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     Billy was three years old．One day, when he was trying to   1   a bottle of milk from the table, he dropped it．There was a sea of milk all   2  the kitchen floor at once．

     His mother came in．Instead of   3   at him, she said, "Billy, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! Would you like to play in the milk for a few minutes  4  we clean it up?"

    He did．After a while, his mother said, "You know, Billy, whenever you make a mess  5  this, finally you have to clean it up．So, how would you like to do  6  ? We could use paper, a towel or a mop（拖布）．Which do you want to use?"

    Billy used the   7  and together they cleaned UP the milk．His mother then said, "Let's go out and   8  the bottle with water in the yard． Let's see if you can find a right  9  to carry it without dropping it．"

   It was at that moment that Billy knew he didn't need to be   10  of making mistakes．Instead he knew that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new．

　　Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying,“When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”

　　At last one of them said,“What's the use of doing this foolish（愚蠢的）work? We can __2__ fill the basket.”__3__ man answered,“That is none of your business.”The first man said,“You may do as you like, but I am going to work at __4__ so foolish.”He __5__ his bucket（桶）and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.

　　As he poured（倒）the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring（金戒指）. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself.“You __9__ so well in this little thing,”he said,“__10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”

Mr. Brown，a teacher in a primary school，often fell asleep in class，but he didn’t want his 1 to know and do that．One day he again fell asleep  2 ．When he woke up，one of the  3 ，Tom，asked him，“Why did you fall asleep in class just now，dear sir?”

      Mr. Brown’s face turned  4  ．“I…I…The Sungod（太阳）asked me to visit him in my dream．”he said．

      Tom wanted to say something，  5  he said nothing．1he next day，Tom also  6  in class．

      When the teacher saw him，he  7  Tom up and asked him，“Why did you fall asleep in class and not  8  me，Tom?”

    Tom answered with a smile on his  9  ，“The Sungod asked me to visit him，too．”The teacher became  10  when he heard this and asked，“What did he say to you，then?”

    “He told me he didn’t see you yesterday．”

    （    ）1．A．teachers         B．students        C．parents           D．workers

    （    ）2．A．at table           B．in class         C．in hospital       D．in bed

    （    ）3．A．boys            B．girls              C．men                D．women

    （    ）4．A．black           B．red               C．yellow            D．green

    （    ）5．A．but                 B．and               C．or                   D．so

    （    ）6．A．went to bed    B．got up          C．fell asleep        D．went to work

    （    ）7．A．woke            B．threw                  C．hung               D．brought

    （    ）8．A．hear from         B．hear of          C．listen to           D．look at

    （    ）9．A．head           B．nose             C．face                D．ear

    （    ）10．A．angry           B．happy           C．sad                 D．pleased

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Many Americans like to have their holidays(假期) in  1 countries. One day an American  2  comes to China. This is her first time to China and she wants to  3 some friends here. She meets a Chinese. This Chinese wants to talk 4  with the American. When he sees her, he comes up and says “  5 ” , then he begins(开始) his first talk with someone  6  an English-speaking country（国家）. “How old are you?” the Chinese  7 .

“I’m  8  . It’s a secret. Please don’t ask a lady(女士) about her  9  .” answers the woman.

The Chinese is surprised (感到惊奇) . He doesn’t know  10  . Can you help him?

1.                A．boring         B．bad            C．different  D．good

2.                A．man           B．boy            C．woman   D．child

3.                A．make          B．know           C．do   D．get

4.                A．with English     B．with Chinese     C．in English D．in Chinese

5.                A．OK            B．hello           C．sorry D．goodbye

6.                A．in             B．at             C．of   D．from

7.                A．asks           B．tells            C．talks D．speaks

8.                A．sure           B．worried         C．glad D．sorry

9.                A．supper         B．age            C．job(工作) D．family

10.               A．how           B．why           C．what  D．which

Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15 ,his father   16 him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was   17  with his father’s idea. “That isn't my job. I have  18   school work to do. ” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise (许诺) to give you the best present(礼物） if you  19  finish one year’s work. ” Tom thought for a while and  20 .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked   21  until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops (庄稼) grew well.  22 the last day of the year, the father said, “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now, tell me  23  you want. ”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat(小麦). “I’ve already got the  24  present. No pains, no gains（不劳无获）. I think this is what you wanted   25  to know. ” His father was quite pleased to hear that.