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　　Mr and Mrs Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one day．They 　　1　　 their car outside and went in．Mr Moore had never got drunk before, so he was careful not to drink too much, 　　2　　 his friend asked him to drink more all along．

　　During the party, Mrs Moore found that she had 　　3　　 to take her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and get it for her．He did so, but on his way back to the hotel, he heard a car horn blowing near his own car．He thought 　　4　　 might be in need of help and went over to the car with the 　　5　　．He found a small black bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn．

　　When Mr Moore got back to the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk．When he took them out of the hotel to 　　6　　 that his story was true, he found that the car with the bear in it had gone．There were so many 　　7　　 about Mr Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement in the newspaper：“If anyone saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel on the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”

　　Two days later Mrs Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that maybe the pet had blown the horn．

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“Ring…ring…”the telephone suddenly rang．Sam got up to 　　1　　 the call．It was his aunt．“Sam, 　　2　　 are you still at home?”she asked surprisingly．Sam 1ooked at the clock．It was already 7∶30 a.m．“Oh, my goodness!There's an important 　　3　　 today,”Sam shouted out．He hurried to wash his face and get 　　4　　．When he was going to leave the house, he 　　5　　 that he had not put away his books．He ran quickly to the 　　6　　 and put them into the bag．He then went to the bus stop to go to school as 　　7　　 as he could．When he got into the classroom, his classmates were 　　8　　 writing．“Why are you so 　　9　　?”asked the teacher．“I'm sorry, sir,”Sam answered, afraid of looking 　　10　　．“It was my clock．It 　　11　　 to wake me up this morning and…．”“Don't say anything about it,”his teacher 　　12　　 him．“Don't try to come late next time!”Sam said yes and walked to his 　　13　　 quickly．But when he tried to do the paper, he could not 　　14　　 in a right way．He put his head on the desk and said,“What a 　　15　　 day it has been for me!”

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　　There were no classes that afternoon, so Henry went to a 　　1　　 shop near his home．The shop sold many jackets．He looked 　　2　　 them and at last chose a very nice one．He 　　3　　 it on and then told the shopkeeper to put it into a 　　4　　．At that time his friend Bruce came into the shop．They hadn't seen each other for a long time．They were so 　　5　　 to meet again that they forgot everything．Soon they were busy 　　6　　 on and on happily．

　　It was nearly six o'clock, 　　7　　 they decided to go and have dinner together．Henry picked up the bag, and walked 　　8　　 the door of the shop．The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Henry to pay for the 　　9　　．Henry looked at him in surprise at first, but soon he remembered that he hadn't paid for it．He said 　　10　　, gave him the money and then left the shop with his friend．

　　Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者)many years ago．

　　That evening, she went to a birthday party which 　　1　　 until two o'clock in the morning．Agatha walked in the 　　2　　 street alone．Suddenly from the back of a dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her．“Good 　　3　　, lady,”the man said in a low voice,“I don't think you wish to 　　4　　 here!”“What do you want?”“Your earrings．Take them off!”

　　Agatha suddenly had a bright idea．She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领)of her overcoat while she used 　　5　　 hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 　　6　　 them on the ground．

　　“Take them and let me go,”she said．The robber thought that the girl didn't like the earrings at all, only trying to keep the necklace．It would cost 　　7　　, so he said,“Give me your necklace．”

　　“Oh, sir．It doesn't 　　8　　 much．Please let me wear it．”

　　“I'm not that silly．Quick!”

　　With shaking hands Agatha took off her necklace．As soon as the robber left, she picked up her earrings and ran as 　　9　　 as she could to one of her friends．

　　The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost 　　10　　 six pounds．

　　We know mosquitoes very well．Mosquitoes fly 　　1　　．They can be found 　　2　　 all over the world, and there are more than 2, 500 kinds of them．　　3　　 likes the mosquito．But the mosquito may 　　4　　 that she loves you．She?Yes, she．It is 　　5　　 that the male mosquito does not bite and only the femal mosquito bites because she needs blood to 　　6　　 eggs．She is always 　　7　　 things or people she wants to bite．If she likes what she finds, she bites．But if she does not like your blood, she will 　　8　　 to someone else for more delicious blood．Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are 　　9　　．You are different from the others!

　　If the mosquieto likes you, she lands on your body 　　10　　 letting you know．She bites you so quickly and quietly that may not feel anything 　　11　　．After she bites, you will have an itch on your body because she puts something from her 　　12　　 together with your blood．By the time the itch begins she has 　　13　　．

　　And then what happens?Well, after her delicious 　　14　　, the mosquito feels tired．She just wants to find a place to have a good rest．There, on a leaf or a wall, she 　　15　　 to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs．

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　　When I entered my classroom on the first day after the 　　1　　．holiday, I didn't find anything different．Boys were still talking about, basketball and computer games 　　2　　．Girls were asking about each other's holiday．The classroom was as noisy as it was before．but the class name had changed－Class 1, Junior 3．

