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　　Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house．She 　　1　　 John very much．In her 　　2　　 he couldn't do anything 　　3　　．Every morning she would give him breakfast 　　4　　 bed and bring him the papers to 　　5　　．It isn't really true that he was too 　　6　　 to work－in fact he had tried a few 　　7　　．First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to 　　8　　 at least six windows．Then he 　　9　　 a bus conductor and on his second 　　10　　 a passenger stole his bag with all the fare(车费)collected．He 　　11　　 lost his job as a postman 　　12　　 he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people's houses．It seemed that there was 　　13　　 suitable work for him．So he 　　14　　 to join the army．Mrs．Fant was so 　　15　　 about this that she told the news to all her neighbours．“My John is going to be a soldier, ” she said．“He is going to be the best soldier there 　　16　　 was, I can tell you!”

　　Then the great day came 　　17　　 he was to march past the palace in the parade(接受检阅的队伍)．His proud mother travelled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good 　　18　　 in the crowd．

　　The parade was full of sound and colour．But when John and his 　　19　　 came in sight some of the people watching 　　20　　 laughing at the one who couldn't keep pace with the others as they marched along．

　　But Ella Fant, who was filled with happiness, shouted at the top of her voice, “Look at them! They're all out of step except my John! Isn't he the best!”

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　　On the night of the play．Jack was at the theater early and he was already dressed in a policeman's clothes long 　　1　　 the end of the first scene．He certainly looked the part all right he thought as he 　　2　　 himself in the mirror．He 　　3　　 thought of going out into the street to see 　　4　　 he could pass as 　　5　　 out there．Just for 　　6　　, of course．

　　Then he suddenly felt nervous．After all it was his first time to 　　7　　 a part in a play．　　8　　 could he face all those people 　　9　　 the play? he put his head in his hands and tried to 　　10　　 his lines(台词), but nothing 　　11　　 to his mind．

　　A knock on the door made him look 　　12　　．He was to go on stage(舞台)in the second scene．“Have I 　　13　　 my part and ruined(破坏)the play for everyboby?” he thought to himself．But 　　14　　 was only the manager．She 　　15　　 how nervous he was and 　　16　　 he should stand near the stage 　　17　　 he could watch and follow the play．It was a good 　　18　　 of getting rid of his nervousness she said．She was right, it seemed to 　　19　　．In fact the more he watched the play, the 　　20　　 he felt himself part of it．

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　　Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standard phrases for greeting people; but as an American, I always found myself 　　1　　 to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at the door．Just a good-bye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from the 　　2　　 books．So I would smile and nod, bowing like a Japanese and searching madly for words that would 　　3　　 over the visitor's leaving and make them feel they would be 　　4　　 to come again．In my unease, I often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband's kindness．

　　Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that 　　5　　 relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully．

　　　　6　　 for the Chinese includes a lot of necessary habitual practice．Although as a 　　7　　, I'm not expected to observe or even know all the rules, I've had to learn the expressions of politeness and 　　8　　 at a leaving-taking．

　　The Chinese feel they 　　9　　 see a guest off to the farthest possible point－down the flight of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the 　　10　　 bus stop．I've sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, 　　11　　 he's gone to the bus stop and waited for the 　　12　　 bus to arrive．

　　That's very well, but when I'm the guest being seen off, my protests are always 　　13　　．My hostess or host, or both, insists on 　　14　　 me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating the “Don't 　　15　　 to see me off at the every landing．”If I try to go fast to 　　16　　 them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me．Better to accept the inevitable(不可避免的)．

　　Besides, that's going against Chinese 　　17　　, because haste(doing things quickly)is to be avoided．What do you say when you 　　18　　 someone？Not “farewell or Godspeed(祝福)”, 　　19　　 “Go slowly”．To the Chinese it means “Take care” or “Watch your 　　20　　 ”, or some such caution(谨慎), but translated literally(字面意思)it means “Go slowly”．

