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There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn't have airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India 1  . And when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is 2 because they can't grow much 3  the water situation. So he saw one basket, a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.

So he 4 and asked, "How much per kilo?" And the shopkeeper said, "Two rupees."(印度货币) Two rupees in India is 5 ; it's like dirt (尘土). So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it: Oh, my God! His 6  watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became 7 . As he coughed terribly , he 8  up and down, saying, "Ah! Ah! Ah!"

But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, "You're crazy, man. Those are chilies（辣椒）! You can't eat so many; they're not good for you! People use them 9  a condiment（作料）, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can't just eat them by the handful like that; they're not 10 !" So the silly master said, "No, I can't stop! I paid money for them, 11  now I'll eat them. It's my 12 !"

And you think that master was silly, right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. we still continue just because we've 13  money, time, effort and love into it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn't stop because he didn't want to waste the money he'd paid.

So 14  you've lost something, let it go and move on. That's better than continuing to 15  .

1.                A．by air          B．on foot         C．by taxi    D．by car

2.                A．delicious        B．cheap          C．expensive D．fresh

3.                A．because of      B．with the help of   C．in need of D．as a result

4.                A．got up          B．went up        C．turned up D．looked up

5.                A．something      B．nothing         C．everything D．anything

6.                A．eyes           B．ears           C．mouth    D．nose

7.                A．sad            B．ugly            C．red  D．cold

8.                A．searched       B．climbed         C．jogged   D．jumped

9.                A．as             B．for            C．to   D．with

10.               A．medicine       B．vegetables      C．fruit  D．food

11.               A．instead         B．and            C．but   D．also

12.               A．money         B．food           C．fruit  D．drink

13.               A．joined         B．spent          C．paid  D．put

14.               A．as if           B．ever since      C．even if    D．so that

15.               A．fight           B．fail            C．try   D．lose

It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地),where she placed the rose on the grave.
The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.
【小题1】The man went to the shop to         .

The time in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a   1_  bookshop, no assistant will come near to you and say, “Can I help you?” You   2  buy anything you don’t want. You may try to find out  3   the book you want is. But if you can’t find it, the assistant will lead（带领） you there and then he will go away. It seems that he is   4_  selling books at all. A story tells us about a good bookshop. A young student  _5   a very useful book in the bookshop.  _6   it was too expensive for him. He couldn’t get it from the library, either. So every afternoon, he went there to _ 7  a little at a time. One day, however, he couldn’t find  _8  from its usual place and was leaving when he saw an assistant signing(示意) to him. To his surprise, the assistant pointed to the book in the desk , “I put it there  _9  I don’t want other people to buy it,” said the assistant. Then he  10   the student go on with his reading.

         It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.

         As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.

         He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”

         The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.”

     He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地),where she placed the rose on the grave.

         The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.

         Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.

1.The man went to the shop to         .

            A. have a rest                                                   B. help the girl

       C. buy some food                                             D. order some flowers

2.The man’s mother lived         away from him.

            A. 2 kilometers           B. 75 miles       C. 200 miles              D. 200 kilometers

3.The girl was crying on the road because          .

       A. she was hungry                                           B. she got hurt

            C. she couldn't afford a rose                        D. she couldn’t find her way home

4.After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to          together.

            A. the cemetery                                                        B. his shop

       C. the girl’s home                                            D. his mother’s house

5. We can learn from the passage that           .

        A. the girl loved flowers very much         

B. the girl loved her mother very much

        C. the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother

        D. the man drove to his mother’s house to look after her

Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future.     Nobody knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people. The people make their dreams  1 . One of these people was a man called John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago. John Chapman dreamt that he    stood on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed  2  , so the next day he decided to leave for London.  3    was 100 miles（英里） from Swaffham to London. He walked for two days and at last he  4   London Bridge. There were many people on the bridge, but they weren’t   5    in John Chapman. No one talked tohim. After three days, John Chapman decided to go home.And before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him. “I am watching you these days,” he said. “Are you   6  someone?” “Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man here. He would help me to get much
money.” “Oh,” said the shopkeeper. “You shouldn’t believe in dreams.  7   I believe in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham. He had   8  in his garden, near an old apple tree.” John Chapman felt   9  by what the shopkeeper said. At once he went home and dug near an old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so happy that he   10  some of the gold to his poor neighbours. What a kind man he was! For the rest of his life, he was a rich man.