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　　One afternoon just before Christmas an old man was walking through the city center．The 　　1　　 were all filled with good things and crowded with 　　2　　 shoppers．Suddenly he saw a dirty boy sitting on the ground crying bitterly(悲痛地)．When the kind old man asked him why he was crying, the little boy told him that he had 　　3　　 the ten penny piece that his uncle had 　　4　　 him．At once the old man took out a handful of 　　5　　．He 　　6　　 out a shiny new ten penny piece and handed it to the child．“Thank you very much,”said the little boy, drying his 　　7　　 He cheered up at once．

　　An hour or so 　　8　　 the old man was 　　9　　 his way back home by the same road．To his surprise he saw the dirty little boy in the same place, crying bitterly as before．He went up to the boy and asked him if he had not lost the second coin 　　10　　 he still couldn't find the first one．“If I could find my own piece,”he said sadly,“I would have twenty pence now．”

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　　“Where are you going?”This question 　　1　　 by Chinese when two friends meet in the street．But if you ask Americans 　　2　　 question, they will be puzzled because they think 　　3　　“going to some place”is quite a private business 　　4　　 their own．It has 　　5　　 to do with other people．In their eyes, only a policeman will ask such a question in the street．

　　The same thing will happen 　　6　　 Americans if you ask,“Have you had your meal?”In fact, to us Chinese, such questions do not mean anything 　　7　　 a greeting．In America two friends meet in the street, they 　　8　　 say,“Hello!”or“How are you?”They 　　9　　 ask,“Where are you going?”or“Have you had your meal?”If two friends meet 　　10　　 and one asks the other,“Have you had your meal?”That 　　11　　 he wants to invite his friend 　　12　　 a meal with him．It's quite different from what it means in Chinese．

　　The examples 　　13　　 tell us that people in different countries 　　14　　different custom．Now we are learning foreign languages, we must pay great attention to(注意)　　15　　 customs．

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　　Many people have to work 　　1　　．Some people do not mind．Other people think it's terrible．

　　One man thinks that working at the weekends can be 　　2　　．He is George Smith．Mr Smith works in an office, in Brighton, England．

　　On Saturday, May 24, 1986,he went to the office to do some work．After he 　　3　　 the lift．it stopped between floors．Mr Smith could not get out of the lift．He began to shout, but 　　4　　 heard him．Then Mr Smith remembered that it was a holiday in England．No one was going to come to work 　　5　　 Tuesday．

　　There was 　　6　　 for Mr Smith to do．He had to wait umtil one of his workmates came to work and found him．With nothing to 　　7　　, Mr Smith was very hungry and had to sleep most of the time．

　　Early on Tuesday morning, one of his workmates came into work and found the lift 　　8　　．When the lift was opened, Mr Smith came out cold, weak, and tired．He had been in the lift for 　　9　　 hours!

　　Now Mr Smith says,“I only use lifts if they have 　　10　　 in them．”

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　　Do you know what is snow?A lot of people don't know 　　1　　 lots of places never have snow．In the north of England, there is 　　2　　 a lot of snow every 　　3　　, but in the south of England, there is usually 　　4　　 snow．

　　When the students from a warm country comes to England in the autumn for 　　5　　 first time, he feels cold at first．There are 　　6　　 in the sky and it always rains in autumn．

　　Most students from warm country don't like this kind of weather．But snow is 　　7　　．It's very cold, but it's very beautiful．After is snow, you look out of the window．The houses, the trees, the roads and 　　8　　 of the things in the open air 　　9　　 white．　　10　　 beautiful it is!

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　　A young man went to a town and 　　1　　 there．He 　　2　　 a wife, and a servant(佣人)did the work in his house．The young man liked laughing(笑)a lot．He nailed(用钉钉住)the servant's shoes 　　3　　 the floor on Mon-day．　　4　　 the servant put his feet in them, he 　　5　　．The servant was not angry．

　　On Tuesday the young man 　　6　　 a cat in the servant's bed．The servant got into bed and touched the cat 　　7　　 his feet．He was afraid．The young man laughed a lot again．The servant was not angry, but 　　8　　 with him．

　　Then, on Wednesday, the young man said to his servant,“You are nice and kind man, and I am not going to be 　　9　　 to you again．”

　　The servant smiled and said,“And I am not going to put any mud(泥)　　10　　 your coffee(咖啡)”．

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　　When Mrs Green came home 　　1　　 work, Mary was doing her homework．It was six o'clock．

　　She said,“I want to make dinner．Please go to Mrs Brown's house and get Tom back, He is staying 　　2　　 her this afternoon．”

　　Mary said,“OK, Mum, but I 　　3　　 Mrs Brown．Where 　　4　　 she live?”

　　Mrs Green told her and she left．

　　Mary walked down First Street, and 　　5　　 the fourth house, A young woman came to the door．

　　“Hello,”Mary said,“Are you Mrs Brown?”

　　“No,”the woman said,“Mrs Brown doesn't 　　6　　 ere．”

　　Mary said,“Maybe Mum said the first house on First street．”　　7　　 she went to all of the houses on First street, but nobody knew Mrs Brown．

　　She looked at her watch, it was seven o'clock．She called her mother 　　8　　 the phone．

　　She said,“I can't find Mrs Brown．She doesn't live in the fourth house on First Street．I 　　9　　 everybody, but no-body knew her．”

　　Mrs Green said,“I didn't say the fourth house on First street．I 　　10　　 the first house on Fourth street．”