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　　I always long for romantic moments, like a little girl longing for candies．However, my husand is my complete　　1　　．His inability to bring romantic moments into our life has made me get tired of our 　　2　　．One day, I finally told him that I wanted a divorce．

　　“Why?” he asked, 　　3　　．

　　“I am tired; there are no　　4　　for everything in the world!” I answered．

　　He kept　　5　　, seeming to be in deep thought, with a lighted cigarette in his hands．Finally he asked, “What can I do to change your 　　6　　?”

　　Looking deep into his eyes I slowly answered, “Let's say, I want a flower on a mountain cliff and picking the flower will cause your　　7　　．Will you do it for me?”

　　He answered, “I will give you my answer tomorrow．”

　　I 　　8　　the next morning, finding a piece of paper on the dining table, which read：“My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, but please allow me to 　　9　　．”

　　My feeling of disappointment only 　　10　　, but I continued reading：

　　“You always leave the 　　11　　keys behind, so I have to save my legs to 　　12　　 home to open the door for you．You always like to stay indoors and I 　　13　　that you will feel too lonely, so I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories．You always stare 　　14　　 the computer and that will do nothing 　　15　　for your eyes, so I have to save my eyes so that when we grow 　　16　　, I can help to clip your nails．Thus, my dear, 　　17　　 I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do, I could not pick that flower yet, and die．”

　　My tears fell on the 　　18　　 and I continued reading：

　　“Now that you have finished reading my answer, if you are 　　19　　, please open the front door for I am standing outside 　　20　　 your favorite bread and fresh milk．”

　　Love, not words, wins arguments．

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　　It was a cold, wet day on June 6, 2010, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school．Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to 　　1　　, Wasana stared at the 　　2　　．Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that 　　3　　 at the back of the classroom．

　　He 　　4　　 large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling(冒泡)at the base of a rock on the hill．For a few minutes, Wasana 　　5　　 the water, wondering why it looked so 　　6　　．Then it hit him－the 　　7　　 was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes．Fearing a 　　8　　 disaster, he shouted 　　9　　 at the students waiting outside their classrooms．“Run, run, don't stay here! The 　　10　　 on the hill is going to fall on us!”

　　Chaos(混乱)broke out as the 　　11　　 ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point．When some teachers 　　12　　 Wasana, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground．

　　Just then Principal Gurusinghe drove into the school．Wasana ran over to tell him what was happening．After 　　13　　 the site, Gurusinghe knew the school was in 　　14　　．The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down 　　15　　．

　　　　16　　 a group of teachers and older students, Gurusinghe climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock．They were too 　　17　　：ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill．There was little Gurusinghe and his group could do as they watched the earth 　　18　　 their classrooms．Thanks to Wasana’s 　　19　　 action and careful observation, 　　20　　 was hurt in the incident．

For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D．Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context．

The Monkey with the Wooden Apples

　　There once was a happy monkey in the jungle．He was wandering all days, eating delicious fruit when hungry and 　　1　　 when tired．One day he came upon a house, where he saw a bowl of the most beautiful 　　2　　．He took one in each hand and ran back into the forest．

　　The monkey tried to eat them, but hurt his teeth．The apples were made of wood, but they were beautiful, and when the other monkeys 　　3　　 them, he held onto them even tighter．

　　The monkey admired his new possessions proudly as he wandered the jungle．They glistened(闪亮)red in the 　　4　　, and seemed perfect to him．He became so attached to them that he didn't even notice his 　　5　　 at first．

　　A fruit tree reminded him, but he felt the apples in his hands．He couldn't bear to set them down to reach for the fruit．In fact, he couldn't 　　6　　, either, if he was to defend his apples．This proud, but less happy monkey continued to walk along the forest trails．

　　The apples became 　　7　　, and the poor little monkey thought about leaving them behind．He was tired and hungry; he couldn't climb trees or collect fruit with his hands 　　8　　．What if he just let go?

