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Billy is a boy. He’s fifteen years old. His parents (1) for three years. One day when he was walking in the street, he (2) a wallet. He (3) to the owner, Mr Baker. He gave his (4) to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr Baker made him (5) for him in his (6) . Billy worked so hard that Mr and Mrs Baker were (7) with him.

Mr Baker loved planting (8) . The week before last, he brought (9) trees home, planted them in the (10) himself and watered them every day. Several days (11) , he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, “Take good care of the trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them.” “Don’t (12) about them, sir,”answered Billy, “I’ll try my best to (13) them.”Six days passed and Mr Baker came back. He asked, “(14) anyone ever come to steal the trees?” “No, sir.”said Billy, “To stop someone from stealing the trees, I (15) them up six days ago. I have hidden them for almost a week!”

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When Mr Smith retired(退休), he bought a small (1) in a village near the sea. He (2) it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.

But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most (3) building in the village. From morning to night there were (4) outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and (5) of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to (6) . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want (7) your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would (8) coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to (9) every day showing them around his house.“I came here to (10) not to work as a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

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