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　　Few other nations are so much interested in horseracing as the English．The famous races Ascot are held every year and followed by sports fans all over England．The king or the queen also attends 　　1　　 and presents the winner with a gold cup．To 　　2　　 this gold cup is the dream of every owner of a race horse．All newspapers, great and small, are full of detailed① description of the 　　3　　, and the name of the 　　4　　 winner of the Ascot cup is pronounced by everyone 　　5　　 of a great hero．

　　It happened once, however, some seventy years ago, that the gold cup was stolen a few days before the race! The police 　　6　　 for it all over the country but could not find it．

　　Just at the time, Mark Twain, the witty② American writer, 　　7　　 England．He was 　　8　　 by an England Literary Society to be 　　9　　 at a dinner given in his honor．After dinner the president of the society rose to 　　10　　 a toast③ to Mark Twain’s health and praise 　　11　　 the talent④ of the famous American．Mark Twain 　　12　　 started his speech with the following words：

　　“Gentlemen, I thank you for the great honor you 　　13　　 me, 　　14　　 I very much doubt whether all your countrymen⑤ join you in your warm welcome．When I arrived at Dover yesterday, and 　　15　　 my foot in ‘Merry Old England’, the first thing I saw was a newspaper poster and on it, 　　16　　 my great surprise, I read two 　　17　　 printed in big red letters：

MARK TWAIN ARRIVES！

ASCOT CUP STOLEN！

　　These two announcements stood so closely together that it 　　18　　 seemed, gentlemen, as if some people in this country 　　19　　 sure that my arrival had something to do with the disappearance of the gold cup!” This witty speech of the famous American author 　　20　　 a shout of laughter．

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We’re trying to decide where to go on our vacation this summer．We 　　1　　 go to Lake Arrowhead for a 　　2　　 of weeks, but we’d like to go somewhere else 　　3　　 year．We’re tired of doing 　　4　　 thing summer after summer．Some 　　5　　 of ours suggested that we go to Hawaii．That would be 　　6　　!I’m sure we’d 　　7　　 a trip like that, but of course it’s impossible．In the first place, it would be terribly 　　8　　, and in the second place, there wouldn’t be enough 　　9　　．If we were to make a trip like that, I would want to be able to 　　10　　 three or four weeks．If we’re 　　11　　 enough to save some money between now and next summer, and if I’m fortunate① enough to get four weeks of 　　12　　 instead of two weeks, maybe we can go to 　　13　　 next year．As a matter of fact, if we wanted to 　　14　　 a trip like that, it might be 　　15　　 to stay home this summer and not to go to 　　16　　 place．　　17　　, if we were to stay here, I could 　　18　　 to work instead of taking two weeks 　　19　　; then maybe my 　　20　　 would recommend② that I be given four weeks’ vacation next summer instead of two weeks．

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　　I remember vividly① that first English class in the last term of high school．We boys(there were no girls in the school)were 　　1　　 expectantly(期待地)for the new teacher to appear．Before long, through the door came a tall ordinary-looking man 　　2　　 about 40．He said shyly, “Good afternoon, gentlemen．”

　　His 　　3　　 had a surprising tone of respect, almost 　　4　　 he were addressing② the Supreme Court(最高法院)　　5　　 a group of youngsters．He wrote his 　　6　　 on the blackboard－Wilier T．Stone, 　　7　　 sat on the front of his desk．

　　“Gentlemen,” he began, “we are now this term－your last term－to continue your study of 　　8　　．I know we shall enjoy learning wide and 　　9　　 one another．We are going to learn 　　10　　 about journalism③ and how to get out your weekly school paper．　　11　　, we are going to try to feel the 　　12　　 of good literature④．Maybe some of us will really get 　　13　　 in reading and writing．A man who reads lives 　　14　　．A man who 　　15　　 walks the earth with a blindfold(蒙眼布，眼罩)．If I had to put all my 　　16　　 into a single word, it would be：browse(广泛浏览)．”

　　Mr．Stone went on like that, 　　17　　 in a friendly and understanding tone．The 　　18　　 of the class came 　　19　　 soon．And we boys had to leave the classroom 　　20　　 an unexpected feeling of excitement．

