10．Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble？
One day，two （41）A were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears．They thought the woman looked very（42）B．They went up to her and said，"Are you going to town？If you are，we will help carry your basket．"
"Thank you，"（43）C the woman，"you are very kind．You see I'm weak and ill．"Then she told them that she was now going to market to （44）D the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden．
"We are all going to the （45）A．"said the boys．"Let us have the basket．"And they took hold of it，one each side．They walked （46）C with the heavy basket，but happily．
The other day，I saw a little girl stop and （47）D a piece of orange peel（皮），which she threw into the dustbin（垃圾桶），"I wish （48）A would throw that on the sidewalk，"said she．"Someone may step on it and fall．"
Perhaps some may say that these are not （49）C things．That is right．But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart．We must not wait for the （50）B to do great things．We must begin with little things of love．
One day，two （41）A were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears．They thought the woman looked very（42）B．They went up to her and said，"Are you going to town？If you are，we will help carry your basket．"
"Thank you，"（43）C the woman，"you are very kind．You see I'm weak and ill．"Then she told them that she was now going to market to （44）D the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden．
"We are all going to the （45）A．"said the boys．"Let us have the basket．"And they took hold of it，one each side．They walked （46）C with the heavy basket，but happily．
The other day，I saw a little girl stop and （47）D a piece of orange peel（皮），which she threw into the dustbin（垃圾桶），"I wish （48）A would throw that on the sidewalk，"said she．"Someone may step on it and fall．"
Perhaps some may say that these are not （49）C things．That is right．But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart．We must not wait for the （50）B to do great things．We must begin with little things of love．
| 41．A．boys | B．girls | C．men | D．women |
| 42．A．bored | B．tired | C．pleased | D．surprised |
| 43．A．asked | B．told | C．replied | D．spoke |
| 44．A．bring | B．buy | C．take | D．sell |
| 45．A．town | B．market | C．garden | D．school |
| 46．A．weakly | B．quickly | C．slowly | D．quietly |
| 47．A．take out | B．cut off | C．put down | D．pick up |
| 48．A．nobody | B．everybody | C．somebody | D．anybody |
| 49．A．little | B．good | C．great | D．bad |
| 50．A．pay | B．time | C．advice | D．love． |
9．When I was a kid in Minnesota，watermelon was expensive．One of my father's friends，Bernie，was a rich businessman，who（41）A a large store in St．Paul．
Every summer，when the first watermelons arrived，Bernie would （42）C．Dad and I would go to Bernie's place．We'd sit on the edge of the dock（码头），feet dangling（摇晃），and got ready for a big meal．
Bernie would take his knife，cut our first watermelon，hand us both a big piece and sit down（43）A to us．Then we'd bury our （44）D in watermelon，eating only the heart-the reddest，juiciest，firmest，sweetest，most seed-free part-and （45）B the rest．
Bernie was my father's idea of a rich man．I always thought it was because he was such a（46）B businessman．Years later，I realized that it was not Bernie's wealth itself but his（47）C of dealing with it that my father liked．Bernie knew how to stop working，get together with friends and eat only the （48）D of the watermelon．
（49）C I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind．Some of us，no matter how much money we have，will never be（50）A enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon．If you don't take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and （51）D life's small pleasure，your work is probably （52）B your life．
For many years，I forgot that（53）A I'd learned as a kid on the loading dock．I was too busy making all the money I could．
Well，I've relearned it．I hope I have time left to enjoy the （54）C of others and to （55）B pleasure in the day．That's the heart of the watermelon．I have learned again to throw the rest away．
Every summer，when the first watermelons arrived，Bernie would （42）C．Dad and I would go to Bernie's place．We'd sit on the edge of the dock（码头），feet dangling（摇晃），and got ready for a big meal．
Bernie would take his knife，cut our first watermelon，hand us both a big piece and sit down（43）A to us．Then we'd bury our （44）D in watermelon，eating only the heart-the reddest，juiciest，firmest，sweetest，most seed-free part-and （45）B the rest．
Bernie was my father's idea of a rich man．I always thought it was because he was such a（46）B businessman．Years later，I realized that it was not Bernie's wealth itself but his（47）C of dealing with it that my father liked．Bernie knew how to stop working，get together with friends and eat only the （48）D of the watermelon．
（49）C I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of mind．Some of us，no matter how much money we have，will never be（50）A enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon．If you don't take the time to dangle your feet over the dock and （51）D life's small pleasure，your work is probably （52）B your life．
For many years，I forgot that（53）A I'd learned as a kid on the loading dock．I was too busy making all the money I could．
Well，I've relearned it．I hope I have time left to enjoy the （54）C of others and to （55）B pleasure in the day．That's the heart of the watermelon．I have learned again to throw the rest away．
| 41．A．owned | B．worked | C．shopped | D．bought |
| 42．A．say | B．talk | C．call | D．tell |
| 43．A．next | B．near | C．beside | D．around |
| 44．A．months | B．noses | C．eyes | D．faces |
| 45．A．put away | B．throw away | C．take away | D．give away |
| 46．A．good | B．successful | C．helpful | D．thoughtful |
| 47．A．opinion | B．idea | C．way | D．thought |
| 48．A．peel | B．rest | C．part | D．heart |
| 49．A．Which | B．That | C．What | D．Where |
| 50．A．free | B．happy | C．busy | D．sure |
| 51．A．make | B．have | C．like | D．enjoy |
| 52．A．destroying | B．hurting | C．injuring | D．damaging |
| 53．A．lesson | B．experience | C．example | D．model |
| 54．A．successful | B．succeed | C．success | D．successful |
| 55．A．bring | B．take | C．carry | D．fetch． |
7．Arriving in Sydney on his own from India，my husband，Rushid，stayed in a hotel for a short time while （16）B a house for me and our children．
During the first week for his stay，he went out one day to do some shopping．He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was （17）C．He was extremely worried as the suitcase had （18）C his important papers，including his passport．
He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and （19）A in a strange city，thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to move into a new one．
Late in the evening，the phone rang．It was a （20）D．He was trying to pronounce my husband's name and was asking him a lot of questions．Then he said they found a pile of papers in their dustbin（21）C was left out on the footpath．
My husband （22）D to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents（文件）．Their young daughter went to the dustbin and found plenty of unfamiliar papers．Her parents carefully searched for everything useful but they found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents．（23）D they saw a half-written letter．In the letter，my husband gave his new telephone number （24）A a friend．
That family not only brought back the important documents to us that day but also（25）
D faith and trust in people．We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way．
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During the first week for his stay，he went out one day to do some shopping．He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was （17）C．He was extremely worried as the suitcase had （18）C his important papers，including his passport．
He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and （19）A in a strange city，thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to move into a new one．
Late in the evening，the phone rang．It was a （20）D．He was trying to pronounce my husband's name and was asking him a lot of questions．Then he said they found a pile of papers in their dustbin（21）C was left out on the footpath．
My husband （22）D to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents（文件）．Their young daughter went to the dustbin and found plenty of unfamiliar papers．Her parents carefully searched for everything useful but they found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents．（23）D they saw a half-written letter．In the letter，my husband gave his new telephone number （24）A a friend．
That family not only brought back the important documents to us that day but also（25）
D faith and trust in people．We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way．
| 16．A．thinking of | B．looking for | C．finding out | D．dreaming about |
| 17．A．missed | B．disappeared | C．gone | D．left |
| 18．A．any of | B．one of | C．all of | D．none of |
| 19．A．lonely | B．relaxed | C．patient | D．pleased |
| 20．A．neighbour | B．driver | C．policeman | D．stranger |
| 21．A．what | B．when | C．that | D．who |
| 22．A．walked | B．went | C．drove | D．rushed |
| 23．A．Above all | B．So that | C．In addition | D．At last |
| 24．A．to | B．for | C．with | D．as |
| 25．A．my | B．your | C．their | D．our． |
Time is in the year 2095．It is reported that a comet（彗星） is rushing towards the Earth．Most of it will miss our earth，but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of our planet．