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Marsha is the English teacher of Class 1. She is kind and likes to tell stories in her class, so all the 1. ＿＿＿＿like to be with her. Last week, two students didn't finish their homework. That 2._______ Marsha a little angry. She 3._______the two students to stay in the classroom after school. When school was over, all the students went 4.________except (除…以外) the two students. Marsha asked them to 5.______ the homework first. The two students 6.________ as she asked. After they finished their homework, Marsha told them a 7. _______about her classmate, Tony. Tony was lazy when he was a student. He didn't do his8. _______ every day. When he graduated (毕业) from high school, he wanted to find a job. But he couldn' t find a good 9. ________. At that moment, he regretted (后悔) what he had done. After 10._________ to the story, the two students felt sorry. They told Marsha they would finish homework on time and they would study hard.

I often go to a shopping center with my mother. The shopping center is new and__1__. There are lots of great things there.  There are __2__and food. There are many people there. ___3__do many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Let me tell you. The things there are good and at a very great price. The ____4__there are nice and friendly. So I buy a T-shirt ___5__ red for only 2 dollars.

My sister Mary has a yellow sweater. It’s very nice. But it’s too small. She ___6____a new one. She goes to the shopping center with us on Sunday. Because she doesn’t go to __7____ that day. There are many clothes on__8____. They are very nice. They are in all___9___. There are red, black, red and blue ones. She likes a blue sweater very much. __10____it’s too big. At last, she takes a green sweater for only 0 dollars.

1. A. old     B. big     C. boring    D. sad

2. A. vegetables  B. fruit  C. dessert   D. clothes

3. A. What    B. When   C. Why     D. Where

4.  A. people   B. girls    C. clerks    D. boys

5.  A. with     B. to      C. in        D. on

6.  A. want    B. needs    C. haves    D. buy

7.  A. school   B. shop     C. store    D. home

8. A. sale     B. shop    C. sweater   D. food

9.  A. sizes     B. colors   C. clothes   D. things

10. A. And     B. But      C. Or      D. Too

An artist who did not have much money, but was a very kind man, was coming home by train one day. He gave his last few coins to a beggar, but then he saw another one, and forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man if he would like to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted, so they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal. At the end, the artist could not pay the bill, of course, so the beggar had to do so.
The artist was very unhappy about this, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi, my friend, and I’ll give you back the money for money.”
“Oh, no!” the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for your taxi home either!”
【小题1】The artist in this story was __________.