阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

　　Like to chew on pencils? It's a bad habit that you really should put a stop to．

　　On the other hand, schoolteachers may face a challenge that is how to improve their students’ attention

　　A British design company have launched(发布)a new product, to help children concentrate at school－pre－chewed pencils．The wooden pencils are priced at ￡1.50 for a pack of four．British design company Concentrate, who developed the product, say that pupils are less likely to put them in their mouths because thy have already been chewed．And they say this is a cheap but effective way of encouraging students to "get their teeth" into their lessons instead．

　　The company, which says it designs products to help kids at school and make clear why they get distracted or are unable to focus in class, claim(声称)the chewed end encourages them to get thinking right away．

　　“We know it's foolish but just get down to some concentrated thinking and who knows what might happen,” said company boss Mark Champkins．

　　“We began to look at the reasons that children might be distracted, uncomfortable or unable to concentrate in lessons－ and we set about designing some simple, cost－effective(划算的)products to work out some of the problems．”

　　That way, you even don't want to put your mouth anywhere near it．At least, I don't think you'd have the stomach to, do you?

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　　Sam is a bus driver in a big city．All day he drives a bus through busy streets．Driving a big bus is very 　　1　　 work．It makes some drivers unhappy．But not Sam!

　　Sam is always happy．And the people who ride in his bus seem to be happy, too．This story shows 　　2　　．

　　Early one morning, Sam started his big green and yellow bus．He went off on 　　3　　 work, “ Oh, what a beautiful morning!” he sang．“ Oh, what a beautiful day!”

　　At the first bus stop, a man was 　　4　　．“ Good morning, Mr．James,” said Sam with a big smile．“ How are you?” “ Fine, thank you, Sam,” said Mr．James．“ How are you?”

　　“ Wonderful!” Sam answered．“ Just WONDERFUL!This is a fine day．”

　　Mr．James smiled．He took a seat．As he looked 　　5　　 the window, he still smiled．

　　At 　　6　　 stop a man came running up．He was puffing(气喘吁吁)．“ I have to catch a train at seven,” he said．“ Can you get me to the station?”

　　“ Now, just sit down and rest,” said Sam．“ I’ll drive a little 　　7　　．We will be there in time．Then you 　　8　　 run again．”

　　“ Thank you!” said the man．He sat down．

　　Sam did drive just a little faster．He got off the bus．“ You are the best bus driver in the city!”

　　As he drove on, Sam 　　9　　 talking again．By this time, many people were on the bus．They were all going to work．But Sam made the ride seem like fun．

　　“ It is now ten minutes after seven,” Sam called out．‘The sky is blue．It will not rain today．We all like sunshine, don’t we?”

　　He began to sing, “ I love you, Mr．Sunshine．I love you, Mr．Sun．In all the world I love you best．You are the only one．”

　　“ What is that song, Sam?” a girl asked．

　　“ It’s my song,” he said．“ I made it up．I like to sing．It makes 　　10　　 people want to sing, too．”

　　Sam was right!The man behind him started to sing!

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　　When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died．And my mother was ill just after I entered high school．I had to 　　1　　 going to school because my mother had no money to pay my school bills．

　　We began to work in people’s gardens to save up money for me to go back to school．　　2　　, I returned to school．Unluckily, my mother died the next year．And my 　　3　　 went dark．I asked my headmaster if I could work for the 　　4　　 this summer vacation, so I could pay my bills．He was a nice man and let me work in the school garden during the 　　5　　．I had not been able to study well because of my mother’s death．At the end of my second year, I 　　6　　 most of my exams and the teacher told me I had to repeat the year．After another summer working in the school garden, I went 　　7　　 to lessons again．But suddenly I fell ill．

　　Because of my disease I was weak and couldn’t work at school．I was hopeless．My headmaster told me not to give up, And my teachers and classmates 　　8　　 me a lot．Now, I’m feeling better and will finish my third year．

　　My life is still not 　　9　　．A few students laugh at my poor clothes．They also call me “farmer” because I work in the school garden．But I 　　10　　 hard days will always be followed by sunshine．

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