Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay was{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(real) good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(he) best. His boss gave him an axe（斧头）and showed him the area（地区）,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}he was supposed to work. The first day, the woodcutter{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(bring) 18 trees. “Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way”. Very{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(motivate) by the boss's words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder. But he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing fewer and{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (few) trees. “I must be losing my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(strong), ” the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(say) that he could not understand what was going on. “When was the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}time you sharpened your axe? ” the boss asked. “Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees. ”

One day Mary was busy working in her office in London {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she received an E-mail from her friend Joan .In Joan's e-mail, she persuaded Mary {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(look) for a flat in London for her. As she had {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (little) money at her command than before, the flat had to be cheap, but it had to be modern, with elevators, gas lines. It had to be in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (east) part of London, with petrol and subway stations nearby. Though Mary found {#blank#}5{#/blank#}difficult to find such a flat, she still went from one block to another, looking for a flat {#blank#}6{#/blank#}would meet Joan's requirements. Having tried too many times, Mary met her boss and politely asked him {#blank#}7{#/blank#}advice. It was the first time that she {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (talk) with his boss about her personal problems. It happened that the boss just had such a flat for rent, so they quickly reached {#blank#}9{#/blank#}agreement. But to her surprise, when she e-mailed Joan, telling her the good news, Joan said that she had changed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} mind— she was not returning to London.

    Does the name of the college you attend really matter? Research on the question {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (suggest) that, for most students, it doesn't. What students do at college seems to matter much more than {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they go. The students benefitting most from college are those {#blank#}3{#/blank#} are totally engaged (参与) in academic life. taking full advantage of the college's chances and resources (资源). Students should have a proper attitude towards college before thinking about which college to attend, and it's never too early to make necessary preparations for a healthy and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (meaning) college experience.

    No one thought that young Albert Einstein would grow up to change the world. He was so slow in learning to speak that he was considered a bit {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(fool).

    Albert Einstein was never happy in school. He answered slowly because he was very thoughtful, and he asked difficult questions, which made {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(he) teachers think that he was trying {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(make) trouble. The strict discipline(纪律)of a German school made him very unhappy.

    However, young Einstein {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(do) learn what interested him, and he was interested in what lay below the surface of  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(thing). For instance, his father once gave him a compass(指南针). This made Albert curious {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the unseen forces that could keep a compass needle always pointing north. In his teens he read deep in science. He had already started to wonder about the mysteries of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} universe.

    At 17, Einstein entered the Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, Switzerland, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he studied mathematics and physics. He stayed away from many lectures and did not impress his professors, but he was {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(actual) studying very hard all the time. When he graduated in 1900, he asked to be appointed as an assistant in the physics department but {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(refuse).