George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a  36  , so she was always finding ways to save money.
She  37   vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to  38   to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch.
Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip 39   the bus was slow because of the traffic.
One day, the traffic was even  40  than usual.
“I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.
The next day   41  work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to 42  the bus.
He arrived home. Betty was  43  to see him panting (喘气). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked.
“I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty   44 , but it didn’t.
“ 45   didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the ___16___ person.
When I first knew Bill, back in college he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑) people I had ever ___17___. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and ___18___ was never dull(枯燥的) when he was ___19___. With him there was one wild adventure (探险) after another. Sometimes I wonder how we ___20___ to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Huston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. At first I wasn’t ___21___ sure it was him. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He talked most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the ___22___ thing Bill cared about was possessions(财物). Now they seemed to be his main ___23____.
I suppose it’ s ____24____ to expect people to remain the same, especially when I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new one. Maybe he ___25____ the same way about me.

During his college years, Sherman Rogers spent a summer in logging(伐木) camp. When the boss had to leave for   41  days, he put Rogers in charge(掌管).
“What shall I do if the men   42  to follow my orders?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, a worker who complained all day, gave the other men a   43  time.
“Fire（解雇） them,” the boss said. Then, as if reading Rogers’ mind, he added, “I suppose you are going to fire Tony if you get the   44 . I’d feel badly about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is one of the best workers I’ve ever had. I know he hates everybody and   45 . But he comes in first and leaves last. There has not been an   46  for eight years on the hill where he works.”
The next day, Rogers went to Tony, “Tony, do you know I’m in charge here today?” Tony said yes. “I was going to fire you the first time we quarreled,   47  I want you to know I’m not,” he told Tony, adding   48  the boss had said.
When he finished, Tony dropped the things in his hand and tears went down his   49 .
“Why didn’t he tell me that eight years   50  ?”
That day Tony worked   51  than ever before – and he smiled!
Rogers went back to   52  after that summer. Twelve years later he met Tony again who was now boss for one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to be so   53 .
Tony replied, “Were it not for the one minute you talk to me back that day, I would kill somebody some day. One minute   54  my whole life.”
Have you got one minute to thank someone? One minute to appreciate(欣赏) her or him? One minute. It can make a   55  for a lifetime.

My mother used to ask me, “What is the most important part of the body?” When I was young, I thought   16   was very important to us, so I said, “My ears, Mommy.” She said, “No. Many people are deaf but still live a  17   life; keep thinking and I will ask you again.”
Several years   18  before she asked me again. This time I told her, “Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and told me, “You are  19   fast, but the answer is not correct. Many people are blind, but they still live happily.” Over the years, she asked me many times and always her answer was, “No. But you are getting   20   every year, my child.”
Then last year, my grandpa died. Everyone was crying. When it was our turn to  21   our final goodbye to him, my mother asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?” I was  22   when she asked me this. I always thought this was a game between her and me. I saw her eyes with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder (肩膀).” I asked, “Is it because it  23  up my head?”  She replied, “No. It is because it can hold the head of a friend or a relative (亲戚) when he or she  24 . Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends, so you will  25  have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.” That was when I realized what the most important body part is.

Will Smith is famous for his movies. He thinks it's  26  that people like his movies. The actor admitted that he was touched  27  by the warm welcome from his fans.
He said that he judged(评价) the   28  of the material by how it was liked by people. People worked hard to make a living and then on a Friday night they went to the   29 , and a lot of the time they   30  his movies over a lot of other movies. So he thought that was very ,very crazy.
Will— who made the most money in Hollywood in 2008 —    31   almost an hour talking to the thousands of exciting fans who came all the way to see him though it was a freezing cold day.
Huge letters, "W-I-L-L S-M-I-T-H", also made a deep  32  upon the married actor.
The "Men in Black" star was deeply moved and said, "Oh this is so fantastic.You see that? It's beautiful you know.  I told them I wanted my   33  40 metres high!"
In his new movie, Will    34  a man with a secret who starts out to set himself free by changing the   35  of seven strangers,but unexpectedly falls in love with one of them．

Once upon time, a man taught some monkeys how to dance. The monkeys were    16   clever that they began to dance well very soon.
The man was happy. He     17   the monkeys up in special clothes and masks(面具). Then he took them to   18  party. He wanted people  19  his dancing monkeys.
The dancing monkeys were very popular at the party.   20  knew they were monkeys, and everyone enjoyed   21   them dance.
Then a naughty boy threw some bananas in front of the dancing monkeys.  22   the sight of the bananas,the monkeys forgot all about    23 . They tore off   24  masks and rushed over to the bananas and began to eat.
All the people at the party began to laugh. "They aren't dancers at all," said one person. "They are just monkeys! I guess not everything you see is   25   it appe- ars to be!"
"And," said another, "you should never try to be something you're not."

One day something went wrong with a man’s bicycle chain(链条). The man could not repair it, so he looked    36   for help. The only house nearby belonged to a woman who had    37   there a few months earlier. The man knocked at the door, but the woman did not answer. The door had clear glass in it, and the man    38   see that the woman was home. He decided to knock again. Finally the woman came to the door. The man immediately explained his    39  . “I can fix the chain,” the woman said. Later when the bike was    40   to go, the man said, ‘Thanks. I hope I can help you some day.” “I never need help,” the woman said.
The following week the man was riding his bike    41  he noticed the woman walking down the street. A strong wind suddenly lifted her hat and sent it into the branches(树枝) of an old tree. The woman tried to get her hat with a stick, but she failed. She seemed    42   because she clearly was not dressed for tree-climbing. The man hurried over, quickly climbed up to the hat and    43   it into the woman’s waiting hands. When she put on her hat, she    44   the man as he climbed back on his bike. ‘I think I told you I never need help,” the woman said, “I’m glad you didn’t    45   me. Thanks.” Then they both smiled.

I had a really busy week. There were too many things for me to do, so I couldn’t  61  to have a rest. My friend said to me, “My dear, you look very  62 . Just sit down and  63 .” But how could I relax myself?  64  Monday to Friday, my schedule(日程安排表) was all  65 . Every day, I have two classes.  66  Monday and Wednesday, I practiced piano  67  the evening party. Thursday was my mother’s birthday. I  68  her and gave her a wonderful birthday party. Friday was the day for meeting in our school. Anyway(不管怎样), the  69  week was over. Now I  70  my happy weekend.

Long long ago, in France, there was a king. He liked to  51  pictures and he thought these pictures  52  good.
No one liked his pictures,  53  they were afraid of him. So they said he drew very  54 .
One day he showed his  55  to an honest man, and said, “How about my pictures?” To his surprise, the honest man said that they were  56  in fact. The king got  57  and put the honest man into prison.
After a month the king sent his man to the honest man to tell him that he was free. When the honest man returned from  58 , the king invited him to his palace to have dinner with him. He showed him some of his new pictures again and  59  him what he thought of them.
The honest man said  60  but turned back to the soldiers and said, “Put me into prison!”

Next week, Mr. Chen will take his class to the Space Museum. There are many things about  51  there. First, the children  52  a movie about space travel. They will see how a space shuttle(飞机)  53  and later lands on the earth again!
After the  54 , Mr Chen will take them to see some models of rockets and space shuttles. Though the models landed on the moon. They put an American national flag there. Then they came  55  to the earth safely.
The children will also  56  a video about some astronauts’ living and working on a space station. They will stay there for a year or two.
The Space Museum will be a(n)  57  place for the children to know  58  about space. They will have a great time there.