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Passage AIt was Marys birthday. She got a letter from her uncle who was a farmer.“Dear Mary,” the letter said, “Happy birthday! I want to give you some chickens. They will g 1 there tomorrow. I hope you like them. Best wishes! Uncle Toby.” Mary was pleased. She liked eating chicken. “Will I keep the chickens for their e 2 or eat them?” She thought. When the chickens got there the next day, they were in a box.Mary was very excited. She began to c 3 the box back to her house. However, the box of chickens was heavy, and she d 4 it. The box fell to the ground and was broken. The chickens all ran out. They ran e 5 , into neighbours gardens, into shops, e 6 into the next street. Mary spent hours t 7 to find them and took them back to her garden.A few days later，her uncle came to visit her. “Did you get my presents?”“Yes, Uncle Toby,” Mary said, “But I had a lot of t 8 with them. I dropped the box. It was broken and the chickens ran everywhere. I spent the w 9 morning looking for them.”“Did you find them all?” her uncle asked.“I hope so,” Mary answered, “I caught eleven of them.”“Thats very i 10 ,” her uncle said with a smile, “I only gave you six.”Passage BThree rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the w 1 day. Once, they quarrelled (争吵). One of them said, “Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!” A 2 one said, “My hands are more beautiful.” The third one said, “Mine a 3 the most beautiful.” Just then, an old woman beggar came up to them. “Beautiful ladies,” she said, “Im old and cant work. Im hungry. Please give me something to eat.”But the t 4 ladies gave her nothing. They only asked her to tell them who h 5 the most beautiful hands.A peasant(农民) woman was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough(粗糙的) because of h 6 work. The old woman beggar came up to her and said, “Im hungry. Please give me something to eat.” The peasant woman took out the only cake she had and gave the beggar a h 7 .The old woman beggar ate it and drank some water. Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her b 8 the rich ladies and said, “Now, I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor peasant woman are rough because of work, but they give us food; they are f 9 more beautiful than your hands which have n 10 done anything.”Passage C Two days ago, I was quite sure of getting an A for my English. I had got myself ready. I looked for i 1 on the Internet for a week. I wrote a speech(演讲稿) and I even drew a few p 2 of England. I practiced the s 3 a lot.On the day of my speech, I didnt get nervous or f 4 what I was going to say. However, everybody has one thing they are b 5 at. Some are bad at drawing pictures. O 6 are bad at typing. My problem is that my stories a 7 English history seemed boring.After g 8 my speech and showing my pictures, I thought I was going to get a bad grade.Big projects are very difficult for me to finish. They t 9 a lot of time, and I always worry about the day it has to be finished and the grade Ill get.Anyway, I ended up getting an A. The teacher said I made all my classmates listen. I was t 10 very loudly.Passage DOnly mother love is true love. It gives e 1 everything all his/ her life.When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as possible. In your walking hours, she always holds you in her arms. When you are ill, she stops her work at once to look after you day and n 2 and forgets about herself. When you are growing up day by day, she feels very happy.When you are old e 3 to go to school, mother still looks after you all the t 4 . On cold winter days, she always tells you to p 5 on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school every day. When you hurry to go to school with little b 6 , she always feels worried about you at home. She u 7 knows about your study and spends much money on your school things. When you do well at school, you will see the brightest s 8 on her face. Mother can do everything for you day after day.Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the w 9 ! We will r 10 mother love forever!Passage ELast May, I stayed in Santo Lusa for a week. That was my f 1 trip there. One morning, I started out to v 2 a famous museum, but I didnt know w 3 way to go, so I stopped a stranger and asked, “Excuse me, does this street lead(通向) to the Grand Museum?” “Yes,” he answered, “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing. You cant m 4 it.” So I w 5 two blocks and turned to my left, but the museum w 6 there. Then I asked a second stranger. He said, “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing.” But a 7 I couldnt find the museum. I asked a third stranger and he said the same thing.This time I found the Grand Museum. Just then s 8 walked up and said. “Excuse me, where is the nearest bookshop?” I answered q 9 , “Go along this street and turn l 10 at the second crossing!”Passage FDear editor, I am not a good-looking boy and Im not good at studying, e 1 . Some people dont even want to talk to me. So I usually feel lonely. Sometimes I think that if I wanted to leave home, nobody would care. How can I s 2 feeling like this? DickDear Dick, Without knowing more about you, it is hard for me to give you some good a 3 . But first, I am s 4 that you are worried that nobody would care if you left home. What about your parents? And other family m 5 ? It s 6 that you are very sad. Youd better go to see a doctor or talk to your parents. They will be able to help you.S 7 , I am sure theres someone in your class who feels lonely, too. You never know how other people feel inside. T 8 to make friends with them.And you may join a club to m 9 new people and to keep yourself busy, too. You need to find happiness in yourself. So my last advice to you is to write a list of all the good things about yourself, learn to like yourself, and then o 10 will see your confidence(自信) and like you, too. Passage GTwo Chinese skaters, Zhang Dan and her partner Zhang Hao won an Olympic silver medal(银牌) several m 1 ago.To win the golden medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, this pair of skaters d 2 to do a special action, which they had done before. But unluckily Zhang Dan f 3 to the ice heavily and her leg were b 4 hurt. How painful (疼痛)! When all the people thought they would give up (放弃)the game, Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao came b 5 to the ice field. What a brave girl! Everyone was moved (感动的)and gave them a warm w 6 .When the music started again, they went on with the show. They did all the actions well and finished their performance. Everyone stood up and cheered. They got the s 7 place, but in everyones heart (心), they were the b 8 . They showed their great courage（勇气）to the w 9 . And they told people that success (成功)b 10 to the persevering (坚持).Passage HMany classes have a show-and-tell time. This is a time w 1 the students bring things to s 2 to the class. Then they tell the other students about the things. When Kelly Stewart a 3 if she could bring a helicopter(直升机) to school, her teacher a 4 . The teacher didnt know that Kelly m 5 a real helicopter.Kellys father is a pilot(飞行员) and he f 6 helicopters for the army. Everyone cried e 7 when he landed a big helicopter on the school playground. The pupils had f 8 looking at it and listening to Kelly and her father t 9 about it. Everyone said it was the b 10 show-and-tell period that the class ever had.Passage IWhen this story happened , they were working around a very large house. Their j 1 was to do the cleaning .It was not a difficult job ,but sometimes it was a litt