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　　I became lame in both legs in my childhood．I couldn’t stand 　　1　　 the support of two sticks．Only in my wheelchair can I“　　2　　”．

　　I still remember the 　　3　　 at school when I appeared at the 　　4　　; everyone in the classroom stared at me in 　　5　　．My face turned 　　6　　．I couldn’t help 　　7　　．It was the 　　8　　 and sympathy in their eyes that 　　9　　 me from doing so, I went shyly towards an unoccupied(空着的)seat．

　　Being lame, I 　　10　　 walked in front of my classmates．I was afraid that I might be 　　11　　．In those days I was very sad to see others walking 　　12　　．

　　One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside．I was really 　　13　　．They encouraged me with a 　　14　　 smile and 　　15　　 me in my wheelchair from place to place．I was 　　16　　 them for giving me a chance to see the sights of our lovely school with my own 　　17　　．

　　After that, we often read, played and talked 　　18　　．My friends were always ready to help me．It made me 　　19　　 that I am handicapped(残疾的)．

　　Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school?” Without 　　20　　, I answered, “It is the friendship．”

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　　My uncle has a very beautiful umbrella．He has had it 　　1　　 and he is very careful with it．It still looks as good as new．“That umbrella must have 　　2　　 you a great deal of money, Uncle,”I said to him one day．“No,”he replied,“　　3　　．”“Was it a present?”I asked again．“No,”said he．“Then how did you get it?”I asked．

　　“Well,”he answered,“it is a strange true story．About ten years ago I was walking along a quiet London street one evening 　　4　　 it suddenly rained．I had no 　　5　　 and no umbrella．No buses 　　6　　 that street and there were no taxis in sight．As I was on my way to a party I didn’t want to get 　　7　　．So I stood in a doorway and waited for the rain to stop．By and by it grew quite 　　8　　, there wasn’t a person around, and still it rained and rained．　　9　　 a young man came to the place where I was standing, 　　10　　 a large umbrella over his head．As I hoped he would 　　11　　 me to walk to the next corner with him, 　　12　　 I could have got a taxi, I stepped 　　13　　 the dark doorway where I had been standing, and said,‘　　14　　, where are you going with that umbrella?’

　　　　15　　 by my sudden appearance, the young man 　　16　　 the umbrella which I am afraid, he had just stolen, ran away, and 　　17　　 into the darkness．I picked up the umbrella and 　　18　　 my walk．I knew it would be 　　19　　 in this big city to try and discover the owner and so I’ve kept it 　　20　　．”

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In the summer vacation of 1997．I was fixed with a job．I worked as a(n)　　1　　 at Mr．Breen’s fruit shop．The fruit shop did 　　2　　 business．Most of the trade hood, 　　3　　 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars．Mr．Breen 　　4　　 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 　　5　　 me to carry it out to their car．They were clearly long-standing customers, and I 　　6　　 they must have stayed faithful to him 　　7　　 he had promised to sell good quality 　　8　　．He had a way with them－I had to 　　9　　 that．He called every woman“madam”for a start, 　　10　　 those who clearly were not, but when he 　　11　　 it, it did not sound like flattery(奉承)．It just sounded 　　12　　 in an old-fashioned way．He was a great chatter 　　13　　．If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 　　14　　 about the weather, 　　15　　 he did, he would ask about their families or make 　　16　　, always cutting his cloth 　　17　　 his customers．Whatever their bills came to, he 　　18　　 gave them back the few odd pence(零钱)，and I am sure they thought he was very generous(慷慨)．But I thought he was the opposite．He never 　　19　　 anything away．He was always looking for 　　20　　 for nothing．

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　　Old Sally was a very strange woman．She seldom, not to say 　　1　　, went out of her house．A servant took care of her, but her 　　2　　 companions were two cats．For years she had refused to see 　　3　　 of her relations as she felt 　　4　　 they were interested in was her money．

