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A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus. ______ sat next to each other. “What’s that in your bag?” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.
“Gold. There was nothing but gold,” answered the old man. The young man could not believe his own ears and was _____ great surprise. Then he began to think about __
___to get the money. The old man was very tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while the old man ___
___(lie) down on the chair and fell asleep.
The young man took _____ big bag gently and quietly. But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur（毛皮）coat was under the old man’s body. Several times he tried to pull it out, ___
___ in vain（白费）. At last he took off his coat, __
__(think) that the gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat.
Worried but ______(delight), the young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him, until he reached a place __
___ he thought the old man couldn’t find him. He stopped and quickly opened the bag but he just found a great many of small stones in it. Then he ran back to the station ___
_(hurry) only to find that the old man was gone.
My neighbor Li Hai is going to graduate college soon and he hasn’t found
job yet. He was once
（advise） to learn computer skills,
he thought it was difficult. When he saw others learning English, he shook his head,
（say） it was too hard to remember new
. He enjoyed watching TV, playing cards, smoking and so on. He felt it was hard for him to give up all
habits. Not long ago, he went to look for a job. When he knew talents were
（great） needed, he sighed and regretted the time
he had wasted. He told me how he wished he
（work ）hard in college and asked me not to copy his example.
Thank you very much for your letter. Your trip sounds exciting! I can’t wait_______ hear what Africa is like.
Since my last letter to you, I had a little adventure ___ my own. Early this month, my mother and I took
____ flight to Dun Huang, in the north-west of China. The desert out there was really quite amazing. I had never seen so much sand in my life!
_____ we were there, we arranged with a tour company to ride camels. I was very excited
_____ this was the first time I had seen one up close. We had hoped that we would get to see some other wildlife on our trip,
_____ sadly we didn’t.
Since you are going to the Sahara, I have some advice-----be sure to bring a large hat and a shirt with long sleeves,_____you’ll need for protection. The sun can be
_____brilliant that you’ll need to keep covered or you’ll get burnt-----my cheeks
___so red for days after my trip. And another thing, you’ll need to keep a good
_ of water with you, since it is so dry and hot.
I am sure you’ll have a nice trip. I look forward to receiving your postcards!
Best wishes
Aihua
【原创】A friend's grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After (settle)down at E11is Island, he went into a cafeteria in Manhattan to get something
(eat). He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did.
(final), a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and informed him
a cafeteria worked.
"Start out at that end," she said. "Just go a1ong the line and pick out what you want. At other end they'll tell you how much you have to pay."
"I soon (1earn)how everything works in America," the grandfather told the friend."Life's a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want as long as you are
(will)to pay the price. You can even get success,
you'll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself."
You can't change the inevitable. The only thing you can do to contro1 your attitude. 0nce you reach that point in life, happiness and
(satisfy)can't be too far away.
My school goes from kindergarten to 6th grade．I(be)a 6th grader．Because of that，the younger
(kid)look up to me and my fellow classmates．This is the story about when I used my power
(make)a kid feel empowered：One day，some of my friends and I were walking to our lunch period．We were a little late，
the halls were empty．Then a little
(disable)boy he needs a walker to walk in kindergarten) came from the elevator with his guide．We were
(teach)to let those kids go first，so while we waited，his guide told us he refers
himself as “Fast Freddy” and then asked him to show as how fast he can go．“Fast Freddy”put a smile on his face and
(go)as fast as possible．Without thinking，I said“he’s so fast”，then as if by magic，that little boy’s smile got wider and he went even
(fast)!Next his guide gave me a thumbs—up and they went wherever they had to go，and so did we．I said three simple words
brightened someone’s day．Three simple words!
Recently a new science behind incentives(激励), ___ (include) in education, has been discussed. For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children _
__(do) better in school. ___
_some cases, he gave students incentives based on input(输入), like reading certain books, while in
___, the incentives _
(base) on output, like results on exams. His main _
_ (find) was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output. Fryer’s conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be
____ (effect) because students do not know how to do better on an exam, apart from general rules like “study harder”. Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over
___they have much more control.
As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have __ much higher chance of success. And it’s easier to start again
you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do.