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　　One will feel happy when others flatter(奉承)him in his face．It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a“top hat”　　1　　．

　　A student was going to leave the capital to become 　　2　　 official(官員)in a city far away．Before he started, he came to say　　3　　to his teacher．

　　“It is 　　4　　 job to be a good official．”his teacher said．“you must be strict 　　5　　 yourself and never be careless．”

　　“Don't worry about me, sir．”The student answered．“I have already　　6　　anyone hundred top hats, which will 　　7　　 those people quite happy．”

　　“But we are really gentlemen!　　8　　 could a real gentleman do such a thing,”His teacher was a bit 　　9　　．“Never forget 　　10　　 I taught you in class!”

　　“　　11　　 are always right, sir．I also hate such things．But, sir, 　　12　　 no one really gentleman like you can be seen in the world now．”said the student．It seemed that he had to do so．

　　　　13　　 hearing this, the teacher was pleased．“What you said is true!”

　　“I have 　　14　　 one top hat already．Now I have ninety-nine 　　15　　．”the student said to his friend later on when he asked the student what he had talked with the teacher about．

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　　Not all heavy children have weight problems like adults．However, as children get older, their chance for staying fat 　　1　　．The chance is even 　　2　　 if one or both parents are also overweight．Working on weight problems early is very important．

　　Why is the healthy weight important?If you are too heavy and fat, you have a better chance to develop a serious 　　3　　 like heart disease．Maybe you also suffer from other problems．For example, you often feel tired, but can't 　　4　　 well．

　　The best 　　5　　 to lose weight is to eat healthier food and to exercise more often．Be patient．It may 　　6　　 a long time．Don't stop yourself from eating, but pay attention to food．Get your whole family to eat 　　7　　, and it will be good for everyone．When you go to the supermarket, try to buy food which is low in 　　8　　．Do exercise!The Internet, computer games and TV stop children from 　　9　　 like dancing, running and so on．The whole family can go for a walk or bike ride．It is good for their health and, 　　10　　, they can enjoy themselves together．

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　　On Christmas Eve, the Woods, an English couple, received a very unusual telephone call．Although it 　　1　　 only twenty seconds, it was from their fifteen-year-old daughter who disappeared six months before．

　　“I'm phoning to 　　2　　 you a happy Christmas,”she said．“I love you．”

　　The Woods were so happy that they started a 　　3　　 telephone service called“Alive and Well”．

　　The service 　　4　　 parents to keep in touch with children who have run away from home．

　　Young people can phone“Alive and Well”and leave a 　　5　　 for their parents．The 　　6　　 are answered by answering machines．　　7　　 no one spoke to the child or make them 　　8　　 home．Parents of runaway children who are under eighteen can ask the 　　9　　 to bring their children home．So children do not want to tell their parents 　　10　　 they are．Through“Alive and Well”they can telephone their parents without 　　11　　 about letting their parents know their address．

　　The Woods and their helpers 　　12　　 the telephone messages which are recorded by the tape and get in touch with the 　　13　　．Many of the 30,000 British children who have left home are 　　14　　 in London．For only two pence they can go into a telephone box and 　　15　　 their parents．They can dial 756－7556 and stop their parents' worry．Is he dead or alive?

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　　Once again, I was in a new school．　　1　　 was a girl in my class named Paris．

　　I was tall and she was short．I was 13 and one of the 　　2　　 in the class．She was 11 and the youngest in the class．I was shy．She wasn't．I considered her my enemy(敵人)．But she 　　3　　 me．She wanted us to be friends．

　　One day, she 　　4　　 me over and I agreed, but I was too surprised．My family had moved six times in six years, and I had never managed to 　　5　　 friends．No one had invited me over．

　　When we got to the room that she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies－which were my next 　　6　　．I had never played with them．We sat on the floor and played, and we 　　7　　 as we made up funny stories about the Barbies．That's 　　8　　 we found out that we both had wild imaginations, 　　9　　 we both wanted to be writers when we grew up．We had a great time that afternoon．Soon we became good 　　10　　．Paris taught me an amazing thing about making friends：your worst enemy can turn out to be your best friend．

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　　Two old men lived in a room on the third floor of an old people's home．　　1　　 of the men were badly ill, and they spent 24 hours a 　　2　　 in bed in the room．

　　One of the old men had his bed by the window, and every day, he 　　3　　 hours telling his friend what he could see through the window．He told him about the traffic going by, the children playing in the park and the birds flying around．The old man far from the window got a lot of 　　4　　 from hearing about the world outside, but after a time, he began to get rather unhappy．　　5　　 nice it would be, he thought, if he had the bed by the window and could see 　　6　　 himself．

　　One night, the man by the window called his friend,“Quick!Pull the alarm by your bed－I don't think I can go through the night!”　　7　　 his friend, expecting an empty bed by the window, did nothing－h(huán)e just closed his 　　8　　 and went back to sleep．

