Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign outside: “Second-hand (旧的）clothes bought and sold.” He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, “How much will you give me for these?” The man looked at them and then said,“Two dollars. ”

  “What?!” said Tom. “I thought they were worth at least five dollars.”

  “No,” said the man “They aren't worth a cent more than two dollars.”

  “Well,” said Toni, taking two dollars out of his pocket. “Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价）of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth.”

    Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say.

A gentleman needed a young man to help him in his office, so he put recruitment(招聘)information in a newspaper. Nearly fifty people came to apply for the job. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the gentleman in a short time chose one and sent the rest away.

"I really want to know," said a friend, why did you like that young man who didn't bring a recommendation(推荐信) with him {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(good) among all the people?"

"You are mistaken," said the gentleman. "He had {#blank#}3{#/blank#} great many."

"I noticed the young man wiped(擦拭) his shoes at the door and closed the door {#blank#}4{#/blank#} him, showing that he was tidy and orderly."

"He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions without delay(延迟), showing that he was polite and a quick {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (think) ."

"He lifted the book which I had purposely{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (lay) on the floor,and placed it on the table, while all the rest stepped over it, or kicked it aside, showing that he was careful."

"And he {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(polite) waited for his turn instead of pushing the others aside, indicating that he was modest(谦逊的)."

"When I talked with him, I found that  his shirt {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(wash) carefully, his hair in nice order, and his {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( tooth) as white as milk. When he wrote his name, I noticed that his fingernails were clean."

"Don't you call these qualities letters of recommendation? I do and what I can tell about by using my eyes for ten minutes {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) more important than all the fine letters he can bring to me."

Parkville was a quiet village with fields and hills. It was near Arnwick, a city with a population of about 10,000, 000. The government built {#blank#}1{#/blank#} outside the centre for people. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick, and the population of Arnwick became even{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. It is very crowded, and rubbish is also a problem. There is also a lot of traffic and pollution. Luckily, the government is making a great effort to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Arnwick's problems with better public services. The government is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} air pollution too. And cities should try to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a more enjoyable living environment. 

Helen Smith comes from Canada. She is 1 sports star. Her birthday is 2 December 1st She 3 four friends. They are Alice. Dale, Eric and Helen. Helen wants 4 sports with them on weekends. 5 every weekend she goes to the club at seven in the morning. Then she plays basketball with them. She plays basketball 6 . In the afternoon, they play ping-pong for two hours. She goes home at 5: 00 p. m. She 7 eating some fruits and vegetables for dinner and two 8 a day. After that, she does 9 homework and goes to bed before 10 p. m. She is  10  and happy.