　　She was 　　5　　．After her death, the few relations she had 　　6　　 at the house to hear Sally’s lawyer read her 　　7　　．They were all sure that Sally had left a great fortune．They each demanded a 　　8　　．This led to heated arguments．　　9　　 they quarreled about the house．Sally’s nephew insisted that it 　　10　　 to him as he was one of 　　11　　 people who used to visit his old aunt before she 　　12　　 off relations with others．

　　Sally’s cousin was 　　13　　 this．So there was an 　　14　　 sense in the living-room, then they waited for the 　　15　　 to come．When the lawyer 　　16　　, the nephew said jokingly that his aunt had probably left a lot of 　　17　　．The lawyer didn’t 　　18　　 smile at this．He asked them all to sit down, and began to read Sally’s will in a 　　19　　 voice．Sally had indeed been very rich, but she had left the whole of her fortune to her two 　　20　　．

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　　My father often works very hard．And he 　　1　　 goes to the movies．Here I’ll tell you a(n) 　　2　　 story about him．

　　One afternoon, when he finished his work, and 　　3　　 go home, he found a film ticket under the　　4　　 on his desk．He thought he 　　5　　 to have not much work to do that day and it was quite wonderful to pass the 　　6　　 at the cinema．So he came back home and 　　7　　 finished his supper．Then he said 　　8　　 to us and left．

　　But to our 　　9　　, he came back about half an hour later．I asked him what was the 　　10　　．He smiled and told us about the funny thing that had happened at the 　　11　　．

　　When my father was sitting in his seat, a 　　12　　 came to my father’s seat and said that seat was hers．My father was 　　13　　．He took out the ticket at once and looked at it carefully．It was Row 17, 　　14　　．And then he looked at the seat．It was 　　15　　．So he asked her to show her ticket．She took out the ticket at once and the seat 　　16　　 on it was Row 17, Seat 3．

　　Why?What’s the matter with all this?While they were 　　17　　, suddenly the woman said,“The 　　18　　 of the tickets are different．”So they looked at the tickets more carefully．After a while my father said,“Oh, I’m 　　19　　．I made a mistake．My ticket is for the 　　20　　 a month ago．Take this seat, please．”With these words he left．

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　　Do you know 　　1　　 languages there are in the world?There are about 1500 but many of them are not very 　　2　　．English is one of the most important languages because many people 　　3　　 it, not only in England and America, 　　4　　 in other countries of the world．About 200 000 000 speak it 　　5　　 their own language, and another 200 000 000 use it as 　　6　　 language．It is 　　7　　 to say how many people are learning it．　　8　　 boys and girls in school are trying to do so．

　　Many English children study French．French is also a very important language．　　9　　 children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese．

　　Which is the best 　　10　　 to learn a language?We know that we all learnt 　　11　　 language well when we were 　　12　　．If we learn a second language in the 　　13　　 way, it won’t seem so difficult．What does a small child do?It 　　14　　 what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears．When it wants something, it has to 　　15　　 it．It is using the language, 　　16　　 in it and talking in it all the time．If people use a second language 　　17　　, they will learn it 　　18　　．

　　In school, you learn to read．, to hear and to speak．It is best to learn all new words through the 　　19　　．You can read them, spell them and 　　20　　 them．

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You Did More Than Carry My Books

　　Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things．Mark 　　1　　 down and helped the boy pick up these articles．　　2　　 they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him．As they walked Mark 　　3　　 the boy’s name was Bill, that he 　　4　　 computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of 　　5　　 with his other subjects and that he had just broken 　　6　　 with his girlfriend．

　　They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was 　　7　　 in for a Coke and to watch some television．The afternoon passed 　　8　　 with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home．They 　　9　　 to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school．Just three weeks before 　　10　　, Bill asked Mark if they 　　11　　 talk．

　　Bill 　　12　　 him of the day years ago when they had first met．“Do you 　　13　　 wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?”asked Bill．“You see, I 　　14　　 out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess(脏乱)　　15　　 anyone else．I had planned to run away and I was going home to 　　16　　 my things．But after we spent some time together 　　17　　 and laughing, I realized that 　　18　　 I had done that, I would have 　　19　　 a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together．So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more．You 　　20　　 my life．”

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