　　Letting go of such 　　9　　 things seemed crazy, but what else could he do? He was so tired．Seeing the next fruit tree and smelling its fruit, the monkey stopped．He 　　10　　 the wooden apples and reached up for his meal．He was happy again．

　　Like that little monkey, we 　　11　　 carry things that seem too valuable．Letting go off them seems crazy．But 　　12　　：only with open hands can we receive something else．

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　　I’d been proud that I’d never lost my cellphone until my husband Jack got a call one evening．

　　We went to visit a friend in hospital last year．When Jack’s 　　1　　 rang, it was my mother calling from my 　　2　　．She asked if I had 　　3　　 my mobile．I checked my purse．It was 　　4　　!

　　I used Jack’s phone to call my number．Then a boy, whom I’ll call Rhys, 　　5　　 it．“ I found your phone!” he said, excitedly．“ I have been trying to find you, but 　　6　　 it was getting late, I decided to leave．” He gave me the address of a 　　7　　 near his home．

　　Later that evening, I went to 　　8　　 him there．I didn’t dare to go 　　9　　, worrying this was some cheater．So Jack came along．After 　　10　　 10km, we got to the coffee shop which Rhys 　　11　　．

　　My 　　12　　 were gone．Rhys was just a young boy．“ How did you 　　13　　 my mum?” I asked．He 　　14　　 that when he found my mobile by the roadside, he started calling people in my contacts(联系人)．But all they 　　15　　 was my mobile number－which didn’t 　　16　　．He’d called many names, starting with the letter A．Finally he got Adam, one of my friends, who 　　17　　 my house．

　　I was 　　18　　 to get my phone back with all contacts, messages and photos I could have lost for ever．I was so 　　19　　 to Rhys and offered him some money, but he 　　20　　．

　　As we drove back, we praised Rhys for his honesty．

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　　Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town, I wanted to have a rest before catching the train．I 　　1　　 a newspaper and some chocolate and 　　2　　 into the station coffee shop．It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to 　　3　　 at．I put my heavy bag down on the floor, 　　4　　 the newspaper and the chocolate 　　5　　 the table and then went to get a cup of coffee．

　　When I came back with the coffee, There was someone 　　6　　 in the next seat．　　7　　 was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and 　　8　　 bright red at the front．He had started to 　　9　　 my chocolate!

　　Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any 　　10　　．I just 　　11　　 the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate．The boy looked at me in 　　12　　．Then he took a 　　13　　 piece of my chocolate．I could hardly believe it．Still I didn’t say anything to him．When he took a third piece, I felt more 　　14　　 than uneasy．I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece．” And I got it．

　　The boy gave me a strange look, then 　　15　　 up．As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something 　　16　　 with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, 　　17　　 I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet．I did not realize that I had 　　18　　 a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to 　　19　　．My face turned red when I saw 　　20　　 unopened chocolate under the newspaper．The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

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　　I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people．Luckily there’re small ways of helping them and you needn’t have a lot of 　　1　　．One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine．　　2　　 doing this one day, I got to 　　3　　 a young homeless man．He was often 　　4　　 the magazine at the train station．

　　He was a poor farmer from another country．After a while, I discovered that his 　　5　　 was close to mine．It 　　7　　 that we were born in the same month．

　　I met him last year 　　8　　 after his birthday, and after congratulating(祝贺)him, without 　　9　　, I asked if he had had a good day．He 　　10　　 and said that he hadn’t really celebrated．I felt so 　　11　　．

　　I just couldn’t bear the thought of(不敢想)this nice, young man being 　　12　　 on his 25^th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn(纱线)basket．　　13　　 for me, I had enough yarn 　　14　　．I set to work and knitted(编织)a 　　15　　 for the young man．The yarn had become a little dirty 　　16　　 I didn’t knit very often．Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be 　　17　　 when he got it．

　　I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping．I had 　　18　　 to meet him so I had 　　1　　 the scarf and a piece of my birthday 　　19　　 around with me．He was very happy with these gifts and so was I．The 　　20　　 in his eyes was the best present he could given me．

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　　My grandma, Jordan, had to give up working because of health problems．You can imagine how 　　1　　 she was, as work was almost everything to her．

