
1 Counting chickens
It was Mary's birthday. She r 1 a letter from her uncle who was a farmer.
"Dear Mary," the letter s_2_____. "Happy birthday. I'm sending you some c 3 . They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you'll like them. Best w 4 . Uncle Toby. "
Mary was very p__5____. She liked e 6 eggs and chicken. "I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them. " she t 7 .
When the chickens arrived the next day, they were in a box. Mary was very excited. She took the box off the b 8 of the truck and began to carry it into her garden, but the box of chickens was so heavy that she d 9 it.
The box f 10 to the ground and broke. The chickens all ran out. They ran here and there. Mary spent hours in t 11 to find them.
A few days l 12 her uncle came. He asked, "Did the chickens arrive s 13 ?" "Yes, but I dropped the box. It broke o 14 and chickens ran everywhere. I spent the whole morning l_15____ for them. " Mary said.
"Did you find t 16 all?" asked her uncle. "I hope so," Mary r__17____, "but I only c 18
eleven of them."
"That's very interesting. I o 19 sent you six. " Her uncle said with a s 20 .
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2. A housing problem
Sue and Alan had been d____1__ for many years. Every weekend they went to a movie together on Saturday night. On Sundays they went to the b 2 in the summer and to the c 3 in the winter.
Sue knew that Alan wanted to m 4 her, and she wanted to marry Alan, too. She waited
p 5 for him to ask her to marry him. However, although he often told her he loved her, he never said anything about m 6 . This made Sue unhappy. She was n 7 thirty. She believed that if Alan did not marry her soon she m 8 never marry. She did not want to be a s 9 . She wanted to have a husband and a family of her o 10 .
One evening, as they were walking home after a movie, she said, "Alan, don't you think it is time you asked me something?"
Alan thought for a moment. He knew what she was t 11 about. At last he said, "I'm sorry Sue, but I don't think I have anything to ask you at this time."
"Then I will have to ask you, Alan, "Sue said. "I cannot wait any l 12 . I'm getting old."
She stopped w 13 and looked at him.
"Alan," she said," we've k 14 each other for ten years. I love you and you love me. Will you marry me?"
Alan took h 15 of Sue's hand.
"Sue," he said, "I want to marry you, but we cannot get married yet. We have n 16 to live. I do not have much money and n 17 do you. We cannot buy a place of our own."
"That isn't important," Sue said. "We can live with your parents."
Alan s 18 his head.
“I’m sorry but that isn’t p 19 .”
“Why not?” Sue asked.
“Because my parents are still living with their parents,” he e 20 .
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3Dirty hands
“Have you washed your hands and f 1 ?” Billy’s mother asked him.
“Yes,” he said.
“Show me.”
He s___2____ his mother his hands.
“They are f 3 ,” she said. “And your face is c 4 in dirt.”
She pulled him into the b 5 . “Now wash your face and hands,” she said.
He did a 6 she told him, but he hated doing it.
“Are you a 7 of soap and water?” his mother asked him.
“No, I’m not afraid of them,” he said. “I just don’t like them. I h 8 washing.”
When he left the house he was clean. By the t 9 he got to school he was dirty again.
“Look at you!” his teacher s 10 . “Your face is filthy. If your hands are dirty, too, you’ll be in t 11 . H 12 out your hands.”
Billy knew his hands were dirty. He quickly s 13 on one and r 14 it on his pants. Then he showed it to the teacher.
“That is not a clean hand, Billy,” she said. “It’s the d 15 hand in the class. I’m going to p 16
you.”
Billy looked a 17 the class. “It’s not the dirtiest hand in the class,” he said.
“All right, Billy,” the teacher said. “If you can show me a d__18____ hand, I w 19 punish you.”
With a smile, Billy quickly showed her his o 20 hand.
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4 The guitar player
One day Tony was crossing the road when he was h 1 a car. He fell and broke his arm.
