An old carpenter (木匠) was ready 61. ________ (retire). He told his boss of his plan to leave the house-building business to live an easier life with his family. 

The boss was sorry to see his good worker go and asked 62. ________ he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time 63. ________ was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He built the house 64. ________ (care) and used inferior (低劣的) materials. 

When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect (视察) the house. Then he handed the front-door key 65. ________ the carpenter and said, “This is your house ... my gift to you.”

The carpenter was 66. ________ (shock)!

What 67. ________ shame! If he had known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. But we cannot go back. Someone once 68. ________ (say), “Life is a do-it-yourself project.” Your attitude (态度), and the 69. ________ (choose) you make today, help build the “house” you 70. ________ (live) in tomorrow. Therefore, build wisely!

W: Tony, you got home later than usual. What’s the _____61__________?

M: Well, believe it or not, I had__62_____ accident on the bus on the way home. A car_63__(drive)  into the front  of  the  bus.

W: No. How did__64__ happen?

M: The bus driver was turning right when the car rushed out. It ran too fast to stop and then hit the bus.

W: The car driver ___65___ have been drunk.

M: In fact not. The traffic policemen came soon _66_____ the accident happened. They gave the

   driver a test, finding he didn’t drink at all. It turned_67_____ that he was a new driver.

W：What happened then?

M：The car driver ______68__(take) to the police office, and all the__69_____(passenger) on the bus got off to take another one.

W: Thank God. Nobody was hurt.

M: Yes, Only a little girl was __70______(frighten).

 One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about   61     (be) late for school.

There were many people waiting at the bus stop,    62    some of them looked very anxious and    63    (disappoint) . when the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next    64    the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike  65   (catch ) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused   66  (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept   67   (ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked,“   68    anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It ‘s    69    (I )”. She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully, Five others on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers      70    (sudden) became friendly to one another.

Once there lived a rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. 61　　　 first he wanted to find out 62　　　 they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed 63　　　 very large stone. Then he 64_____ (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

　　“Who put this stone in the centre of the road? ”said the old man, but he did not try 65 　　　　　(remove)the stone. Instead, with some  66　   　　(difficult) he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 67　 　. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 68　　　(say) to himself: “The night 69　 　(be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone. ”

　　Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 70　　　(strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! Under the stone, he found a bag of money.

The earth is the only planet that scientists are certain has life. What does the earth have that other planets in our solar system donˈt? For one thing, the earth is just the right temperature. As   (1)   third planet from the sun, the earth seems to be just the right distance away. The planets that are closer to the sun are   (2)   (extreme) hot and their surfaces are baking in the sun. The farthest planets are frozen balls.

When the earth developed, it   (3)   (cover) by many gases. The gases caused the earth   (4)   (be) hot. But something   (5)   (amaze) happened. The temperature was just right for thick clouds to form. It rained very hard for a long time. This gave the earth its oceans. Water made   (6)   possible for plants to grow. Then the plants created oxygen in the atmosphere,   (7)   is the gas that humans and animals breathe.

Mars is the only planet in the solar system that seems to be anything like the earth. It is   (8)   (small) than the earth and it is quite a bit cooler. But it is not too cold for humans. The most unexpected sight on Mars is dried-up river beds. However, it is believed    (9)  
Mars was once much wetter. Does this mean there could have been living things on Mars? Scientists are not sure, but there   (10)  (be) no sign so far.

Nowadays employees are supposed to make contributions to their companies. What is the 61__ __ _    (value) contribution employees make to their companies, knowledge or judgment? I say judgment. Knowledge, no matter how broad, is useless 62__       ___ it is applied. And application takes judgment, 63_      ____ involves something of a sixth sense—a high performance of the mind.

This raises interesting questions about the best 64__     ___ (train) for today’s business people. As Daniel Goleman suggests in 65_     ____ new book, Emotional Intelligence, the latest scientific findings seem to indicate that clever 66__    ___ inflexible people don’t have the right stuff in an age when the suitable ability is the key 67__       ___ survival.

In 68__       __ recent cover story, Time Magazine sorted through the current thinking on intelligence and reported, “New brain research suggests that emotions, not IQ, may be the true measure of human intelligence.” The basic significance of the emotional intelligence that Time called “EQ” 69__            ___ (suggest) by management expert Karen Boylston: “Customers are telling businesses, ‘I don’t care whether every member of your staff graduated from Harvard. I will take my business and go 70.___             __ I am understood and treated with respect.，”