There is (9) in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all (10) how to learn, (11) when we have left school we can go on learning. If a man really knows (12) , he will (13) be successful, because whenever he has to do (14) he will quickly teach (15) how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other (16) , is (17) unable to do it, or (18) it badly. So the purpose (目的) of school is not just (19) languages, geography, science etc. , but to teach pupils the (20) to learn.

　　Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without cars most people feel that they are (1) . And even though a person is poor, he (2) really feel poor when he has a car.

　　Do you (3) of Henry Ford? He first started (4) cars in large numbers. Perhaps he did not know how (5) the car was going to be to American culture. The car made the United States a nation (6) wheels. And it (7) the United States a lot.

　　Cars (8) popular in the United States. Americans like to (9) around in cars. (10) a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money. Of course, if you don't have a car, you can still make easy trips because transportation in the US is convenient and pleasant.

　　A young man once went to town and bought himself 1 trousers. When he got home, he went to his room and put them 2 . He found that they were about two inches （英寸） long. He went into the kitchen （厨房）, and his mother and two sisters were doing some washing there. He said to them, “The new trousers are too 3 . They need cutting by two inches. Would one of you mind 4 this for me?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said 5 .

　　A shop owner closed his shop and went home. He was very (1) but just as he went to bed the telephone (2) . A man asked,“What time do you open your shop?”The shop owner was (3) about this phone call. He put down the receiver without answering and went (4) to bed. A few minutes (5) , the telephone rang (6) and the man asked the (7) question. The shop owner became (8) and he shouted,“You needn't ask me when I open the shop because I won't let you (9) .”“Oh no. I don't want to get in,”the man said,“I want to go (10) .”

　　An old woman suddenly became blind. She promised（许诺）a doctor a lot of (1) if he could make her see again. “If you fail, you'll get (2) .”The doctor agreed to help her.

　　The doctor soon found out (3) was wrong with her. He (4) not to cure（治疗）her right now. Instead（而是）each time he went to see the old woman, he took some of her things.

　　After he took away (5) .he decided to cure the blind woman and asked her (6) a lot of money. When the old woman could see again she saw there was (7) in her house and she (8) to pay the money. The doctor took her before a judge（法官）.

　　“What the doctor said is true.”she (9) the judge. “But I don't think I'm cured be cause I still can't see (10) the things in my house.”

　　The old woman won her case（案子）and the doctor went away without getting his pay.

　　One day a rich man 1 Hardy. The rich man asked, “I hear that you are very clever and 2 is difficult to you. Can you tell me why you are so clever?” Hardy answered 3 a smile, “Oh, I am not so clever. If you think that I am clever, you are a 4 then. “ The rich man became very angry with the words. Seeing this, Mr Hardy said, “Sir, please don't be 5 . If you don't believe what I 6 , now let me ask you a 7 . If you have a group of 8 , I send you another group. Then, how many groups of sheep do you have?” “What? That's the 9 question in the world. One and one is two. Anyone knows that I have two groups.” Hardy laughed and said, “You are 10 , Sir. Two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That is the easiest question in the world.”

　　Joe Richard (1) at school for ten years. When he finished school, he was eighteen years old. And then his father said to him.“You finished school, and you (2) good marks. Now you may go to the town and find a good job. Some clever people are needed to work in the office in the town. The people (3) can get quite a lot of money now. (4) you stay in the (5) , you can't get much money (6) our family.”A few weeks (7) . Joe went to an office and (8) work there. A man took him into a small room and asked him to answer some questions on a piece of paper. Joe (9) his answers on the paper quickly, and then he gave the paper to the man. The man looked at the answers for a few minutes. Then he asked,“Your birthday was (10) the 12th of June, Mr Richards?”

　　“Yes, sir,”Joe answered.

　　“What year?”The man asked.

　　“Oh, every year, Sir,”said Joe.

　　Mark Twain was 1 American writer. One day he 2 a big city by train. He wanted to see one of his 3 there. He was a very busy man. He usually forgot 4 . When he was in the train, the conductor asked him 5 the ticket. Mark Twain looked 6 the ticket everywhere, 7 he couldn't find it. The conductor 8 Mark Twain. She said, 9 me your ticket on your way back. And 10 you can't find it, it doesn't matter.”

　　Once the (3) went to Africa．He tried to go (4) a large desert. It was hot and the sun was (5) brightly in the sky. He looked around and saw nothing but (6) .Sometimes he could see some dead animals. He was thirsty, but he had to (7) the water, or he would die before he came out of the desert. He hoped to find a (8) and have a rest under it. But he knew it was hardly (9) He had to reach an oasis（绿洲）before (10) fell. Suddenly he saw a man sitting on the ground. There was a dead man beside him. A dog was (11) by him, looking at a bag of cakes and a bag of water.

“ (12) is he?”asked Mr Howe.

“My friend．”The man answered in tears.

“What (13) to him?”

“He had neither food nor water, and he (14) of it.”

Pointing to the two bags, Mr Howe asked,“You have so much food and water. Why didn’t you (15) some to him?”

“They are for my dog and me,”said the man,“But I never grudge（吝啬）my tears!”

　　One morning Bob left his house with six donkeys to (1) to the town. After a time, he got tired and (2) on one of the donkeys. He counted the donkeys, and there (3) only five, so he got off and went to look for the sixth. He looked and looked but (4) it, so he went back to the donkeys and counted them again. This time there were six, so he got on one of them again and they all (5)

　　After a few minutes, he counted the donkeys again, and again there were only five. At that time. a friend of his passed（路过）Bob (6) to him,“I (7) my house with six donkeys; then I had five; then I had six again; and now I (8) only five. Look! One, two, three, four, five.”

　　“But, Bob,”said his friend. “You (9) on a donkey, too. That is the sixth. And you (10) the seventh!”