Some time ago one of my chairs had a broken leg. I 1 think there would be any difficulty 2 getting it fixed, as there were a lot of furniture shops near my home. So I left home one morning with the chair. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception(接待). But I was quite wrong. The man didn't even look at my chair.

    In the 3 shop though, the situation was just the same, and in the third and in the fourth.

    I entered 4 shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the 5 ,“Would you like to buy the chair ?” He 6 it carefully and said,“Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty dollars, ”I said. “OK,” he said, “I'll give you twenty dollars,” I said. “Yes, I saw that. It's nothing.”

    7 was doing according to my plan. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to 8 after the repair is done.” “I'll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You've just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, but I've changed my mind.” “You  9 be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny drooped. “I know what you want,” he said. “We don't do repairs, not enough money 10 with too much trouble. But I'll fix this for you.”

    It was a Monday morning. When a teacher walked into the1, he heard a low voice: “Here is the teacher. I am 2this boring fellow(烦人的家伙) is going to talk about putting in commas(逗号).” It was a boy's3. His name was Bill. He was talking4the boy next to him. The teacher didn't get angry. He said5about it, then he really began to talk about putting in commas, and then he wrote6the sentence: “Bill says the teacher is a boring fellow.” The class7and Bill's face8red. “Now,” said the teacher, “I'll 9you how important commas are.”

    He put two commas in the sentence, and now read, “10is a boring fellow.”

    It was a Sunday afternoon, a girl was unhappy. She complained to her father about her hard life. There were so many problems! One problem wasn't solved but1came. She wanted to give up.

    Her father smiled and took his daughter into the2.He filled three 3with water. And he put some carrots in the first one. In the second one, he put some eggs. Coffee was put in the third one. Then he boiled them. The girl watched her father. Her father just waited4saying a word.

    The girl wondered5her father was doing that for. About 20 minutes later, her father 6the carrots and put them into a bowl. The eggs were put on a plate and the coffee was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter7, Dad asked, "What do you see? ""Carrots, and coffee.” she answered

    Her father told her to close her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt the carrots were soft. After that he asked his daughter to take the eggs and feel them. The eggs were hard. At last, her father asked her to taste the coffee. “What's the meaning, Dad?” He explained that8of the things had met with the same unlucky experience—the boiling water, but the three things had 9results.

    The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after they were put into the boiling water. The eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special and it 10 the water. "Which one will you choose to be, a carrot, an egg or coffee? That's up to you to decide. "said her father.

    We were going to play against a team from a country school. They didn't come until the game time arrived. They looked1than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue jeans(牛仔裤)and looked like farm boys. We even thought that they had never seen a basketball before.

    We all sat down. We felt we didn't 2any practice against a team like that.

    It was already so late that no3could be given to them for a warm-up(热身，准备活动). The game began.

    One of our boys 4the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward. From out of nowhere a boy in a dirty T-shirt5the pass and with a beautiful form(姿势)he shot and got two points.

    They6us. Then they got another7of points in a minute.

    Soon it was all over. The country team8us. We certainly learned that even though a team is good, there is usually another9a little better. But the important lesson learned was: One can't tell a man, or a team, by the10.

    There was something wrong1 Mrs Black's skin(皮肤), so she went to her doctor. But he could not find anything wrong. So he sent her to the hospital for tests. The hospital, of course, sent the results2the tests to Mrs Black's doctor, and3he called her to give her a list of the things. The doctor told Mrs Black4the food on the list. Because any of them may5the cause(病因)of her skin trouble.

    Mrs Black wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, 6she put it near the telephone. After that, she went to a meeting.

    When she got back home two hours later, her husband was waiting for her. He had a big basket full of the things, and7he saw her, he said, "Hello, dear, I bought all of the things8you.''

    "But9did you know what I needed?" she asked.

    "Well. When I got home. I saw your shopping list near the telephone." answered her husband. "so I went to the shops and bought everything you needed. ''

    "Oh, no, those things can make me feel10."

    One day, a monster (怪兽) from outer space attacks (攻击) Earth. It even beats Superman. 1 world leaders call on people to make a super robot to drive the monster away.

    McDull is an ordinary (寻常的) piglet growing 2 in a fishing village. His 3 is to be an inventor(发明家). He wants to 4 the Earth. What can he do?

    Finally, McDull gets a good 5. He makes 6 rice cooker (电饭煲) into a 7 and calls it Rizo. Everyone in the 8 helps to make it. The robot wins the competition!

    Now, the task of saving the 9 falls on McDull and Rizo. Will they be able to do it? Go and 10 the movie McDull, Rise of the Rice Cooker (《麦兜：饭宝奇兵》).