Newton was a great English scientist（科学家）．He was one of the greatest 1   in history．One morning he  2  up early and began to work on a difficult problem．It was  3  to have breakfast,  4  he was thinking about the problem．Mary brought a pan（平底锅）of water and an egg to his room．She was going to boil（煮）the eggs  5   him．But Newton wanted to stay by himself．He  6  to Mary, “Please put the egg  7  the table．I’ll boil it．”

Mary put the egg  8  Newton’s watch on the table and said ,“Boil the egg for four minutes（分钟）and it will be ready．” Then she walked out of the room．She went to his room again and hour later．What did she  9 ? Newton was standing by the pan，having the  10  in his hand．He had put the watch in the pan． 

（  ）1．A．man      B．men       C．woman       D．women

（  ）2．A．got       B．stood      C．sat           D．put

（  ）3．A．time      B．food       C．drink         D．him

（  ）4．A．and       B．but        C．when         D．where

（  ）5．A．by        B．with       C．for           D．to

（  ）6．A．told       B．said       C．asked         D．talked

（  ）7．A．on        B．under      C．beside        D．in

（  ）8．A．on        B．under      C．behind        D．beside

（  ）9．A．look       B．watch     C．see           D．saw

（  ）10．A．egg      B．watch      C．book         D．pen

All the _______ teachers enjoyed themselves on March 8th, because it was their own holiday．

A． man            B． men           C． woman            D． women

All the __________teachers enjoyed themselves on March 8th，because it was their own holiday．

A．man             B．men              C．woman             D．women

All the_____ teachers enjoyed themselves on March 8th，because it was their own holiday．

A．man         B．men           C．woman           D．women

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”

Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （认出他的脚步声）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”

Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!