Bill Gates was born 1 October 28, 1955. He 2 up in SeattlE．He was a very 3 boy. He wanted to be a 4 in the future．When he was young, he became 5 in computers. He and his friends 6 lots of time doing 7 things. He 8 out a soft program in 1973. He began 9 software and improved the software to make it 10 for people to use computers. Now he is one of the richest men in the world.

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　　A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by, “Let me 1 your shoes.” The young man said, “No, thank you.” “You may 2 me only a pound, sir,” said the boy. But the young man refused（拒绝）again.

Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for 3 . The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put 4 shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it 5 he was paid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and 6 .

　　But the dirty one looked so 7 that he couldn't walk away. He had to turn back and 8 the boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.

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　　(Tom bought shoes from the shoe factory and tried to sell them to people.)

　　There were not many 1 in small villages. People there 2 to go to town to buy their shoes. So Tom 3 a lot of shoes there.

　　One day Tom 4 along the street. He stopped in front of a house. There was a small boy beside the door. Tom 5 the window of his lorry（货运汽车）and called to the boy,“ Hello! Is your mother at home?” The boy looked at Tom. Then he answered,“ 6 .”

　　“That's 7 ,” Tom said. He got off his lorry, 8 some shoes and went to the door of the house. He knocked at the door and waited for a few minutes, 9 nobody came to answer the door. Tom knocked again and again for a few more minutes, but still no one answered. Then Tom looked at the boy and said angrily,“Your mother is not at home!”“She is!” the boy said.

　　“ 10 didn't she open the door?”

　　“This isn't our house,” the boy shouted.

　　Many people know weather report is very useful. Lots of them think they can 1 what the weather is going 2 . But they don't 3 in the same way. one man may say, “Do you see 4 cloudy it is in the east? It's going to 5 tomorrow.” 6 man will say, “Yes, we shall have rainy weather tomorrow.”

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　　Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful（有害的）.Fire can keep your house 1 , give light and cook food. 2 fire can burn things, too. Big fire can burn trees, houses, animals or people.

　　Nobody knows how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting old 3 about how a man or woman 4 a fire. One is about a man. The man 5 a very long time ago. He went up to the sun and 6 fire down.

　　Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes 7 to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and then it could burn a house. A small fire can 8 a big fire very quickly. So you must be careful with matches.

　　Be careful with fire, and it will 9 you. But if you aren't careful with fire, it may 10 you.

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　　Sam had a dog. Its name was Tod. It was very helpful, but it ate too much. So he didn't like it. He wanted to 1 Tod. He 2 Tod and put it in a small boat. He rowed（划）the boat to the 3 of a big river. Just as he 4 the poor animal into the river, the boat began to go down. 5 the man and Tod 6 into the river.

　　Tod was able to swim, 7 Sam couldn't. The dog bit（咬）the rope and broke it. It tried its best to swim to 8 Sam. The man was saved, so he was very thankful. He didn't want to kill the dog 9 From then on, he gave the dog as 10 as it wanted.

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　　Once there was an old man in a town. He always 1 a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, “Don't forget this!”

　　One day he went on a long trip alone. Before he 2 home, his wife said, “Now you have all these 3 They are what you need for your trip. Take care of them during the trip.” He went to the station, bought a ticket and 4 the train with it.

　　About half an hour 5 , the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said, “Will you please 6 me your ticket?” The old man 7 his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find it. He was very 8 “I can't find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train.” said the old man.

　　“I 9 you bought a ticket. All right, you don't have to buy another one.” said the conductor kindly. “But how can I know where I'm going? I can't remember my 10 !” the old man said sadly.

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There are many problems in the world, but the population problem may be the1 one of the world today. The world's population is growing 2 .Two thousand years ago, there were only 250 million people on the 3 Four hundred years ago, the number was 4 500 million. But at the beginning of the 5 century, the world's population was about 1,700 million. In 1970, this number was 3,600 million. In 1990, the number was five billion. A UN 6 said that the world's population had 7 six billion by the end of the 21th century. This is just ten 8 after it 9 five billion. People say that by the year 2010, 10 may be seven billion.

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　　Tom and Fred were talking about the year 2050.

　　“What will 1 be like in the year 2050?” asked Tom.

　　“I don't know,” said Fred. “What do you think?”

　　“Well, no one knows. But it is 2 to guess”, said Tom. “In the year 2050 everybody will 3 a pocket（袖珍）computer. The computer will give people the 4 to all their problems. We shall all have 5 in our pockets, too. And we'll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we'll be able to 6 them at the same time. Machines will do 7 of the work, and people will have more 8 Perhaps they will work only two or three days a week. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.”

　　“I'm very 9 to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I hope I'll be able to live 10 ,” said Fred. “Won't that be interesting? Just like a fish.”