Between about AD 450 and 1150, English was spoken in England and62． b______ more on German. Between about AD 800 and 1150, Danish and French63．______ (rich) the English language, especially its 64．    .

(词汇). At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. In the 17th century, as a result of the 65． v______ English was used by more people. Later in the 18th century, English began to be spoken in Australia. By the 19th century, English was66．_____ (settle). Now, English is spoken in countries such as China, India, 67． ______ (新加坡), Malaysia and South Africa as a foreign or second language. In a word, English has 68．______ (gradual) changed and developed over time and now is spoken all over the world.

Mum(putting on her coat) : I’m going to have to go down to the shop for more bread.

Alan: Why?

Mum: I’m not sure what  (1)  ．(happen). I made some sandwiches earlier and left them on the table   (2)  ．I went to answer the phone. But someone must have taken them because they are  (3)  ．(go).

Alan: Oh, it must have been Dad. I’m sure he was in the kitchen   (4)  ．(early).

Mum: No, he went off to his tennis match before I finished   (5)  ． (make) them, so he couldn’t have done it.  (6)  ．, he couldn’t carry a plate of sandwiches as well as all his tennis stuff, so I’m sure  (7)  ．wasn’t him.

Alan(opening fridge door): Well, it wasn’t me. But Mum, look! Are these your sandwiches here on the bottom shelf of  (8)  ． fridge?

Mum: Are they there? Oh, my goodness. I  (9)  ．have put them in there when the phone rang. Oh, dear. I really must be losing my  (10)  ． . Now, why did I put on my coat?

Once there lived a rich man   (1)    wanted to do something for the people of his town.   (2)     first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his 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 passedaround 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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It was a busy day at the grocery store and the old couples were in line behind me with birthday balloons.

They were chatting together about their rush to get ready for the party. From （1）          they said, I knew their nephew had a twin and something bad happened to the baby at birth. Though they did all they could （2）     (help) them but times were still tough for them.

They seemed to be too nervous and were too （3）_______(anxiety) to leave, so I asked （4）         they wanted to go ahead of me or not. They didn’t understand what I （5）        (mean) at first. After knowing it, they were very appreciative. But they stood behind me.

At that time I knew it had to be a significant day to them. Nothing could be （6）     (good) if someone offered to help them. So I told the cashier to add the balloons to my purchases. The old couples refused at first （7）            I insisted. I said, “You tell your sweet nephew that there are always nice people who want to give them （8）                hand in this world.” They thanked me over and over and the cashier got teary-eyed, （9）          (say) there was an angel in her line today.

That little act of （10）                 (kind) made everyone who saw it feel good—but it made me feel the best of all!