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山东省潍坊市2024年中考英语真题
In a village near a desert lived a young and successful businessman; named James But he often felt unhappy because of the endless challenges he faced.
One day, a wise old man came to the village with 100 camels. James went to see him and said, "I always have business worries, family troubles and health problems. Please tell me how to make them disappear." The old man smiled and said, "I'll give you an answer tomorrow morning. But first, can you do a small thing for me?" James agreed. The old man asked him to take care of the 100 camels for the night, making sure that they all sat down and rested before he could go to sleep.
The next morning, the old man asked James how his night went. James said sadly, "I didn't sleep at all. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get all the camels to sit together. Even if I managed to get some camels to sit on one side, a few others would stand on the other side."
"That's true. As noticed last night, some camels sat down on their own, while others required some effort, and yet many camels did not sit even after lots of effort. If you had come back later, you would have seen that some of the camels, even though they didn't sit at first, finally sat down on their own," the old man said.
James nodded. The old man continued, "Problems are just like camels—some problems get solved by themselves, some get solved when you put in some effort, and some do not get solved even after you have tried your best. Leave such problems to time. At the right time, these problems themselves will come to an end. "
James felt a sense of understanding. It completely changed the way he saw life's challenges.
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Mum and I wanted to do something exciting during the summer vacation, so she 1 that we take the train to Grandma's house. Grandma lived far from our 2 , so we would spend one day and one night on the 3 just getting there.
On the day of our trip, Mum and I went to the train station. The train 4 and we got on. It seemed 5 and cool inside, compared to the bright, warm day outside. The conductor(检票员) took our 6 and showed us to the car(车厢) which we would ride in. Soon the train pulled away from the station. Outside the windows, the town buildings 7 gave way to the countryside. From time to time, children who lived near the tracks(轨道) would run out to wave 8 we passed.
At lunchtime, Mum and I had our meals in the dining car. There were different kinds of foods. It was9 being in a restaurant on wheels(轮子)! At bedtime, we went to our sleeping compartment. There were four beds in the compartment. My bed was above my mum's. I had to 10 into bed. The moving of the train made it 11 for me to sleep. I fell asleep soon.
When 12 came, we were near the countryside where Grandma lived. Mum and I quickly dressed and 13 our things. As the train slowed to a stop, we saw Grandma waving at 14 . Spending the week with Grandma would be wonderful, 15 I was already looking forward to the train ride back home.
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