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The native people of Australia are called Aborigines(土著人)．Most of them live in the 　　1　　 of Australia, where they neither plant crops nor 　　2　　 any animals．All the year round they 　　3　　 here and there through the deserts in 　　4　　 of food and water．They must 　　5　　 their own skill to track down wild animals to stay 　　6　　．It has been 　　7　　 that an Aborigine has the “　　8　　 of an eagle(鹰)”．The following story shows how 　　9　　 the Aborigines's kill at track is：once a gold robbery in a small Australian town 　　10　　 the police quite puzzled．They had to call on an old Aborigine for 　　11　　．The tracker found a set of footprints in the dusty streets, 　　12　　 said he thought they were the tracks of the thief．　　13　　 the tracker could follow the prints very far, however, a rainstorm broke and 　　14　　 the tracks away．Sometime after that the Aborigine was in another town, and his 　　15　　 eyes picked out the same footprints he had 　　16　　 days before．The police could 　　17　　 believe his story, but they went with him as he followed the tracks 　　18　　 dirty streets and past the outskirts(郊区)of the town．After about half an hour's 　　19　　, the tracker stopped near a wooden house and simply 　　20　　．And sure enough, the wanted man was hiding inside．

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　　Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503．He was working on a special painting for a 　　1　　 at the time, but the church painting was not going well．An Italian 　　2　　 asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman's second wife．This is the woman 　　3　　 can be seen in the Mona Lisa．

　　All 　　4　　 all, the Mona Lisa is a very good 　　5　　 of da Vinci's work．Da Vinci used 　　6　　 and light in a clever way in the painting．Da Vinci loved science and 　　7　　．A person can see 　　8　　 that there is a lot of geometry(几何图形)in the Mona Lisa．The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many 　　9　　 and round shapes 　　10　　 balls．　　11　　 her smile can be seen 　　12　　 a small part of a large circle．The woman in the painting is 　　13　　 on a balcony(阳台), and mountains can be seen 　　14　　 her．Da Vinci 　　15　　 to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over 　　16　　 over in his 　　17　　 paintings．The woman is sitting 　　18　　 her knees to the side．Her head is turned to look 　　19　　 the painting．Her hands are held together 　　20　　 her．This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or a woman today．

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　　As I drove my blue Buick into the garage, I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was 　　1　　 too close to my space．I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the 　　2　　 space．That left 　　3　　 enough room to open the door．Then one day I arrived home 　　4　　, and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space－too close to my car, 　　5　　．At last I had a chance to meet the driver．My patience had 　　6　　 and I shouted at her, “Can’t you see you’re not 　　7　　 me enough space?Park farther over．”Banging(猛推)open her door into 　　8　　 , the driver shouted back：“Make me!”　　9　　 this she stepped out of the garage．Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my 　　10　　．Then one day, I thought,“What can I do?”I soon found 　　11　　．The next day the woman 　　12　　 a note on her windshield(挡风玻璃)：

Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,

　　I’m sorry my mistress(女主人)shouted at yours the other day．She’s been sorry about it．I know it because she doesn’t sing anymore while 　　13　　．It wasn’t like her to scream 　　14　　．Fact is, she’d just got bad news and was taking it out on you two．I 　　15　　 you and your mistress will 　　16　　 her．

Your neighbor,

Blue Buick

　　When I went to the 　　17　　 the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a note on my windshield：

Dear Blue Buick,

　　My mistress is sorry, too．She parked so 　　18　　 because she just learned to drive．We will park much farther over after this．I’m glad we can be 　　19　　 now．

Your neighbor,

Yellow Oldsmobile

　　After that, whenever Blue Buick 　　20　　 Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled．

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　　The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848．One of his 　　1　　 important inventions was the train．He 　　2　　 his first train when he was forty-four years old．When he was experimenting with the 　　3　　 engine on the train, he met with 　　4　　 from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country．They said that the noise and the smoke would 　　5　　 cows, horses and sheep, that the 　　6　　 would burst or that the hot coals from it would 　　7　　 their houses．At that time, 　　8　　 people believed what they said．

