One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her sister and herself.
As Kate was coming out of a 1, a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green --- a good friend of Kate’s sister. Kate 2 her. Then she called a taxi to send Kate home. She 3 the driver where he should go. Kate was 4 that it was not the in direction of her home.
“ 5?” Kate asked. The lady smiled.
When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man 6, on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, and threw him out of the 7. At the same time, Miss Green took out of a knife and 8 it at Kate. She asked Kate to keep 9. The man then started the taxi.
“ Oh, my God! I’m being kidnapped,” Kate said to herself.
She tried to escape, but not 10. Suddenly an 11 came to her. She took out a lipstick(口红) from her pocket, wrote ‘SOS’ on the window, and covered the word with her 12.
A few minutes later, a police car 13 and the policemen saw the sign. When the kidnappers saw the policemen they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and ran away.
The policemen then 14 Kate up and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also 15 because their daughter had finally come back safely.

Once there was a king who told some of his people to dig a pond (池子). The king then told his people that one person each family had to bring a glass of milk during the night and put it into the pond. So, by the morning, the pond should be of milk.

After receiving the order(命令), everyone home. As one man prepared his milk, he thought that since everyone was bringing milk, he would just hid a glass of water put that into the pond instead. Since it was dark night, no one would notice it, so he quickly went and put the water into the pond and home.

In the morning, the king went to visit the pond. To his , the pond was only filled with water! What happened? Yes! Everyone had the same idea

that man. They all thought,“I don’t have to waste my milk. Someone else will do it.”

Dear friends, when you plan to help poor people or people in trouble, do not think that will take care of it. Instead, it starts with you. If you don’t do it, no one else will, so change yourself and make a .

1.A. at B. from C. on

2.A. filled B. empty C. full

3.A. get B. went C. left

4.A. and B. then C. but

5.A. of B. at C. on

6.A. left B. came C. returned

7.A. surprise B. satisfaction C. joy

8.A. with B. to C. as

9.A. others B. the others C. none

10.A. face B. mistake C. difference

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Abraham Lincoln，the l6th president of America，was born in a poor family．A__1__ a little kid，he did a lot of housework every day．And sometimes he had to h__2__ his parents on the farm．But when he was free，he enjoyed reading books very much．

One day，he b__3__ a book from his neighbor．He loved the book so much that he kept reading it until 12 o'clock at night．When he went to sleep，he put the book in the gap（裂缝）of the wall．It rained heavily that night．When little Lincoln woke up the next morning，he found that the book was allw__4__．

Lincoln carried the book to the owner，He felt very s__5__ and nervous．“What’s wrong with my book? It can’t be read a__6__!” the neighbor said．He asked Lincoln to pay for a new book．Little Lincoln had no money，and he didn’t want to ask his parents for money to pay his neighbor．“Let me work for you to pay for a new book．please！” Lincoln asked．He cut grass in the neighbor’s garden for three days to pay for the book．

It doesn't matter if you make a m__7__，but you should be responsible（负责的）for it．