　　The next morning, the nurse found the man dead in his bed by the window．

　　The old man was very 　　9　　 as they moved him into the empty bed by the window．He sat up, pulled back the curtain(窗簾), looked out－but 　　10　　, he saw only a wall．

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　　Charlie came from a poor village．His parents had 　　1　　 money to send him to school when he was young．The boy was very sad．Mr．King lived next to them．He found the boy 　　2　　 and had pity on him and lent some money to him．So the boy could go to school．He studied hard and 　　3　　 all his lessons．When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town．And the boy began to work．

　　Once, Mr．King was seriously hurt in an accident．Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon．The young man 　　4　　 and several years later he married the girl．He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy．He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her．He was good at cooking and she ate 　　5　　, and when she had a baby, she became so fat that she felt it difficult to walk．And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart．Her husband wasn't at home and she had to go to 　　6　　 at once．The doctor looked her over and told her 　　7　　 eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these．She was afraid 　　8　　 the doctor's words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper．When she got home, she put the list on the table and 　　9　　．

　　When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food－meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen．Charlie was busy 　　10　　 them．As soon as he saw her, he said happily, "I've bought all the food you like, dear！”

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　　April 27 is a special day in Britain．It's called Take Our Daughters to Work Day．It was 　　1　　 to Britain in 1994 from America．On that day thousands of girls take a day 　　2　　 school and go with one of their parents to their work places．By doing this, it can 　　3　　 girls more about the society where they live．

　　Now the girls can have a close look at 　　4　　 their parents are doing．This may help them to be calmer when they have to choose a 　　5　　．Mary experienced a day of work at her mother's office．This helped her 　　6　　 her mother's work better．She said that this made her feel more confident(自信)about her future．

　　Schools and many companies 　　7　　 the activity, too．Some schools 　　8　　 make the day a necessary part of school life．

　　Experts(專家)think that girls with more self-confidence are more likely(有可能的)to be 　　9　　 than common girls．　　10　　 parents can set good examples both at work and at home for them, they will do better than others．Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction．

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　　We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things．However, most of us usually 　　1　　 some things．

　　Electricity is one thing that we waste most．Lights, TVs, 　　2　　 and other things are often kept on even when no one is using them．We should turn them off when we do not need them．It 　　3　　 less than a second to do it．Anyhow, not wasting electricity save money, because we do not have to 　　4　　 the electricity we do not use．

　　The second thing that we often waste is water．Fresh water is precious*, 　　5　　 it shouldn't be wasted．It is only a simple matter of turning off a tap*．I am sure 　　6　　 can do this easily if he wants to．

　　　　7　　 big waste is food．My mother 　　8　　 cook so much food that much of it was thrown away．I told her we had wasted so much food．She thought I was right and now cooks 　　9　　 what we can eat．

　　It is 　　10　　 to be wasteful．I find there is a simple way of not wasting things．That is to use only what we need．Do not touch what we do not need．In this way we can stop being wasteful．

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　　When Josie Dew was young, she fell out of a car, so she has never learned to drive．

　　She was still at primary school when she decided she wanted to 　　1　　．So when she was eleven, she decided to go for long bike rides, and cycled 40 or 50 　　2　　 every day．

　　Josie says,“The only 　　3　　 thing about the middle school was cycling there and back．I left school when I was 16．I 　　4　　 cooking so at that time I started a business．I cooked three-course meals, and delivered(遞送)them 　　5　　!In 1985, as soon as I had some 　　6　　, I cycled to Africa and back．”

　　Josie has 　　7　　 to 40 countries and has had all kinds of interesting experiences．She has cycled through the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal, then down into India．Then she went to Greece, Turkey and Greece in 1989．

　　She has sometimes traveled with friends, boyfriends and even her mother, but she has often cycled 　　8　　．She had only one really frightening experience－a man attacked her in Bulgaria．

　　In 1997 she hurt her leg very badly, 　　9　　 she started writing books about her 　　10　　．She's written five books, and now she is on her bike again!At the moment she is planning to cycle around New Zealand．

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　　When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to find a small wallet lying there．I picked it up and opened it to see if I could find out the owner's 　　1　　．There was nothing inside except a little money and an old 　　2　　－a picture of a woman and a girl about sixteen years old．The young girl 　　3　　 the woman．I put the photo back and took the wallet to the 　　4　　 station．I handed the wallet to a policeman．

　　That evening I went to have 　　5　　 with my aunt and uncle．They also 　　6　　 a young woman．So there were 　　7　　 people at table．Her face was familiar．I was quite 　　8　　 that we had met before, but I couldn't 　　9　　 where I had seen her．During the talk, the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her wallet that afternoon．　　10　　 I knew where I had seen her．She was the mother of the young girl in the photo．She was very surprised, of course, when I was able to tell her about her wallet．