An a 2 soon arrived and took Tony to a hospital. There a doctor o 3 on his arm. Then he put the arm in a c 4 . Tony could not move it at all.
“You must keep your arm in a cast for six w____5____.” The doctor said, “That will give the broken b 6 a chance to h 7 .”
At the e 8 of six weeks Tony went back to the hospital. The doctor used a large s 9 to cut the cast. Then he took Tony’s arm out of the cast.
“Can you m 10 your arm, Tony?” he asked.
Tony t 11 to move his arm. At first it was d 12 , but soon he could move it e 13 .
“Yes, it’s f__12___”. He said, “Thank you very much”
“In a few days it will be as good as n15 .” the doctor said, “Just e 16 it a little every day.”
“Will I be a 17 to play the guitar” Tony asked.
The doctor smiled, “Of course, you will.” He said, “you will have no p 18 .”
“That’s good n 19 .” Tony said, “Because I c 20 play it at all before.
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5 Schooldays
Alice Andrews was very worried about her son, John. He was often unhappy.
One morning she walked into his room, turned o 1 the light,and said, “it’s time to get up, John. You can’t stay in b 2 all day.”
John turned o 3 in bed-He did not want to get up.He turned o 4 the light.
“Don’t go to sleep a 5 ,” Alice said. “Get up now or you’ll be l 6 again for school.” She turned the light on again.
Fifteen m 7 later John came into the k 8 and sat down at the table.
“Eat your breakfast quickly,” Alice’s said. “It’s a 9 eight thirty.”
“There’s no h 10 ,” John told his mother. “I’ m not going to school today.”
“Why not? ” his mother asked. “Is it a h 11 ?”
John shook his h 12 . “No,it’ s not a holiday.”
Alice s 13 down next to her son and took his hand.
“John,” she said, “tell me what’s wrong. Why do you h 14 school so much?”
For several moments John was s 15 . Then he said, “the teachers b 16 me and the students don’t like me.”
“John,” his mother said, “I’m sorry about that, b 17 you cannot stay at home.”
“Why not?” he asked.
“Because, dear,” his mother said, “there are two very good r 18 why you must go to school. F 19 , you are thirty-five years old-Second,you are the school p 20 .”
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6 Importance
Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to t 1 of the most important people in America. One was a very rich b 2 , another owned one of the largest c 3 in the world, and the third owned many b 4 in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about b 5 important.
"H 6 do we know if someone is really important?" the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said," I think a 7 who is i 8 to the White House to m 9 the President of the United States is really important. "
The reporter then turned to the o 10 of the very large company. "Do you agree with that?" she asked.
The man s 11 his head, "No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You'd only be important if while you were v 12 the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another great p 13 , and the President of the US said he was t 14 busy to answer it. "
The reporter turned to the t 15 man. "Do you think so?"
"No, I don't," he said. "I don't think that makes the v 16 important. That makes the President important. "
"Then what would make the visitor important?" the reporter and the other two men asked.
"Oh, I think if the visitor t 17 the White House was talking to the President and the phone r 18 , and the President p 19 up the receiver, listened and then said, 'It's f 20 you.”
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7 Nothing Unusual
A horse walked into an expensive restaurant. The head waiter came u 1 to him.” Good morning ,” he said .
“I’d like a table for o 2 , please ,”the horse said.” Have you made a r 3 ?” the waiter asked.
“Yes ,”the horse said ,”I p 4 . my name is running boy.”
“Of c 5 ,”the waiter said .”This way, please, running boy. “
He l 6 the horse to a good table by the window. the horse s 7 down and the waiter handed him the m 8 .
“I’d like a s 9 , please,” the horse said.” well-done with a potato and s 10 .”
“Certainly,” the waiter said, and went a 11 .
A little later he returned with the m 12 and put it on the table in f 13 of the horse.
“E 14 your meal,” he said to the horse and walked away. The horse a15 the meal, and enjoyed it very much. Then he asked the waiter for the b 16 .