　　In 1998, because of a serious disease, she lost her 　　2　　 Fortunately, she regained some vision after several years' treatment, but she was no longer able to 　　3　　 Suddenly, she had a lot of time on 　　4　　．

　　Feeling a lack of purpose in her life, Jordan 　　5　　 her days with helping sick children that she had 　　6　　 through the online prayer chains to which she belonged．　　7　　, going blind and becoming disabled turned out to be 　　8　　 It gave her a new direction．She made a 　　9　　 to give suffering kids a little joy and a little hope．

　　Because daily she received many emails 　　10　　 prayers for children suffering from different types of cancer and other illnesses, Jordan 　　11　　 the Love and Hope Foundation to help those children．She decided to 　　12　　 their stories with pictures on a web site so that others who wanted to help these kids could join and 　　13　　

　　She once believed that she wasn't of much use to anybody 　　14　　．How wrong she was! What began as a hobby 　　15　　 into a fail-time job almost overnight．People from every walk of life are getting 　　16　　 in Love and Hope and it is developing very well．

　　What's required to become a messenger of hope to a sick child? 　　17　　 the desire to help．" Whatever your 　　18　　 is．" says Jordan．"You can use it to benefit 　　19　　 children and their families．It can truly make a 　　20　　 to the lives of these children and you can also get a lot from it．"

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Some people cannot learn in ordinary schools．Physical or 　　1　　 illness prevents a child from learning．Today new 　　2　　 are being used in special schools to help the disabled learn．A school is being 　　3　　 in New Jersey, USA．It is called Bancroft．Here the disabled will be trained to 　　4　　 themselves and to get along in the outside world．Bancroft is not surrounded by walls of any kind．Its director insists that it be 　　5　　 so that students may gradually develop 　　6　　 relations with the rest of the world．Bancroft students will 　　7　　 in apartments, cooking their own meals, and learning to perform other 　　8　　．As they become able, they will buy their own furniture, 　　9　　 for it out of their own money．They will pay for their food, too．They will learn to expect 　　10　　 bills for the calls they make every month．As a step toward the goal of becoming 　　11　　 , each disabled person will decide what kind of work he wants to be 　　12　　 to do．While some of the training will be carried on within Bancroft itself, most of the students will receive 　　13　　 training in nearby towns．They will be trained by town people．After the training has been 　　14　　 completed, the student will work 　　15　　 an assistant and will begin to earn money．After that he will leave Bancroft, 　　16　　 the school will continue to give him help if he 　　17　　 it．How long will it take a student to 　　18　　 his training under this new system? The director says, “For some a year will be 　　19　　．For others it might take ten years．” For all, however, this method offers new 　　20　　．Many will learn to be useful and independent, supporting themselves in the world．

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　　After my 26 second-graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats．But Duane was still 　　1　　 there．Duane was a bright and lovable student, 　　2　　 his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking．　　3　　 that he might have had a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong．As he looked up, I could see the 　　4　　 in his dark eyes．

　　“Mrs．Brown, aren’t you going to open my present for you?” he asked 　　5　　．“I put it on your desk．”

　　Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me．I noticed my gift 　　6　　 to be a matchbox．Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box 　　7　　 a matchbox．As I opened it, the 　　8　　 of two beer caps surprised me．Duane 　　9　　 me that they were two earrings．He had noticed that I 　　10　　 wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones．

　　I was 　　11　　 by Duane’s creativity and thoughtfulness．　　12　　 birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed(畸形的)．Fearing that wearing earrings might 　　13　　 to the ear, I avoided wearing them．But how could I 　　14　　 to wear these precious earrings given by this 　　15　　 child?

　　As I placed the earrings on my ears, my 　　16　　 clapped, and Duane stood proudly beside me．

　　Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk．It 　　17　　 me of Duane’s act of kindness and of the lessons he taught me．Although his 　　18　　 at home was bad, Duane continued to see the good in life．Although poor, he still wanted to 　　19　　．Whenever I see Duane’s gift on my desk, I feel encouraged．If I am having 　　20　　 reaching a student, I’ll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart．