One cold day in the early spring of the year, my father, who was a farmer, was ploughing(耕地)．I, eleven years old then, was 　　1　　 the horse．I didn't do the 　　2　　 well as it was rather cold．I thought the task was a little 　　3　　 for me．

　　“Dad,”I said,“　　4　　 must I stay in the field?”“An hour,”he answered．An hour 　　5　　 a long time and I said, “I 　　6　　 if I can go home now．My 　　7　　 aches．”

　　“I'm very sorry,”said my father,“but can't you 　　8　　 till it's time for dinner?”“I think not－my headache is getting 　　9　　．”

　　“Well,” he said, taking me 　　10　　 the horse and suspecting(怀疑)that my disease was rather in my heart than my head,“you may go home．I don't want you to work 　　11　　 you are sick．Go straight home, and tell your mother that I say you must take a large bowl of rhubarb(大黄)．Tell her that I think it will 　　12　　 you a lot of good!”

　　There was no choice．I went home, of course, and I had to offer the 　　13　　 to my mother．I told her that I thought my head was better, 　　14　　 not to take the terrible 　　15　　．But it was of no use and it was too late．She understood my case(情况)as 　　16　　 as my father did．She knew well enough that my disease was 　　17　　．So she prepared a large bowl of rhubarb and I had to swallow all of it．Dear me!How 　　18　　 it was!I am sure I would rather ride the horse all day than be treated 　　19　　 that way．Since then I've never told another 　　20　　．

　　Honesty is the best policy．

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　　Mr Evans lived in a city．He was a match 　　1　　 three years ago．He taught well and his students 　　2　　 him．So he decided to work in the middle school all his life．But a terrible accident 　　3　　 his life．

　　One spring he took his class to 　　4　　 a place of interest．The children saw a lot of 　　5　　 things and had a good time there．But on their way back to school, their 　　6　　 was hit by a truck because the young driver was drunk．Five students 　　7　　 and more than half the children were 　　8　　 in the accident．He didn't know how it had happened and was very 　　9　　 it and after he came out of hospital, he left the school and become a 　　10　　．He tried his best to stop the drivers from breaking the traffic regulations．He worked hard and was strict with the drivers．So they were afraid of him．

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　　There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world．But 　　1　　 a few of them are very 　　2　　．English is one of these．Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U．S．A．, but in other parts of the world．About 200,000,000 speak it as their own language．It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 　　3　　 language．Many millions are 　　4　　 to do so．Is it easy or difficult to learn English?Different people may have different 　　5　　 Have you ever 　　6　　 ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?“Learn English in six weeks, or your 　　7　　 back…”“Easy and funny!Our records and tapes 　　8　　 you master your English in a month．　　9　　 the first day your 　　10　　 will be excellent．Just send…”Of course, it never 　　11　　 quite like this．

　　The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue．We should 　　12　　 that we all learned our own language well when we were 　　13　　．If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult．　　14　　 what a small child does．He listens to what people say．He tries what he hears．When he is using the language, talking in it, 　　15　　 in it all the time．Just imagine how much 　　16　　 that gets!

　　So it is 　　17　　 to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English 　　18　　 upon a lot of practice．And practice needs great effort and 　　19　　 much time．Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 　　20　　．But they cannot do the student's work for him．(词数278)

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Girls are interested these days in the question of paying for outings when with a boy．Often girls today 　　1　　 as much or more than the boy they go out with．There is no reason why a girl earning money should neither pay a 　　2　　 of expenses nor take a 　　3　　 at paying the bill．We are moving towards equal pay for equal work, and it seems unreasonable to 　　4　　 the boy always to pay for two．People have a fear of appearing ungenerous, and often the less 　　5　　 they have the 　　6　　 they feel in that way．A boy finds it difficult to invite a girl to a show of a dance and then ask her to pay, but there is no reason why a girl should not 　　7　　 to pay her share．Or she could pay for the seats next time and invite the boy to come, though this is not so simple．While we accept the fact that a girl may refuse an invitation from a boy, I think her 　　8　　 might suffer more than a boy's if a boy 　　9　　 an invitation from her．And a boy might find it hard to refuse a girl's invitation even if he wished to do so．Anyhow, I think we have to get used to the idea of equality in 　　10　　 if we have equality in earning．

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　　Recently divorced in my 30s, I had no job and was on my way downtown on a rainy day to go to the employment offices．I had no umbrella, for my old one had 　　1　　 apart, and I couldn't afford another one．

　　I sat down in the streetcar－there against the 　　2　　 was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle inlaid with gold and bright enamel(珐琅)．I had never seen anything so lovely．I 　　3　　 the handle and saw a name on it．The 　　4　　 procedure would have been to turn in the umbrella to the conductor, but I decided to take it and find the 　　5　　 myself．

　　I got off the streetcar in a downpour and 　　6　　 opened the umbrella to protect myself．Then I searched a telephone book for the 　　7　　 on the umbrella and found it．I called and a lady answered．Yes, she said in 　　8　　, that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her as a birthday present, but it'd been 　　9　　 from her locker at school years before．

　　She was so excited that I forgot I was looking for a job and went 　　10　　 to her house．She took the umbrella, her eyes filled with tears．I was only too happy to see her get back the lost umbrella, and get a job she offered me．

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　　It was pouring outside．We all stood there 　　1　　, some patiently, others annoyed 　　2　　 nature messed(弄糟)their hurried day．I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens 　　3　　 away the dirt and dust of the world．

　　“Mom, let's run through the rain,”a girl's voice 　　4　　 me．

　　“No, honey．We'll wait until it 　　5　　 down a bit,”Mom replied．

　　The young girl waited about another minute and 　　6　　：“Mom, let's run through the rain．”

　　“We'll get wet if we do,”Mom said．

　　“No, we won't, Mom．That's not what you said this morning,”the young girl said as she 　　7　　 her Mom's arm．

　　“This morning?　　8　　 did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

　　“Don't you remember?When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said,”If God can get us through this, he can get us through 　　9　　．”

　　The entire crowd turned 　　10　　．Mom paused and thought for a moment about 　　11　　 she would say．Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being 　　12　　．But then we heard,“Honey, you are 　　13　　．Let's run through the rain．If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,”Mom said．Then 　　14　　 they ran．

　　We all stood 　　15　　, smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars．Yes, they got wet．But they were 　　16　　 by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the 　　17　　 to their cars．Circumstances(境况)or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your 　　18　　．But no one can ever take away your precious 　　19　　 So, don't forget to make time and take the 　　20　　 to make memories every day!I hope you still take the time to run through the rain．

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After the war between Britain and France which lasted 7 years, James Cook got married and 　　1　　 down in London．For several years, Captain Cook 　　2　　 to the east of America 　　3　　 he made a map of its 　　4　　．In 1768 came Cook's 　　5　　 for a major expedition．The navy was 　　6　　 a plan for an expedition 　　7　　 the South Pacific Ocean in 　　8　　 of watching a very unusual 　　9　　, that is the planet Venus 　　10　　 between the earth and the sun in 1769．His 　　11　　 hope was to find a new land 　　12　　 was thought to be 　　13　　 in the Indian and Pacific Ocean．　　14　　 Captain Cook was to be there in charge of this expedition 　　15　　 Captain of the ship 　　16　　“Endeavour”．It was an old merchant ship just like 　　17　　 on which Cook had learnt his seamanship．It was strongly built and had a lot of space 　　18　　 for storage．Cook understood there would be a lot of hardship for them, so he got everything 　　19　　 it．In this expedition, he had sailed around 　　20　　 and up the east coast of Australia, charting(绘制)over 8,000 miles of coastline that had been unknown before．

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　　When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the 　　1　　 side is much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to 　　2　　 in good health, or advice about how to behave and 　　3　　 yourself in society．If I cut the front articles, the opposite one is likely to suffer 　　4　　, leaving one half of it or keeping the text 　　5　　 the title．Therefore, the scissors would stay before they start, 　　6　　 the cutting would be halfway done when I find out the 　　7　　 result．

　　Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 　　8　　．You can only take up one of them; the other has to wait or be 　　9　　 up．But you know the future is unpredictable－the changed situation may not 　　10　　 you to do what is left behind．Thus you are 　　11　　 in a difficult position and feel sad．How come nice 　　12　　 and clever ideas should gather around all at once?It may happen that your life 　　13　　 greatly on your preference of your one choice to the other．

　　In fact that is what 　　14　　 is like; we are often 　　15　　 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both 　　16　　 like a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that our attention is 　　17　　 to the thing only after we get into another．The former may be more important than the latter and this 　　18　　 a divided mind．I still remember a philosopher's 　　19　　：“When one door shuts, another opens in life．”So a casual(不经意的)　　20　　 may reward one．

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　　When I was boarding a bus, I noticed a young black woman standing in line．I'd been in Aspen, and she was the first 　　1　　 person I had seen in a week．As we climbed on, she 　　2　　 the silver bracelet(手镯)I was wearing．

　　“I 　　3　　 your bracelet,”she said．

　　“　　4　　, I bought it in Mexico recently,”I explained．

　　She told me that this thin silver chain was 　　5　　 they type of bracelet she'd been looking for．I offered to give her 　　6　　．

　　“Oh, no, I couldn't”was her immediate 　　7　　．

　　“It's okay,”I comforted her “It wasn't 　　8　　．”

　　“Maybe I can 　　9　　 it from you,”she suggested．

　　“Look,”I said,“what would be 　　10　　 fun-buying a bracelet from a total stranger or receiving a 　　11　　 from a total stranger?”

　　She admitted that the gift would be much better．I 　　12　　 the bracelet off my wrist and put it on hers．It looked great．　　13　　the bus, the young woman handed me a piece of note-the paper and read it．In pencil she had written：

　　I have her note, which has been one of my favorite possessions 　　20　　 on my wall．

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　　I am used to taking a bus home, but last night it was 　　1　　 and I decided to ride in a taxi．I stood on the side-walk 　　2　　 to each car that passed．I 　　3　　 each one to 　　4　　, but none would．Then I 　　5　　 that it was the time of day when one group of taxi drivers stopped and another began work．I began to wish that I hadn't had the idea of taking a 　　6　　．I was all wet．I 　　7　　 my hat to pour 　　8　　 the water that had collected in the brim(帽边)．

　　At that moment, a taxi stopped in front of me and the driver said something that I didn't 　　9　　．I quickly jumped in and sat down．“Where do you want to go?”he asked me．I gave him my 　　10　　．“That's uptown(向住宅区), sir,”he said．“I'm 　　11　　 duty now．I was just to 　　12　　 you up if you were going my 　　13　　．”　　14　　 this time it was raining harder．Cars were stopped 　　15　　 the taxi．Their knocking horns(喇叭)were beginning to 　　16　　 that we move．I 　　17　　 I had known what to do!I felt like insisting that the taxi driver 　　18　　 me home．But at the same time, I knew that I 　　19　　 have gotten into the taxi without understanding what the driver had said to me．Two more blasts(鸣笛)from somebody's horn made the driver demand that I make up my mind．I got out, 　　20　　 I didn't want to．