When the waiter g 17 it to him, the horse said,” you must think it’s very u 18 –a horse coming into your restaurant and o19 a well-done steak.”
”Not at all,” the waiter said.” I like it cooked that way m 20 .”
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8 Free Tickets
John and Sylvia were quite r 1 . They had a large, beautiful house f 2 of expensive p 3 .
They had many friends and were not surprised when they received two f 4 tickets for the theater. They were s 5 , however, when they could not find out who had s___6___to them.” There ia no letter in the e__7______ with the tickets.
They p 8 many of their friends and asked,” Did you send us t 9 tickets?”
“No,” their friends said,” We didn’t send them.”
“It’s s 10 ,” Sylvia told her husband,” but we won’t w 11 the tickets. Everyone says that the play is very good.”
And so they went to the theater. They did not r 12 enjoy the play, however, because they were w 13 all the time.
The play s 14 at eight o’clock and finished at half p 15 ten. When they got home it was after e 16 .
There was a n 17 on their front door.
It s 18 , “we hope you enjoyed the play.”
Inside the house there was not a s 19 painting. they had all been s 20 .
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9 A Fishy Story
Barry Tan was a very s 1 business man. He lived in a large house and d 2 a big car. He w 3 expensive clothes and ate his meals in f 4 restaurants. His name was often in the n 5 .
One day a newspaper reporter asked him, “What is the s 6 of your success?”
Barry thought for a few moments and then said, “I eat a s___7____ kind of fish.”
“You eat a special kind of fish!” the reporter said. “What does that do?”
“It makes my b 8 work better,” Barry said.
“What kind of fish is it?” the reporter asked.
“Give me fifty d 9 and come back tomorrow. I will have some for you.”
The reporter gave Barry fifty dollars and r 10 next day.
“Have you got my special kind of fish?” she asked.
“Yes. Come into the house. It’s in the f 11 .”
Barry took the reporter into his k 12 . He o 13 the fridge and took out a very small fish?” Barry asked her.
The next day the reporter c 14 on Barry again.
“Did you eat the fish?” Barry asked her.
“Yes, I f 15 it.”
“Good. Do you feel d 16 today?”
“No, I don’t. And I think that fifty dollars was a l 17 to pay for s 18 a small fish.”
“Well done!” Barry said. “You see, the fish is w 19 . You’re u20 your brain now.”
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10 Lasting A Lifetime
Sidney Hui’s watch was old and it did not work well. It was e 1 too fast or too slow. It spent more time in the r 2 shop than on his w 3 . He decided to buy himself a new watch.
He went into a j 4 shop and spoke to the saleswoman behind the c 5 .
“I want to buy a new watch, please. Show me the b 6 watch you have.”
The saleswoman smiled h 7 . This was the kind of c 8 she liked.
“Certainly, sir,” She said, and showed Sidney a gold watch.
“This watch is made of gold and 24 jewels,” she e 9 .
“How much is it?” Sidney asked.
“$5000,” the saleswoman said.
“Oh,” Sidney said. “I’m sorry. You did not understand me. I want to see the best watch you have for u 10 $100.”
The saleswoman now lost i 11 in Sidney. She p 12 some cheap watches at him.
C 13 one of these,” she said r 14 . “They are all under $100.”
Sidney picked up one of the watches, “Will it last me a l 15 ?” he asked.
“Of course,” the saleswoman said.
“Then I’ll buy it,” Sidney told her. He p 16 for the watch and left the shop.
Two days later the watch s 17 . Sidney could not make it start a 18 . He took it back to the shop.
“This watch is b 19 ,” he said to the saleswoman. “You told me it could last me a lifetime.”
“When you bought it, sir,” the saleswoman said, “you didn’t look very w 20 .”
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11 Kid’s Talk
Have you ever listened to young children talking in the playground? They are always b 1 . They say things like, “My Dad’s car is bigger than your D 2 ,” and “My Mom is s__3___ than yours.” They p_4____ like to boast about their families.