　　I used to think that Junior 3 was so far away from me．　　3　　 now it's here．in my classroom, in my books and in my mind．This is a year of study, exams, challenges and pressure．I felt relieved(宽慰)that I didn't 　　4　　 many students holding exercise books or writing without stopping．Everybody was relaxing as they usually did, although they were in Junior 3．So I didn't feel any pressure．I'm afraid of pressure．I know it's 　　5　　 for a student to be worried all the time, but I can't help feeling 　　6　　 when I'm having an exam．I must try to change this．

　　Now I always tell myself,“Don't worry, the 　　7　　 is not that important．Try your best in the exam．　　8　　 has exams at school．Don't be afraid of such a normal thing．”This makes me feel better．Too much homework, too many exams, too much time 　　9　　 studying．But I never feel that, I'm unlucky．Every student experiences Junior 3．It's not easy．I will try my best no matter 　　10　　 difficult it is．

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　　I hired a worker to help me repair all old farmhouse．After he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a flat tire(车胎没气)made him 　　1　　 an hour of work and his electric drill(电钻)was broken and his old truck refused to start．While I drove him home, he sat in 　　2　　．

　　On arriving he invited me in to meet his family．As we walked toward the front door, he stopped at a small tree, 　　3　　 the branches with both hands．When opening tile door he changed completely．His face was covered in 　　4　　 and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss．

　　Afterward he walked me to the car．We passed the tree and my curiosity(好奇)got tile better of me．I asked him about what I had seen him do 　　5　　．“Oh, that's my trouble tree,”he replied．“I know I can't help having 　　6　　 on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't 　　7　　 in the house with my wife and the children, So I just 　　8　　 on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to tale care of them．Then in the morning I 　　9　　 them up again．”

　　“Funny thing is．”he smiled．“when I come out in tile morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as 　　10　　 as I remember hanging up the night before．”

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　　Once upon a time, some children 　　1　　 at seaside when they found a turtle(海龟)．They began to beat the turtle．Just at that time, a young man came and said to them,“Stop！” The children ran away 　　2　　．The turtle was very thankful and said,“Thanks for your 　　3　　．I really would like 　　4　　 you to a wonderful palace now．”

　　The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea．When he 　　5　　 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle“　　6　　 nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him a very 　　7　　 dinner．He had never seen 　　8　　 a dinner before．He received a warm welcome there and was very pleased 　　9　　 everything．

　　After dinner, the king of the turtles said,“I am going to give you two boxes, 　　10　　 you can open only one．”“You mustn't open both．Don't forget it！”the turtle warned him．“All right．I will open only one．”The young man promised．At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea．

　　After he went back home, he opened the 　　11　　 one of the two boxes．To his surprise the box was full of gold．“My God！” he cried．“I'm a rich man now．” Then he thought,“Things in the other small box must be expensive, too．” He could not wait 　　12　　．He broke his promise and opened the other box．As soon as he opened it, he became an old man．His hair turned white．His face looked like an old man over eighty years old．It all happened in a moment．He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late．

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　　Once, in a small village, lived a family with eight children．Two of the children loved 　　1　　 very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send 　　2　　 of them to study at the art college at the same time．After many discussions, the two boys finally 　　3　　 a plan．They would toss(抛)a coin．The loser would 　　4　　 down into the mines(煤矿)and, with his earnings(赚得的钱), 　　5　　 his brother studying at the college．Then, when the brother who won the toss finished his studies, after four years, he would support 　　6　　 brother studying at the college．

　　James won the toss and Jack went down into the mines．James worked with all his heart and his paintings were much 　　7　　 than those of most of his teachers, and by the time he 　　8　　, he was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings．

　　　　9　　 James returned, the family held a big dinner for his great success．Soon after the meal began, James 　　10　　 up from his seat to drink a toast to his dear 　　11　　．He said, "Jack, now you can go to the art college and your 　　12　　 will come true．I will take care of you．"

　　But Jack said 　　13　　, "Brother, the four years in the mines has done too much to my hands, so it' s too 　　14　　．Now I can' t even hold a glass．"

　　To show his great love and respect, James drew his brother' s hands with 　　15　　 towards the sky．He called his drawing "The Praying Hands", which became very famous years later．

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　　Charlie is twenty-three now．He 　　1　　 a university(大学)and found work in a factory last year．It's 　　2　　 and there are no more than fifty workers in it．And only he 　　3　　 in a university．So he looks down upon(瞧不起)his　　4　　．He always thinks he's right and never agree with 　　5　　．He likes to say,“I've never made a mistake!”

　　But once the young man couldn't 　　6　　 a foreign instructions(说明书)．An old worker studied it for two days and 　　7　　 Mr White, the boss(老板)of the factory, 　　8　　 it meant．The boss asked him why．He made a few excuses to say for 　　9　　．And he didn't agree with the old man．The boss became angry and asked,“Is it 　　10　　 that you've never made a mistake?”

　　The young man wouldn't make Mr White 　　11　　 and had to say,“No, it isn't, sir．”

　　Having 　　12　　 this, the workers were happy．One of them asked,“It means that you also make some mistakes!”

　　Charlie 　　13　　 his mind at once and said,“I made only one mistake in my 　　14　　!”

　　“When?”the boss asked in surprise．

　　“Just now, sir,”answered the young man．“When Mr White 　　15　　 me acknowledge(承认)I was wrong!”