A man was tired of living in his small house in the country.  He wanted to sell it and buy a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  one than the old one nearby. He tried to sell it for a long time, but{#blank#}2{#/blank#} wanted to buy it. So at last, he decided to use a house salesman. The salesman soon put a picture of the man's house on a magazine. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  days later, the owner saw a very beautiful picture of the house, with a wonderful introduction to its gardens, on a magazine. After the house owner had read {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the whole introduction, he at once called up the salesman and said,“I'm sorry, but I've decided not to sell this house after all. After {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  your introduction, now I know that It's just the kind of house I'm going to live in for the rest of my life.

    Hi, boys and girls! {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and have a look at our clothes store! We {#blank#}2{#/blank#} trousers for only $18. Do you {#blank#}3{#/blank#} sweaters? We have sweaters in yellow, red and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} for $21. For boys, you can buy {#blank#}5{#/blank#} shoes for only $25! The {#blank#}6{#/blank#} T-shirts are on sale for only $17 and the short ones are $11. For {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, we have skirts at a very good {#blank#}8{#/blank#} — only $15. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}to our clothes store! You can {#blank#}10{#/blank#} what you want here.

    I'm a teacher. My students can always make me feel happy. It was near Christmas during my {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (one) term teaching at a new school. Other teachers had told me that our children were from poor families and not to expect any child {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (bring) a Christmas gift. In fact, I loved the children {#blank#}3{#/blank#} enjoyed teaching, so I wasn't expecting any gifts.

    Imagine my surprise when every child brought me a gift on the day before our holiday break. First, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (get) a toy monkey from a shy girl. I was told, "He is my favourite, but I love you and I want him to be with you, Miss Taylor." {#blank#}5{#/blank#} happy I was!

    Next came a Dew set of Christmas tree lights that was "missing" from a mother's cupboard.

    Finally, I came to one little boy's gift which I had never received. It was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} old，dirty and broken Christmas storybook. Just when I wanted to express my happiness, I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (stop) by the giver, "And see, it is new! It still has the price tag."

    When other children laughed at him, I stopped {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (they) and said, "Oh, books are good in that way. The story is always new if you have not read it before. Now, let's share one together. "Everyone listened {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (quiet) because I read the most wonderful Christmas Story of my life.

    I have kept those Christmas gifts since then. They always remind me {#blank#}10{#/blank#} my lovely kids.

    Many children know Garfield. It is the name{#blank#}1{#/blank#} a cat in cartoon. At first, Garfield thought his life wasn't interesting at all. He wanted to leave the cartoon world. One day he left his family and{#blank#}2{#/blank#}a new life in the real word. He lived{#blank#}3{#/blank#}at the beginning,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}later he missed his old friends. Finally, he was so{#blank#}5{#/blank#}that he went back to his cartoon world.

    A man named Bill once visited a temple that was still being built. He saw a sculptor(雕刻家) {#blank#}1{#/blank#}a sculpture. As he watched the man work on the sculpture, he noticed that there was a similar sculpture lying nearby.

    He felt strange and asked the sculptor, "Why are you creating two{#blank#}2{#/blank#}sculptures? Do you need two to put in different{#blank#}3{#/blank#}?"

    "No." the man said without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one became damaged(损害) {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I could finish it, so I'm working on a new one."

    Bill picked up the damaged sculpture and examined it{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. But he couldn't find {#blank#}6{#/blank#}wrong with it．

    "Where is the damage?" he asked.

    "There is a scratch(划痕) on the sculpture's nose." the sculptor said while{#blank#}7{#/blank#}his work.

    Bill then asked, "Where are you going to place the sculpture?"

    The sculptor replied that it would be placed on a platform which is 20 feet in height. "If the sculpture is up that high,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}is going to notice that there is a scratch on the nose?" Bill asked.

    The sculptor{#blank#}9{#/blank#}his work, looking up at the man and said, "I will know it."

    The sculptor chose a high standard of excellence in his work. Even if other people didn't notice it, it mattered to him that his work should be of the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}quality(质量). This is an attitude we should work hard to have.