Once a mall and his wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman's living room．The businessman pointed{#blank#}1{#/blank#}woman said，"There's only one thing you mustn't to. Don't open the box．" After{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(say)this，he left the living room．

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}woman said to her husband，"There must be something expensive in the box. Let's open it，shall we?"Her husband said no to her．

    The woman didn't give up{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(she)idea．One day, she decided to find out{#blank#}5{#/blank#}was in it．Her husband didn't stop her．She opened the box and looked inside．She{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(find) nothing in the box．So she tried hard to close it，{#blank#}7{#/blank#}she failed．

    That evening, the businessman came home and saw the box was ever opened．He shouted{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(angry)and asked the woman and her husband{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(leave)his home·

    "But there was nothing in the box，"the woman said．"We haven't taken anything at all．"The businessman cried，"Though nothing{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(steal)，yet I cannot believe you since now，and that is most important!"

    Are you looking forward to being alone at home? My answer is NO. One day, my parents went {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (到国外) and left me at home. I had three days {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (不上课). During the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (接下来的) days after they left, I spent the time by {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (我自己). After {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (醒来) up in the morning, it's a time to prepare my breakfast. I couldn't cook, so I ate sandwiches without other choice. Then I went to school and spent the day as usual. When I got home after school, I tried to cook something. It's really difficult for me. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (不管什么) I cooked, I burned them, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (包括) the rice. Actually, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(在……之中) all the things, cooking rice is the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (简单的). I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (意识到) that I should learn some useful life skills and not depend on my parents too much.

    Lin Hong is my new friend. Her father has a shop near the factory. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} /θIŋz/ in his shop are all nice. And his family are kind {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the workers. So they like to buy {#blank#}3{#/blank#}/'sʌmθIŋ/ there. It's Saturday today. Lin Hong doesn't go to school. She knows her father is busy, so she gets up early. She does her homework and then goes to the shop to help her father. There {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) many people in it. She sells(卖) bananas, apples, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (orange) and drinks to the workers. A car stops(停) in front of the shop. The {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (drive) comes in and buys some hamburgers and then goes away. Lin Hong finds his bag on the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} /flɔː(r)/. She runs out, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} she can't see his car. "I know Mr. Yang. We can take {#blank#}9{#/blank#} bag to him this evening," says Mr. Lin. It's nine and the shop is closed(关闭的). Lin Hong and her father go to Mr. Yang's home. The man and his family thank {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they) very much.