Before graduating college， Jackie began to look for a job． She aimed at a famous company， but the （1） for such jobs was very strong． The company Jackie chose planned to employ only one person， but more than twenty people applied for the job． （2） ， Jackie was one of the three people invited for the final interview． The interview was very （3） ． The interviewer asked just a few questions and it was all over in less than 10 minutes． Then the interviewer said to them， "All of you are very good． Please go home and （4） our response．"
Three days later， Jackie received a message saying she would not be （5） the job． She felt deeply disappointed． That evening， however， she received another （6） ． This time it said that she got the job．
Jackie later found out that the first message sent to her phone was part of the interview﹣﹣﹣a
（7） to see if she was suitable for the job． All the three people received the（8） text， but only Jackie's reply（9） the company．Of the three， one did not reply． The other said "goodbye" and Jackie said "thank you"． This reply showed that Jackie was a/an（10） person， so the company offered her the job．
（1）A． exam |
B． work |
C． competition |
D． plan |
（2）A． Thankfully |
B． Unluckily |
C． Hopefully |
D． Immediately |
（3）A． long |
B． strict |
C． interesting |
D． simple |
（4）A． pick up |
B． wait for |
C． deal with |
D． think of |
（5）A． offered |
B． returned |
C． refused |
D． shown |
（6）A． letter |
B． e﹣mail |
C． call |
D． message |
（7）A． guide |
B． conversation |
C． test |
D． lesson |
（8）A． same |
B． other |
C． second |
D． whole |
（9）A． reached |
B． satisfied |
C． helped |
D． surprised |
（10）A． brave |
B． clever |
C． polite |
D． honest |
A king had two sons and asked famous teachers to teach them． After a few （1） __ （year）， the king fell badly ill． So he wanted to choose one of his sons as the next king， but which one would be the right person？ He thought it over （2） a whole night． At last， he decided （3） （test）his sons．
One day， he gave a room to each of （4） （they），"You must fill the room completely （完全地） with anything you wish． But there should（5） （be）no space left and you can't ask for advice from anyone!"
The next day the king （6） （visit） his elder son's room． The room was completely filled with grass． The king felt sorry about it． Then he went to （7） other room， but it was closed． His （8） （young） son asked him to get in and closed the door again． It was dark everywhere， so the king shouted at him （9） （angry）， But suddenly the second son lighted a candle and the room was full of light． The king felt very excited and hugged him proudly．
He realized： Wisdom（智慧）is more important than simple answers （10） are easy to get．
There was a tree in my garden． One day， two birds came to the tree and built a house for their（1） newborn babies．
One morning， I was getting up when I （2） the sound of the little birds． I ran out of my bedroom and found two babies eating food on the ground in the （3） I thought they dropped off their house， so I decided to help them get back to their house． At that time， the （4）． bird and the mother bird came back． They brought some food for the third baby． They put it on the ground． （5） their third baby． To get the food， she had to fly to it． Although she was（6） ， she was afraid of getting out of the house to eat it． To my （7） ．her parents just stood there and did nothing．
After about ten（8） the third baby bird didn't have any other choice． She slowly went to the border（边缘）of the house and began to（9） ， She flew down from the house． Finally，she landed safely on the ground and found the food soon．
These birds taught us a lesson： If we want our food， we will have to learn to fly on （10） ．
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（1）A． two |
B．three |
C．five |
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（2）A．heard |
B． smelt |
C．saw |
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（3）A．garden |
B． house |
C． bedroom |
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（4）A． sister |
B． Brother |
C．father |
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（5）A． beside |
B． next to |
C．far away from |
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（6）A． full |
B． hungry |
C．thirsty |
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（7）A． joy |
B．surprise |
C． excitement |
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（8）A．days |
B．weeks |
C．minutes |
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（9）A．fly |
B． eat |
C．run |
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（10）A．ourselves |
B．yourselves |
C． Themselves |
The classroom （clean） by the students every day．
China has （big） population in the world．
I don't want （be） fat．