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　　One day a donkey and his owner were walking down the road．They met a 　　1　　on the road．The traveler wanted to hire(雇佣)the donkey, the owner agreed to have the donkey 　　2　　 the man to the next village．

　　The traveler climbed up on the donkey and they 　　3　　．The day was 　　4　　 and about half way, they decided to 　　5　　．The only shadow(阴影)they could find was 　　6　　 the donkey．

　　Both men tried to rest under the donkey but there was not enough 　　7　　．“I should be the one 　　8　　 under the donkey,” the traveler said．“I paid for a ride on the donkey．”

　　“No,” said the owner．“You paid to ride on the donkey, not to sit under the donkey．The donkey's shadow is 　　9　　．

　　Then they 　　10　　 on and on．The donkey 　　11　　 listening to them and went off．When the men finally stopped arguing, they found 　　12　　 the donkey and his shadow were both 　　13　　．Now there was no donkey and there was no 　　14　　．

　　The traveler asked half of his money back and then had to walk on his own to the next village．The owner of the donkey had to spend hours walking around in the sun and 　　15　　 his lost donkey．

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阅读理解

　　A big company wanted a clerk, so John went there．In the interview the director asked him a question．

　　“Who paid for your school?”

　　“My mother paid for it by washing clothes．”

　　Hearing this, the director asked John to show his hands．John showed a pair of hands that were perfect．The director said,“When you go back today, go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me tomorrow morning．”

　　When John went back, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands．However, his tears fell as he cleaned his mother’s hands．It was the first time he noticed that there were too many bruises(伤痕)in his mother’s hands．After finishing the cleaning of his mother’s hands, John quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother．

　　Next morning, John went to the director’s office．The director noticed the tears in John’s eyes and asked,“Please tell me your feeling．”

　　John said,“Number 1,I know now what appreciation is．I would not be successful if my mother didn’t do these things．Number 2,by helping my mother, now I realize how difficult it is to get something done．”The director said,“This is what I want to be my clerk．You can get the job．”

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完形填空，根据短文内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　“Never give up! ” It is my law(法则)of my life．It has brought me 　　1　　．I learned the law from my father's 　　2　　 story．

　　My father was 　　3　　 in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China．When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then 　　4　　 in the fields till sunset．And then he did his homework 　　5　　 midnight．Life was hard, because they had no 　　6　　 !

　　At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America．It was the land of gold, the land where 　　7　　 people can become rich．

　　“ 　　8　　 don't I go to America? ” he thought to himself, full of hope．

　　So, my father came to America．“ I had thought it was easy to 　　9　　 money in America, ” he told me．“But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true．They did not like to hire(雇佣)me because I spoke 　　10　　 English．Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, 　　11　　 dishes and sweeping the floor．Life was 　　12　　 for the first few years．I worked from 10a．m to 11p．m．I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible．I couldn't 　　13　　 the schooling(学费)．

　　My father 　　14　　 working hard, and reached his goal．

　　“Alan, ” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up．Things do not come 　　15　　 in life．” That is what I learned from my father．

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