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Jane: Hi, Leo. You seem tired and sleepy today. Are you OK?
Leo: Oh, my neighborhood is so ______ (noise)—I can’t sleep much.
Jane: What’s going on in your neighborhood?
Leo: The road near my home ______ (repair), and that makes a lot of noise. That’s____
___ I can’t sleep well at night these days.
Jane: Is it really loud?
Leo: Oh, it’s terrible! ______ (hope), the construction won’t last long.____
___ they don’t finish the road soon, I’m afraid I’m going to go deaf.
Jane: Oh, that’s awful. How about your neighbors? Are they quiet and friendly?
Leo: Yes, most of them are. But one of my neighbors, David, ________ holds parties every night, won’t stop making noise. Being exposed____
____ so much noise day after day really drives me mad!
Jane: It’s no use just________ (complain). Why not hold a neighborhood meeting? I’m sure you could come up with some good __
____ (approach).
Leo: That’s a good idea. Why didn’t I think of that? _______ seems that I haven’t got a brain in my head these days.
A young man, while travelling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder
had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man
(present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled
(warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home
a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let student taste the water. He spat it out,
(say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like
？” The teacher replied，“You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be
(sweet)．”
We understand this lesson best we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.
Mrs. Wilson, ______is the wife of a rich man, ___
___(invite) some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with herself ____
___the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was __
__(surprise) to find the neighbor’s cat staring at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat before it was too late. That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed ___
_ four o’clock.
After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired ____happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window when she saw the neighbor’s cat __
_(die) in her garden, she was sure the fish was bad. What
____happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help, the doctor would like each guest _
__(meet) him. Once again Mrs. .Wilson was alone in her chair still tired but no longer happy, just then the telephone rang. ____
__was her neighbor, “oh, Mrs. Wilson” he cried, “My cat was killed by a car and put in your garden.”
I’m only daughter of my parents. So they are worried
everything I do. For example,
I ride my bike, my parents won’t let me
(ride) by myself. They are afraid I might fall off my bike and hurt
.They are taking great trouble to support the bike, with my mother even
(carry) a first-aid box. I’m not free to ride and I often say
(angry), “Why not let me ride alone?”
Now, most families have one child. want to do everything for their children. This does no good to them. Too much love from parents may prevent children from __
independent. In my opinion, parents should let their children do
they should do alone.
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A rich land owner decided to leave possessions to one of his two sons. As he lay on the deathbed, he called the two young men to him before break of dawn and even before the cock could crow. He then said, “I will leave all my earth to the one
can best fill this room. It was in this room
I made plans on how to build up my fortune. Not an inch must
(leave) uncovered. As I am getting
(weak) by the hour you both must come back by midnight.” He handed them a small piece of silver and an empty bag to put their purchases in. They both went out and
(hurry) came back with their purchases.
(bring) the straw, the elder began to spread it around the floor,
far from filling the room. It did not even cover half the space. “This is no use, son,” said the father, “and let me see how
brother fills the room.” The younger son took out of his bag a large candle,
(set) it on the table in the center of the room and lit it. A brilliant bright light filled up the whole room. The father was delighted and exclaimed, “Son, I am sure you will use the wealth well.”
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