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    When I was waiting for a bus at a station. I saw a young man get into a telephone box near the station. After a short time, he came out and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}very sad. As he saw me, he came over".

    "Good afternoon, sir," he said. "When was Abraham Lincoln born, do you know?"

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    The young man walked into the telephone box again. A few minutes later, he came out{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. He thanked me and told me that he wanted to make a telephone call to his friend but he{#blank#}6{#/blank#}his telephone number.

    "You{#blank#}7{#/blank#}me remember it," he said. "His telephone number is '180909', and you can remember it easily if you know when the great man was born."

    A doctor, a lawyer(律师), a little boy and an old man were on the plane. Then there was something wrong with the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. They had to jump off.

    But there {#blank#}2{#/blank#} only three parachutes(降落伞) on the plane.

"I'm a doctor. I save other people's {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, so I must live," said the doctor and he jumped out.

    "I'm a lawyer and I'm important in the world." The lawyer also {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a parachute and jumped.

    The old man {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the little boy and said, "My dear, I'm old but you are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. You have a long way in front of you. Take the last parachute and go."

    "Don't {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, grandpa. The important man just jumped off {#blank#}8{#/blank#} my backpack (背包)," said the boy.

    In England and Europe, there are a number of special wells called wishing wells. Some think that if you throw a coin into the water and{#blank#}1{#/blank#}, the wish will come true later. Also in England, there are other wishing customs that{#blank#}2{#/blank#}at Christmas and on birthday.

    At Christmas people like to eat the turkey and somewhere {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the turkey there is a special bone, shaped{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the letter Y. It is called the wish bone. If anyone finds this bone, he is thought to be rather{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. He invites someone else to break the bone with him. Each person holds one arm of the bone and{#blank#}6{#/blank#}. When the bone breaks, the person who has the larger part makes a wish which is{#blank#}7{#/blank#}to come true in a year.