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Jim is one of Mr Brown’s old f 1. . Mr Brown asked Jim for dinner and he agreed. They were both very

h 2. because they hadn’t s 3. each other for years. Mrs Brown bought some meat and vegetables from the shop. They were talking in the s 4. room while Mrs Brown was c 5. in the kitchen.

Suddenly she called Mr Brown into the kitchen and said something was wrong with the pot(锅) and asked him to buy one. He said sorry to Jim and l 6.. He wanted to borrow one from his neighbor, but they were all

o 7. . He had to go to the shop to buy a new one.

On his way to the shop, he saw a man selling pots by the road. He stopped to ask, ‘Are the pots of high quality(质量)?’ ‘Sure, sir,’ the man said, ‘I can show it to you.’ The man dropped a pot to the ground. Bad l 8.! It was broken into pieces. The man was very c 9. and said, ‘I have never s 10. such a pot of low quality like it! I’d rather break it into pieces than sell it to you.

Dear Mr.Brown,

I am sorry to t__1._ you my mother is ill.She c_2.day and night .She does not l_3._down and have a rest .My father is not in .He w_4._to Beijing last week. My mother can not look after h _5.. The doctor gives her some ___6.( 建议).she should stay in bed and _7._(服用) some medicine .So I have to take c_8._of her._ 9._ (可以)I ask for a day’s leave?

Thank you.

Yours s__10.___,

Tom

Mr. Brown was in school for only one year when he was young and later on he was made to help his father to work in the fields. There wasn’t e 1. rain for several years and though there was a river nearby, the water was polluted. The farmers dared not w 2. their corn with the polluted water. So they had several poor harvests. They had l 3. food and sometimes they were hungry. One year his parents died of hunger and there was no one to care for him. He had to go to find work in the town and he learned to drive a truck in a factory.

Coming from a village made him strong and ready to help others. He met a girl who loved him, so they got married. His wife works in a shop and his children study in a school. He tries his best to s 4. everything even if a pound, and hardly eats in a restaurant. He’s good at c 5. and always takes some food he has made at home with him when he goes to work in the morning.

It was Sam’s eighth birthday yesterday. The boy hoped to have dinner in a restaurant. At first, Mr. Brown wouldn’t agree. Then he thought his son had never had anything in restaurants before, so he decided to give in. The boy was very happy and the Browns went to a restaurant for the

f 6. time. When they finished their dinner, Mr. Brown said to the waiter, “My son has some meat l 7. on his plate. Could you give me a bag so that I can take it home for the dog?” “Oh, Dad!” the boy called out. “We haven’t got a dog at all!”