　　George Stephenson 　　9　　 the people that the train could go on small 　　10　　, could pull carriages 　　11　　 goods and passengers and there was 　　12　　 to them．It was a very 　　13　　 matter for him to 　　14　　 them believe．However, after 　　15　　, he was able to do it; and the first train that 　　16　　 by Stephenson himself 　　17　　 what he had said．

　　The first day 　　18　　 the people along the way 　　19　　 the noises of the train 　　20　　 and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(妖怪)．They did not dare to come out until it had passed．

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　　April Fool’s Day falls on the 1st of April．People 　　1　　 forget the significance(意义)of the day．

　　In Marchs’ 1980, I was 　　2　　 at Durham University with seven other Chinese students．I had 　　3　　 to go to another university after graduation and had 　　4　　 application(申请)forms to several 　　5　　．Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office(传达室)and waited my fate．But no 　　6　　 came．

　　On April 1st, as I was eating my 　　7　　, Huang came in, with a toothbrush 　　8　　 in his hand．　　9　　 fearing that he might forget the important news, he passed me the 　　10　　．“Morning, Wu,”he said,“I saw Mr．Green this morning．He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 　　11　　 possible．”I jumped with 　　12　　．

　　I even didn’t 　　13　　 my breakfast and rushed to Mr．Green’s office but he wasn’t 　　14　　．I then went to the secretary’s room and 　　15　　 everything to her．She opened Mr．Green’s room．I looked at everything．There didn’t seem to be a letter for me．“If he had asked you to pick it up from here,”said the secretary, “he would have put it in 　　16　　 or simply left it to me．”

　　Greatly 　　17　　, I walked out of the room and 　　18　　 the secretary lock it．　　19　　 the secretary’s eyes 　　20　　．“Sorry,”she said．“It’s April Fool’s Day!”

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　　In 1982, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs．Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker．This sad unexpected news, shook the 　　1　　 calm and unhurried politician off her balance．Though she did her best to 　　2　　 as if nothing had happened and made her public appearances usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self assured(自信的)prime minister who always had everything under 　　3　　．Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to recover from her 　　4　　．

　　One day when she was to 　　5　　 at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the 　　6　　 of her missing son again．She was totally mentally 　　7　　 for the question and lost her 　　8　　．Tears were rolling down her eyes 　　9　　 she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very 　　10　　 about him．She said that all the countries concerned had promised to do their best to help her find her son．With that she 　　11　　 down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while．Gradually she 　　12　　 down and started to speak as planned．It was a very 　　13　　 scene which exposed a new side of Mrs．Thatcher’s 　　14　　 the public do not usually see, so people began to 　　15　　 about the Iron Woman’s motherly love, a feeling 　　16　　 is common to all human race．

　　Later Mark returned safe and 　　17　　 to his mother’s side, good humored and all smiles as usual 　　18　　 nothing unusual had 　　19　　 happened．The Iron Woman, however, broke down again and was 　　20　　 sobbing for the second time．

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　　A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate．A true friend is someone who stays with you for life．”　　1　　 teaches that he was right．Good friendships are just not easily 　　2　　．

　　It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a 　3　　 friendship to develop．However, there can be no disagreement on the 　　4　　 for each of us to think carefully about the 　　5　　 of friendships we want．

　　To most of us, friendships are 　　6　　 very important, but we need to be clear in our 　　7　　 the kinds of friendships we want．Are they to be close or 　　8　　 at arm’s length?Do we want to share ourselves or do we want to walk on the 　　9　　?For some people, many friendships on the surface are 　　10　　 enough and that’s all right．But at some point, 　　11　　 to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations．The 　　12　　 of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the only 　　13　　 way to deepen friendships．But it must be undertaken(进行)and 　　14　 only if there are signs of interest and action in return．

　　What are the 　　15　　 of friendships?The greatest is the attraction to expect too much time．Another“　　16　　 difficulty” is the selfishness to take actions too soon．Deep relationships 　　17　　 one“possesses”the other, including his time and attention．　　18　　, friendships in return．In other words, you must give as much as you take．　　19　　 there is a question of taking care of them．　　20　　 you spend reasonable time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die away．

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