A principal decided to honor the teachers in his school to show his thanks for their hard work. He told them how they made a difference in their jobs. Then he gave (1)e_____  of them a blue ribbon ( 緞帶 ) that reads , "Who I Am Makes A Difference. "

One of the teachers wanted to take this idea into her students. One day the teacher (2)n_____ that a boy in her class was unhappy. She went to him and asked him the(3)r______ . The boy told her that his father had been worrying about the job and often punished him for some little things. Hearing what he said, the teacher decided to give him the ribbon to (4)c_____ him up. She said, "Dear boy, what your father has done doesn't 5)m______ the lack ( 缺少)of love for you. He needs your understanding. You've been a kind boy. Here's a ribbon for you. Would you like to take this ribbon and pass it on? Let's keep this ceremony going and find out how it (6)a______  people."

That night the boy sat beside his father and said, "Dad, today my teacher gave me a blue ribbon for (7)b_____ kind and asked me to find somebody else to honor. I'd like to give the ribbon to you. I want to let you know how (8)d______ I admire you and how much you mean to me. I love you!"

The father was very (9)s_____, and he was moved as well. He looked at his son through his tears and said, "I (10)a______  lost my confidence in my job. But with your encouragement and love, I regain ( 重獲) my confidence. Thank you, my son. I love you, too."

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the   1   menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how   2   it was.

At the bottom of the   3  , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”

The man   4   the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order   5    that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”

“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”

“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.   6  , not African.”

The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t   7   long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

Then he smiled   8  the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t  9  it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology (道歉).

“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the   10  embarrassing,”（困窘 ） he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.                A．biggest         B．thickest         C．heaviest  D．longest

2.                A．unfair          B．unusual         C．beautiful  D．important

3.                A．menu          B．dish            C．restaurant D．table

4.                A．looked for      B．took out        C．looked at D．picked up

5.                A．a(chǎn)nything        B．nothing         C．everything D．something

6.                A．American       B．Indian          C．Canadian  D．Australian

7.                A．pay            B．cost            C． take D．spend

8.                A．a(chǎn)s             B．a(chǎn)nd            C．so   D．though

9.                A．catch          B．take           C．fetch D．bring

10.               A．least           B．most           C．less  D．more

With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building．He held up a sign which said，"I'm blind，please help．"

Only a few people put   1  in the hat．A man was walking by．He   2   some coins into the hat．He then turned the sign  3  ，wrote some words，put the sign back and left．

Soon the hat began to fill up．A lot more people   4  to give money to the blind boy．That afternoon the man came to see   5   things were．The boy recognized his footsteps（腳步聲） and asked，"Were you the one who   6  my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said，"I only wrote the truth．I said what you said but in a   7  way．" What he had written was，"Today is a beautiful day，  8 I cannot see it．"

Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind．But the first sign simply  10  people to help by throwing some money into the   11  ．The second one，however，told people that they were able to enjoy the  12  of the day，but the boy couldn't   13  he was blind．

There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story．First，be thankful for what you have．Someone else has less．Help them if you can．  15  ，be creative．Think differently．There is always a better way!

1．A．eggs                B．coins              C．toys              D．pencils

2．A．got                  B．lost                C．took              D．dropped

3．A．on                   B．off                C．back              D．a(chǎn)round

4．A．a(chǎn)sked                B．began              C．hoped             D．continued

5．A．how                 B．what              C．whose           D．which

6．A．put                  B．found             C．changed           D．cleaned

7．A．usual                B．simple             C．different           D．dangerous

8．A．a(chǎn)s                  B．so                C．for              D．but

9．A．signs                B．men               C．boys              D．lessons

10．A．told                B．took              C．helped             D．ordered

11．A．bag                B．hat                C．pocket            D．basket

12．A．food               B．songs             C．beauty           D．pictures

13．A．because            B．unless             C．before           D．though

14．A．a(chǎn)bout              B．with              C．from            D．except

15．A．First               B．Second            C．Third             D．Fourth

Once， a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they ____ their work， he left them， saying， “When the sun is down， I will come and see your work.”
At last one of them said， “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can ___ fill the basket.” ____ man answered， “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like， but I am not going to work at ____ so foolishly.” He ____ his bucket(圓桶) and went away. The other man said no word， and kept on carrying ____. At last the well was almost ____.
As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket， he saw a bright thing in it. He ______. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. ____ he saw the ring， he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You ___ so well in this little thing，” he said， “ What now I know I can believe you with many things.”
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