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（一） （扬州）
Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the t 1 made the garden look wonderful.
No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn’t get on well with each other. The vegetables h 2 the tree. They thought the tree did not leave them e 3 light to survive. On the other hand, the tree hated the vegetables. He complained that the vegetables drank nearly all the water b 4 it could get to him.
The situation became worse and worse. One day, the vegetables got angry and decided to use up all the w 5 in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to give the vegetables shade(树荫)from the hot sun. Soon they both began to dry up.
Neither of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable f 6 when he saw it becoming worse. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how t 7 they were. There seemed to be no ways to solve the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small pumpkin r 8 what was going on, and decided to deal with it. Though there was little water and it was too hot, the little pumpkin did all he could to grow, grow…. F 9 , he grew very big, the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautiful big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables grew better. They realized that it was better to help each other than to f 10 .
From then on, they worked together and lived in harmony with those around them. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
（二） （山东莱芜）
Have you ever seen Along the River During the Qingming Festival? Almost everyone has heard of this painting in his h 1 class. But how m 2 do you know about the famous painting? It was painted by Zhang Zeduan, an a 3 in the Song Dynasty. The painting shows people's lives in the Song Dynasty. There are l 4 of shops, restaurants, hotels and houses on b 5 sides of the river, and the roads are c 6 with people.
Now you have the chance to feel like you're living in that time. The painting was remade into a 3D version. The people, animals and ships are moving in the p 7 .We can see the river flowing and hear the s 8 of the drum. From October 21st to D 9 1lth, the 3D Along the River During the Qingming Festival will be shown in Shanghai. Don't f 10 to see it to feel people's lives
in the Song Dynasty by yourself.
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（三）
（2013，山东莱芜）
Leo and his father didn’t talk for 10 years. 10 years ago, Leo’s mother d 1 . He thought it was his father who caused his mother’s illness. He hated his father.
Now they were sitting in a nice c 2 shop. Suddenly his father asked the waiter to put some salt in his coffee. Leo was surprised. His father smiled and said, “Before you were born, your mother and I often had f 3 playing in the sea. We could taste the sea, just l 4 the taste of the salty coffee. Every time I have salty coffee, I always think of your mother. I m 5 her so much.”
Leo was deeply moved (感动). He never knew his father had such deep l 6 for his mother. One month later, he moved to live w 7 his father. Every time he made coffee for him, he put some salt in the coffee.
After 10 years, his father died. Leo received a l 8 which said, “Dear Leo, please forgive my life’s lie — the salty coffee. Actually at that t 9 I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change, so I just went ahead. Now let me t 10 you the truth. I don’t like salty coffee, but I drink salty coffee for 10 years! Having you with me is the biggest happiness of my whole life.”
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（四）
（2013广西贺州）
Bill lives in a very far village. He knows l 1 about the outside world because he hardly ever gets out of his village.
One day, he got a radio f 2 his uncle who lives in the city. He was very excited and s 3 the radio to all his friends.
“Great!” Sheela, one of his friends, said. “Could you please get one for me, too?” another friend Mashi asked. Of course Bill felt very proud o 4 the radio.
However, the radio stopped w 5 only a few days later. Bill was very sad but didn’t know w 6 to do. A friend of his told h 7 to go to the repair shop in town. So he did. The man in the shop f 8 two dead cockroach(蟑螂) in the radio.
Bill started crying. The man, of course, was surprised, “W 9 are you crying, my boy?” Bill cried said, “Because the two singers died in my radio. How am I going to listen to nice s 10 ?”
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（五）
Don’t Change the World
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Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a rich country. One day, he went for a t 1 to some distant(遥远的) areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the f 2 time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went t 3 was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every r 4 of the country with leather. Of course, this would need t 5 of cows’ skin, and would c 6 a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, “Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of m 7 ? Why don’t you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your f 8 ?”
The king was surprised, but he later a 9 to his suggestion, to make a “shoe” for himself. In fact, there is a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy place to live, you better change y 10 —your heart; and not the world. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
（六）
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God: “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow b 1 how am I going to live there?”
God replied, “I c 2 an angle(天使) for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”
“I don’t do anything e 3 but sing and smile, that’s enough for me to be happy.” “Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s l 4 and be happy.”
“And how am I going to be able to u 5 when people talk to me, if I don’t know the language that men talk.”
“Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever h 6 , and with much patience and care, your angel will t 7 you how to speak.”
“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”
“Your angel will place your h 8 together and will teach you how to pray(祈祷).” “But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.”
“Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the w 9 for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you.”
“Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel’s n 10 .”
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