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One day. A farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe   31  the ground. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It wastes my time. ” His father said   32  but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer   33  the horseshoe and with the money he bought some strawberries.
The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the   34 . They soon drank up their water, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree for them to   35 . Thomas felt too   36  to walk on. At this time, his father gave Thomas a strawberry   37  he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him    38  strawberry and once again, his son lost no time in putting it in his mouth.
And so they   39 . The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you picked up that horseshoe, you would have your own strawberries   40 . Always remember the lesson: If you don’t worry about the little things, you’ll find difficult to do the great things.”

Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Do you often     26    late? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan invented a     27     bed for you. His bed will wake you up! Here is    28    it works.
There is an alarm clock and a recorder（錄音機） in the bed. When the clock      29   a sound, you’ll have a few minutes to wake up. Then the recorder plays light music with a little girls’    30     voice. She says quietly, “Wake up, my dear.” A few     31     later, a second recording plays. It can be unpleasant sounds, “Wake up,    32    you’ll be late!”
If you don’t get up after the     33    recording, you’ll be sorry. There is a mechanical (機械的) “    34    ” in the bed. It can kick（踢） you in the head. Then the bed ­    35    for a few more minutes. What? You’re     36     lying in bed! Slowly the top of the bed goes     37    . The end of the bed goes lower and lower.     38     the bed is straight. You slide off(滑下)the bed and fall onto the    39     . You are     40    the bed and awake.

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Miracles（奇跡）will happen if you don't give up trying. Even if you have  31 for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 10lst time.

When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 32 .  They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become  33 . She didn't believe what the doctor said  34  she started to look for other ways.

My mother kept looking for other doctors for me, and finally she  35 . The doctor and his team in the hospital did   36 they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some  37 to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me 38   .I crawled(爬) towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe  39  eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good  40 . Day by day, I could walk by myself.

When I grew up, my mother   41  told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met   42 , I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very   43  person. I get best   44 in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer.   45  my mother's strong resolution, I live a happy life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.

1.                A．a(chǎn)chieved       B．failed          C．suggested D．told

2.                A．legs           B．hands          C．a(chǎn)rms D．eyes

3.                A．patient         B．confident       C．frustrated D．proud

4.                A．or             B．a(chǎn)nd            C．if    D．because

5.                A．forgot          B．changed        C．succeeded    D．worked

6.                A．nothing         B．somewhere      C．a(chǎn)nywhere D．everything

7.                A．time           B．exercise        C．medicine D．shopping

8.                A．a(chǎn)way           B．from           C．into  D．up

9.                A．her            B．my            C．his  D．its

10.               A．a(chǎn)dvice         B．end           C．chance    D．start

11.               A．hardly         B．never          C．a(chǎn)lways D．nearly

12.               A．dreams         B．experiments     C．jobs  D．difficulties

13.               A．excellent       B．dangerous      C．busy  D．special

14.               A．presents        B．friends         C．books D．grades

15.               A．According to    B．Instead of       C．Thanks to  D．Together with

 Expo 2010 is held in Shanghai from May 1 to October 31．People all over the world are looking forward to it．Here are several golden rules on how to best plan your hip．

Rule 1：Do your homework

Read everything you call before going．Really study the maps．Know the pavilions．Arrive at the entrance nearest Io the things you want to see．Have a plan．It will make a big difference．

Rule 2：Allow plenty of time

Expo 2010 is the largest attraction event in the history of the world．It will take many days to see it．Plan to spend from five to eight days or more seeing it．

Rule 3：Pace yourself

Expo is enormous．The distances are punishing．It is better to spend a day seeing a single area than to man hack and forth all over the site．Remember to wear the most comfortable shoes．Never mind what they look like．

Rule 4：Get going in May

At many Expos the crowds are smaller in May and in early June than any other time．And beware the last two weeks．During every Expo, people delay their visits and then in early October they suddenly realize．“Expo will close soon! I haven’t seen it!’’ As a result, the last several weeks usually have the most crowded days of the entire Expo．

Rule 5：Find out what everyone else is doing-and do the opposite

If you don't like large crowds and long lines．do the opposite．Here is all example：Most people go on Saturdays or on holidays, So avoid Saturdays and holidays．Go on weekdays when most people are at work．

Rule 6：Turn up

Expo 2010 is the largest celebration in China's history-an amazing once-in-a-lifetime event．When it is gone and it will never be seen again．So whatever you do，don't miss it!

1.Expo 2010 will last _________．

2.According to Rule 4，you'd bettor not go to Expo on ________．

3.When there are lots of people waiting in line to see the most popular activations, what’s your  best choice?

4.In Rule 6 “turn up” here means ________．

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Miracles（奇跡）will happen if you don't give up trying. Even if you have  31 for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 10lst time.
When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 32 .  They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become  33 . She didn't believe what the doctor said  34  she started to look for other ways.
My mother kept looking for other doctors for me, and finally she  35 . The doctor and his team in the hospital did   36 they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some  37 to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me 38   .I crawled(爬) towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe  39  eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good  40 . Day by day, I could walk by myself.
When I grew up, my mother   41  told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met   42 , I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very   43  person. I get best   44 in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer.   45  my mother's strong resolution, I live a happy life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.