One day , when I was working in a toy shop in {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(法国), a girl came in with some{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(硬币) in her hand. She was such a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(可爱的) girl and she told me that she wanted to buy a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(模型) car for her brother because he had been ill {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(自……以来) he was born. Her brother was in poor health , so she wanted a toy car to make him happy. She thought if her brother got one, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(可能) he would be all right.  I told her the price and she {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(数) her money. But unluckily she couldn't {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(买得起) the car. She looked so sad that I decided to help her. I gave her the car without money. She was very surprised and couldn't help {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(笑) happily. She thanked me and left. Of course I was very {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(自豪的) of myself because I did a good job.

    History is the story of us, human beings. Everyone who has lived and everything that has h{#blank#}1{#/blank#} are part of history. But history is not only what happened in the past. The word also means the study of the past, through old w{#blank#}2{#/blank#}records and other kinds of facts.

    Why do we study history? One r{#blank#}3{#/blank#}is that we enjoy it. A good story is even better if it is true, and history is full of good s{#blank#}4{#/blank#}though they can be terrible too. A more serious reason is to understand o{#blank#}5{#/blank#}and the world we live in. To understand events happening now, we need to know their causes. We cannot understand the p{#blank#}6{#/blank#}if we know nothing about the past. History helps us understand why things are the way they are.

    Of course, history books cannot tell us everything about the past, not even everything that i{#blank#}7{#/blank#}recorded. A history of the world has to pick out the people and events t{#blank#}8{#/blank#}changed the world.

    Since ancient times, great civilizations have appeared in d{#blank#}9{#/blank#}countries and regions. Usually, only three or four existed at the same time. While they lasted they changed the l{#blank#}10{#/blank#}not only of their own people, but of their neighbors, today.

    One day, the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（student）are having a painting lesson（绘画课）. The teacher would like everyone {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（draw）a picture. When the bell rings（铃响）for the break, Tom brings his picture {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his teacher. The teacher {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（have）a look at it and becomes angry, “Why do you give me a blank（空白的）paper, Tom?" asks the teacher. "I'm sorry, sir. I draw {#blank#}5{#/blank#}cat and a fish {#blank#}6{#/blank#}it." says Tom.

    “Then {#blank#}7{#/blank#}is the cat and where is the fish?" asks the teacher again. "I draw a fish first. When I finish drawing the cat, it {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（cat）the fish. When I want to give {#blank#}9{#/blank#}to you, the cat{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（run）away," says Tom.