选词填空。根据短文内容，从方框中选择适当的选项完成短文。（有两个选项是多余的）

Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers（大臣）．Suddenly，he came up with（想出）an idea．He asked，“How many baskets of __1__ are there in the pool?” The ministers couldn’t give an answer．The king was angry，“You __2__ answer my questions in three days!”

Three days passed，but __3__ of the ministers had the answer．Just then，a child said that he knew it．The king __4__ the ministers to lead the child to the p001．To his surprise，the child  __5__ and said with a smile，“It is __6__．None need to go to the pool．”This made the king pleased．“All right! Let us know __7__ it is．”The child said，“If you know the __8__ of the basket，the answer is known．__9__ it is as big as the pool，there is one basket of water；half as big，two baskets…”“Stop! That’s it．You have got the answer．They were thinking of things __10__ a wrong way．”

Sometimes to get out of the difficulty，one must change one’s way of thinking．

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On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road.  She was very worried. Her ___1___ had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his way back home from work as usual.

       The lady wondered, “Is the man going to help me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her ___2___, he stopped and said with a smile, “What’s wrong, madam?” The lady told him what was happening.

       After forty minutes, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him.

“No, that’s ___3___, madam.” he said, “I was just helping someone in nee d. If you really want to pay me back, I hope ___4___ you see someone in trouble, please give him a hand.” A few minutes later, the lady saw a shabby（破旧的）house by the road.  She ___5___ Robert’s words, so she stopped.  The hostess（女主人）warmly asked her in. The lady could see that was a ___6___ family and they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady ___7___ 500 dollars on the table and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how hard their life was. Their ___8___ was to be born the next month but there wasn’t ___9___ money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything’s going to be all right. A stranger has helped us out.”

       Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ___10____.

　　An old woman suddenly became blind. She promised（许诺）a doctor a lot of (1) if he could make her see again. “If you fail, you'll get (2) .”The doctor agreed to help her.

　　The doctor soon found out (3) was wrong with her. He (4) not to cure（治疗）her right now. Instead（而是）each time he went to see the old woman, he took some of her things.

　　After he took away (5) .he decided to cure the blind woman and asked her (6) a lot of money. When the old woman could see again she saw there was (7) in her house and she (8) to pay the money. The doctor took her before a judge（法官）.

　　“What the doctor said is true.”she (9) the judge. “But I don't think I'm cured be cause I still can't see (10) the things in my house.”

　　The old woman won her case（案子）and the doctor went away without getting his pay.

　　A doctor was once teaching a class of students at a famous hospital in London. An injured（受伤）man came in, and the doctor turned to one of the __1__ and asked him,“What's wrong __2__ this man?”

　　“I don't know, sir,”the student answered,“Shall I examine（检查）him and __3__?”

　　“There is no need to examine him,”said the doctor.“You should know without __4__ questions. He hurt his right knee（膝盖）. Didn't you notice the way he __5__? He hurt it by burning. You can know from his trousers. This is Monday morning. Yesterday was fine, but on Saturday the roads were wet. __6__ the man's trousers. He fell down on Saturday night.”

　　The doctor then turned to the man and said,“You had your pay on Saturday and went to have a __7__ at some place in the street. You fell down and got wet on the __8__. You tried to __9__ your clothes by the fire when you got home. But because you drank __10__, you fell on the fire and burnt your knee. Is that right?”

　　Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the north of Europe（欧洲）.

Near Greenland there is __1__ island. It is small. __2__ name is Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white __3__ ice? If you do, you are __4__. Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. There are more people in your hometown than in all of Greenland. That is not __5__ Greenland is green. Greenland is white. Most of the island is covered __6__ lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is __7__ than the world's tallest building. What __8__ Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it isn't. Iceland has ice but not so much ice __9__Greenland. Iceland has a lot of springs（泉水）. They give out hot water and steam（水蒸气）. The climate（气候）is not as __10__ as Greenland. And there are a lot more who live in Iceland.