There were three little boys, Harry, Ted and Gavin, who were always boasting. Gavin was the w 5 . Everything about his families was a 6 the best or the biggest or the most expensive. W__7___ the others said, he could always go one b 8 .
One day when they were walking to school Harry said, “My father has a b 9 twice a week.”
Ted spoke next.
“That’s n 10 ,” he said. “Having a bath twice a week is dirty. My father has a bath every day, sometimes twice a day.”
Ted looked at Gavin. Now it was his t 11 . But what could he say?
“This time,” Ted thought, “I’m going to w 12 .”
Gavin didn’t know what to say. He could not say that his father had a bath three times a day. That was s 13 .
He walked on in s 14 .
Ted smiled at Harry, and Harry smiled b 15 . They were sure that for once they had b 16 Gavin.
They reached the school gates. Still Gavin said nothing.
They went into class. Morning b 17 , lunch-time, afternoon break all p 18 . Still Gavin said nothing.
“We’ve won ,”Ted said to Harry, but he spoke too s 19 . On the way home, Gavin said, “My Dad’s so clean he doesn’t have to b__20____ at all.”
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Once upon a time there was a m___1___. He was very ugly and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. E 2 other monsters thought he was ugly.
He lived a 3 and was very unhappy because he was so l 4 .
“I wish I h 5 a friend,” he said to himself every day. “One friend would be e 6 . Someone to talk to.”
He wrote a letter to a magazine. The magazine gave people a 7 .
“Dear Editor,” he wrote. “I am an ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”
“Dear Monster,” the Editor replied. “A 8 for a friend in this magazine.”
The monster wrote an advertisement.
“Monster wants friend, male or f 9 . I have two heads, four arms, six legs and three t 10 . I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. S 11 comes out of my nose. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand o 12 Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday May 7th .Write to Mr. A, Box 45, Everybody’s Magazine.”
A few days l 13 he went to the magazine.
“Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.
The c 14 looked in Box 45.
“Yes, there is one,” she said, g 15 it to him.
The monster opened the letter, and read,” Dear Monster, I think a person’s c 16 is more important than his a 17 . I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please c 18 a flower so that I will r 19 you. Yours s 20 , Miss Alice Thwaite.”
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13.
A man was trying to find the village of Chirton. He could not find any s___1___ for it so he decided to drive up to a farmerhouse and ask a farmer for d 2
He came to the e 3 to a farm. A 4 the gate there was a sign: Please close the gate.
The man knew this meant there were c 5 in the fields, so he was very c 6 to close the gate after him.
Before l 7 he came to another gate. This, too, had a sign: Please close the gate. Once a 8 he got out of his car, opened the gate, drove t 9 , stopped his car, got out, closed the gate, got back into his car and drove on.
It w 10 long before he came to a third gate. This, too, had a sign: Please close the gate. Again he got out of his car, opened the gate, drove through, stopped his car, got out, closed the gate, got back into his car and drove on.
He did this five t 11 before he reached the farmhouse. F 12 , the farmer was standing at the door.
“What can I do for you?” he asked the man.
“I’m looking for Chirton. Do you know where it is?”
“Sorry,” the farmer said , “I’ve only b 13 here a few weeks. I don’t know the a 14 .”
The man t 15 him, and drove back to the road. On the way he had to open and close five gates.
When he reached the road he looked back at the farm. He could see the farmer w 16 to him. “Ah!” he thought, “He’s remembered where Chirton is.”
He turned a 17 , stopped his car, got out, opened the gate, drove through, stopped his car, got out, closed the gate, got back in the car and drove off. He had to do this four m__18____ times before he reached the farm.
“Have you remembered where Chirton is?” he asked the farmer. “No,” the farmer replied, “but I asked my w 19 . She doesn’t know e 20 ”
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Alan Chang was a handsome young man with good m 1 .
