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When Mr Smith retired(退休), he bought a small (1) in a village near the sea. He (2) it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.

But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most (3) building in the village. From morning to night there were (4) outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and (5) of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to (6) . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want (7) your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would (8) coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to (9) every day showing them around his house.“I came here to (10) not to work as a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

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　　For years I wanted a flower garden．I'd spend hours 　　1　　 different things I could plant．I believe they would look nice together．

　　But then we had Mattew．And Marvin．And the twins, Alisa and Alan．And then Helen．Five children! I was too 　　2　　 raising them的grow a garden．

　　Money was tight(拮据),as well as time．Often when my children were little, one of them would want something expensive．And I'd have to say, "Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't 　　3　　 on trees, you know．"

　　　　4　　, all five got through high school and college(大学)and were off on their own．I started thinking again about having a garden．Then, one morning on Mother's Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I looked out of the window and there was a 　　5　　 tree, planted right in my garden．I thought it 　　6　　 be a weeping willow(垂柳),because I saw things 　　7　　 around on all its branches(树枝)．Then I put my 　　8　　 on and I couldn't believe what I saw．There was a money tree in my garden!

　　I went outside to have a look．It was 　　9　　! There were dollar bills all over that tree．There was also a note in the tree．It 　　10　　,"We all love you, Mom．"

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