Once，there was a young painter who was good at painting birds. His paintings sold{#blank#}1{#/blank#}and he was famous all over his country.

    The emperor loved collecting(收藏)paintings，especially roosters(公鸡). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}he asked the famous painter to paint a rooster for him. He wanted the rooster to be the best of all his collections.

     The painter{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to do so. The emperor waited and waited for one year, but did not get the painting. He became {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and asked the painter to come to see him.

    The painter came. He walked into the palace{#blank#}5{#/blank#}paper, paints and a brush. In five minutes，a perfect(完美的)picture of a rooster{#blank#}6{#/blank#}on the paper. Seeing this，the emperor was all the more angry.“If you can paint a picture of a rooster in five minutes，{#blank#}7{#/blank#}did you keep me waiting for a year?”he said.

    “I'll let you know why，Your Majesty ”said the painter. “Could you please come with me?”

    He{#blank#}8{#/blank#}the emperor to his own study(书房). There，paper almost filled the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. On each paper was a painting of a rooster.
    “Your Majesty, ”explained the painter. “It took{#blank#}10{#/blank#}one year to improve my skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you. ”

    A kind of little cars may some day take the place of today's big ones. People will like this kind of small cars more and more. The car is as small as a bike but can{#blank#}1{#/blank#}two people in it. Everybody can drive it, just like riding bike. Even children and old people can drive them to school and{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    If everyone drives such a car in the future, there will be less{#blank#}3{#/blank#}in the air. There will also{#blank#}4{#/blank#}more space for all the cars in cites, and the street will have more space for people to walk. Three such cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}size.

    The little cars of the future will cost much less{#blank#}6{#/blank#}o own and to drive. And they can go only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be safer, too.

    The cars of the future will be fine for{#blank#}7{#/blank#}around a city, but they will not be useful, for a long trip.

    This kind of cars can save a lot of gasoline (汽油).They will go 450 kilometers{#blank#}8{#/blank#}needing to stop for more gasoline.

    If big cars are still used along with the small of{#blank#}9{#/blank#} two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be needed for the big, faster cars and other roads will be needed for the small,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}cars.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} eating vegetables?