two paper bags．　16 　we went to an eating place 17 a cup of coffee and 　18 　to eat．I paid, of course．I asked her a few questions about TV and films she was 　19 　．I gave her a dollar．Then, I 　20 　her in the park, went down to the office, and wrote the story for my article．

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　　One day, a young man asked Albert Einstein, 1 great German scientist, 2 the secret of success was. The scientist 3 him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days 4 the young man asked him the 5 question again. Einstein was very 6 . He did not say 7 , but wrote a few 8 on a piece of paper and 9 it to the young man. The young man looked 10 the piece of paper. On it was 11 : A＝X＋Y＋Z. “What 12 this mean?”asked the young man. “A means success,” 13 the old scientist. “X means hard work, Y means good methods(方法), and Z…Z means 14 talking and start to 15 .”

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