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　　Alan worked in an office in the city．He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday．He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad．in a newspaper “Enjoy country life．Spend a few weeks at William Farm．Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing…”

　　“This sounds like a good idea．”he thought, I’ll spend a month at William Farm．I’ll go horse riding, walking and fishing．It’ll be different from the seaside．” Four days later, he returned home．

　　“What’s wrong with William Farm?”His friend Jack asked him．“Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

　　“Country life was fine,”Alan said．“But there was another problem．”

　　“Oh, what problem?”

　　“Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤肉)mutton for dinner．”

　　“Fresh meat is the best．”

　　“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner．”

　　“Lucky you!”

　　“You don’t understand,”Alan said,“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner．”

　　“A different roast every day．”Jack said．

　　“Let me finish．”Alan said,“On the fourth day a farmer died and I didn’t want to stay there for dinner．”

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　　An angry woman sat in the station office．“The railway should pay me ＄12,”she said to Harry, the man who sold the ticket．“My ticket was for May 22nd, and there was 　　1　　 train from Jersey that night．My daughter and I had to 　　2　　 in a hotel．It 　　3　　 me ＄12．”

　　Harry was 　　4　　．He remembered selling the woman a return ticket．　　5　　 he checked the Jersey timetable for May 22nd, he knew she was right．However, had he made such a careless mistake?Wondering 　　6　　 to do, he smiled at the woman's child．“Did you have a nice 　　7　　 in Jersey?”he said to her．“Yes,”she answered shyly．“The seashore was lovely．And I can swim, too!”

　　“That's fine,”said Harry．“My little girl can't swim at all．Of course, she's only three…”

　　“I'm four,”the child said 　　8　　．“I'll soon be four and a half．”

　　Harry turned to the mother．“I remember your ticket, madam,”he said．“　　9　　 you didn't buy one ticket 　　10　　 your daughter, did you?”

　　“Well,”the woman looked at her child,“I 　　11　　 she hasn't started school yet．She is only four．”

　　“A 4-year-old child 　　12　　 pay for a ticket, madam．A child's return ticket 　　13　　 Jersey costs ＄13.50．So 　　14　　 we pay your hotel bill, you will owe (欠)＄1.50．The law is the law, since the mistake was mine…”

　　Saying 　　15　　, the woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the station office．

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　　The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers．“I know how 　　1　　 you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said．“And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would 　　2　　 not to take the test．

　　Many students jumped up to 　　3　　 the teacher and left the classroom．The teacher looked at the 　　4　　 students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last 　　5　　．” Two more students decided to go．

　　Seven students remained．The teacher then handed out the 　　6　　．There were only three sentences typed on the paper：Congratulations! You have just 　　7　　 an A in this class．Keep believing in yourself．

　　I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test 　　8　　 any teacher could and should give．Students who are not 　　9　　 in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量)．

　　The same is 　　10　　 in real life．The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have 　　11　　 both successes and failures．They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education 　　12　　 from events in their lives, and have become 　　13　　 people．

　　Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80％ of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed．You are a big kid now, and you 　　14　　 that you have some limits(限制)．However, there is 　　15　　 you can’t do or learn or be．Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服)but ourselves．

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