Once there lived a rich man 1 ________ wanted to do something for the people of his own. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved 2 _______ (one) help.     

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed 3_________ very large stone. Then he 4 ___________ (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 to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 5 ___________ 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 6 __________. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 7 _________ (say) to himself: “The night 8___________ (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 9 __________ (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! 10 ___________ the stone, he found a bag of money.

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I’ve dreamed of becoming a writer since I was a teenager. But   (1) isn’t easy to get a book of mine published. Although I’ve tried hard, none of my  (2)  (book) have been published. I am really (3)  (upset).

This morning, I received a call from a publisher and   (4)  (tell) once again that there was no way my book would be published.   (5) (feel) sad, I left home and went to the park near my apartment. At the park, I sat down on the bench near the grass.

While I was sitting there, I saw a little boy about one and a half years old. He was running on the grass,  (6)  his mother not far behind him. He looked so happy when he enjoyed the

  (7)  (free) of running on the grass. He then fell on the grass, but he quickly got up and continued to run as fast   (8)  he could again even without looking back at his mother. He was still running with a smile on his face, as if nothing  (9)  (happen).

Seeing that, I was   (10)  (true) inspired. I suddenly realized that I shouldn’t get discouraged after experiencing failure. Instead, I should cheer up and keep on trying.

Wood-block printing first appeared in the early Tang period. During the Song dynasty, the technique of block printing was very advanced. Books were (1)  (beautiful) printed. Even today the books  (2)  (print) at the time are valuable and treasured by libraries and book collectors.

However, block printing  (3)  (be) not very convenient. Every two pages of a book had to be carved on a wood block, and a big book would require many blocks. Besides, there had to be large places for storing the books.  (4) (overcome) these shortcomings, Bi Sheng invented the movable type during the years between 1041 and 1048. One word was carved on one piece of clay,  (5)  was hardened with fire. Then clay characters were set on  (6)  iron plate according to the text of a book. Then ink was applied to them and  (7)  (sheet) of paper spread over them, and the printing was done. Bi Sheng’s invention made printing faster and easier  (8) before. Later, movable type of metal and wood was made and widely used.

The technique of printing was gradually known to other Asian countries and Europe. The great influence printing had (9) the advance of civilization is too clear to need any  (10) (explain).

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A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water.  (1)_______  water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder (2)_______ had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man (3)_______ ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled(4)_______( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home(5)_______a happy heart.

After the student left, the teacher let(6)_______student taste the water. He spit it out,(7)_______(say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like(8)_______?" The teacher replied,  " You tasted the water. I tasted the girl. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing   could   be(9)_______(sweet). "

We understand this lesson best(10)_______we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.​

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   In 1863the first underground passenger railway in the world opened in London. It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible _(1)__(crowd) on the roads above as they travelled to and __(2)___ word. It took three years to complete and was built using an interesting method. This included digging up the road, ___(3)__(lay) the track and then building a strong roof over___(4)___ top. When all those had been done, the road surface was replaced.

   Steam engines __(5)_(use) to pull the carriages and it must have been_(6)_(fair)unpleasant for the passsengers, with all the smoke and noise. However, the railway quickly proved to be a great success and within six months, more than 25,000 people were using__(7)_ every day.

   Later, engineers __(8)__(manage) to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels (隧道）, which became known to the tube. This development was only possible with the _(9)_ (introduce) of electric-powered engines and lifts. The central London Railway was one of the most __(10)_(success) of these new lines, and was opened in 1900. It had white-painted tunnels and bright red carriages, and proved extremely popular with the public.

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She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term     (1)     (rest). Instead, she is earning $6500 a day as      (2)     model in New York.

  Sarah       (3)       (tell) that she could be Britain’s new supermodel earning a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter 44, want her to give up school to model fulltime. But Sarah,     (4)      has taken part in shows along with top models wants       (5)       (prove) that she has brains as well as beauty she is determined to carry on with her        (6)       (educate).

She has turned down several       (7)       (invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies After school she plans to take a year off to model full time before going to university to get a degree       (8)       engineering or architecture.

Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school     (9)       (come) first. I don't want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is     (10)       (certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don’t want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can't model my more.”

Mrs. Wilson _____(1)___(invite) some friends to lunch. She was eager to try a new way of ___(2)_____(cook) a fish dish, and she was very pleased with ____(3)____(she) when the dish was ready. She put it near the window to cool it for a few minutes because the dish was hot. When she came back for it, she was surprised ____(4)____(find) the neighborˈs cat by the dish. ___(5)_____(fortunate), she came in time to stop the cat. That afternoon was a great success and they talked and laughed until four oˈclock. At ___(6)____ end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, she felt tired ___(7)____ happy. She was sitting near the window ___(8)___ she saw her neighbor carrying the cat, dead. What had happened to her friends? She at once called the family doctor. He told her to phone each of her visitors to meet him. After all the _____(9)___(phone), just as she sat down, the telephone rang. It was from her neighbor，“I am so sad. My cat ___(10)_____(kill) by a car.”

(1)                           (2)                           (3)                           (4)                           (5)                           

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For you, the “Clear and Bright” day that falls in every April might be no more than just another holiday — the fact that it comes with three days off school matters to most students(1)  (much) than the fact that it is part of the 24 solar terms (二十四节气).

But this ancient system that Chinese people have used   (2)  (keep) track of the time of year was added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity（人类非物质文化遗产）on Nov. 30.

   To be fair, the terms do sound old; they  (3)  (invent) thousands of years ago to offer weather information for agricultural   (4)  (activity). But the truth is  (5)  they still have an influence on our lives today, even if we don’t realize it most of the time. For example, people from

 (6)  (north) China are in the habit of eating dumplings   (7)  the day of Winter Solstice (冬至). And on Start of Autumn, some treat   (8)  (they) to a big feast, especially of meat, something they call “putting on autumn weight”, or tieqiubiao.

According to Chinese writer and academic Yu Shicun, the system is a philosophy of time,

 (9)  applies to everything. And this means they are   (10)  (likely) to die out.

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Irish, Japanese, Chinese scientists share the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. William Campbell, Staoshi Omura and Tu Youyou jointly won the prize(1)their work against diseases, the award-giving body said on Monday.

Campbell(2)(bear) in Ireland and Japanese Omura won half of the prize for discovering a new drug, (3)has helped the battle against river blindness, as well as showing(4)(power) effect against other diseases.

The Chinese scientist Tu Youyou also discovered artemisinin(青嵩素)，a drug that has(5)(sharp) reduced the death rate for patients(6)(suffer) from malaria(疟疾). She is also the first Chinese citizen (7)(win) the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize winning is

(8)honor for China’s science cause and traditional Chinese medicine.

“These two(9)(discover) provide humankind with a new way to fight these diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually. The award for Tu Youyou is the result of major change in the way China performs scientific research. China(10)(spend) a lot of money on such research over the past years,” a member of the Nobel committee said.

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    According to a recent survey, violence did exist in schools. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also   1   (express) their great concern about it. Experts hope the whole society pay more attention to the mental health of adolescents.

    Nowadays, school violence is   2   hot issue. I think this is a phenomenon,

  3   calls for our great concern. We should try every effort   4   (prevent) violence happening at school for more and more students would drop out of school

  5   their personal safety could not   6   (guarantee). In fact, violence can

be learnt. Children learn violent behavior from adults or from   7   they see on television or on the Internet.

     If I meet with school violence, I will not answer violence   8   violence, for it will result in  9  (much) fighting. I will tell my teachers or parents about it. I think they will help me deal with it well and they will protect me from the bad guys.

     All in all, every student should behave   10   (he) and keep away from

 violence.