One morning he was walking along a street on his way to an a 2 . He did not want to be early or late. He had forgotten to put on his watch so he went up to a man waiting for a t 3 .
“Excuse me, sir,” he said, very p 4 , "but could you tell me the time?"
The man, who was very w 5 and looked quite rich, said nothing. He did not even look at Alan.
Alan spoke to him again. "Excuse me, sir," he said, "but could you please tell me what time it is?"
This time the man looked at him, but he did not speak and looked quickly a 6 .
Alan thought to himself: Well, he's not d 7 . He must be just rude.
"Why won't you tell me the time, sir?" he d 8 .
The man turned towards him and said, "Try to u 9 me. I am standing here waiting for a taxi. You come up to me and ask me for the t 10 . If I tell it to you, you will thank me. I will say, 'That's all right.' You may then say, 'It's a beautiful day,' t 11 which I may reply 'Yes, I like these sunny winter days.' Before we know what is happening we have a friendly c__12_____. You are a p13, polite young man and so when my taxi comes, I o14 you a ride. You accept. We talk. I like you. You like me. I invite you to my home. You meet my daughter. She is a very pretty girl. You are a good-looking man. You like each other. Soon you f15 in love. You want to marry. Now do you understand my problem?"
Alan s16 his head.
"No sir, I'm sorry, I don't. Everything you have said s17 very n18 to me."
"E19," the man said, "and I do not want my daughter to marry a man who is too poor to buy a watch. Good morning to you," And with these words he h20 away.
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This is a very sad story. It is about a man who tried to help someone. S 1 , he did not help him at all.
The weather was very cold. Snow was f2 . The roads were c3 with ice and a wind was blowing s 4 . It was not a good night to be outside.
Thomas Ma, however, had to walk home from work. He had to walk a5 a country road.
As he walked the cold wind beat a6 his chest.
“I will be warmer,” he thought, “if I wear my coat backwards.”
He stopped w 7 for a moment, took off his coat, and put it back on b8
“That’s much better,” he thought, and walked on through the t9 falling snow.
A few minutes later a car h10 him. The driver of the car had not seen him soon e11 . When he tried to stop, the car s12 on the ice.
The driver got out of his car and ran to help Thomas Ma.
Soon a police car arrived . The policeman ran to look at Mr. Ma, who was l13 on the ground.
“I’ m a14 he’s dead,” he told the driver.
The drive could not believe this.
“He can’t be dead,” he cried. “I hardly touched him. Look at my car. There’s not a m__15___on it.”
“He ‘s dead_” the policeman said, “There is no d16 ”.
“I don’t understand it,” the driver of the car said. “As s17 as I hit him, I ran to help him. He was lying in the road, but he was b18 and there was no b19 .”
“Did you touch him?” the policeman asked.
“Yes,” the driver of the car said, “but only to turn his head around i 20 the right way.”
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| monster friend advertise appearance directions entrance fortunately handsome hurried pleasant politely nature skidded warmer ice strong mark cover dead arrive believe breathe |
2.The road was _________, cars are hard to run.
3.Thomas turned his coat around hoping to get more ______.
4.The policeman examined the ____________ marks where the car had tried to stop.
5.The driver could not understand why Thomas was dead because he was not _____
6.His grandmother’s ________ made him much sad.
7. On _________, he began to help his father wash the car.
8.She acted in the _______ that she was doing good.
9.After a long race, Tom was out of _____.
10.A person with good manners is usually ________.
11.If a man is good-looking we can say that he is ________.
12.It’s a ________ to talk to some people.
13.Why are you in such a ______? Are you late?
14.Can you _________ me to Chirton, please?
15.The man ______ the farm to ask for the direction.
16.It was __________ that the farmer was at home.
17. He told a _______ lie.
18.They wave to us in a ________ way, we felt very happy.
19.There are so many ________ during a TV play that we don’t want to watch the series.
20.We students shouldn’t pay much attention to our ____________.
