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1. He is a very careful student and he s ____________ made such kind of foolish mistake.
2. He studies hard and he always gets good s___________ in the examinations.
3. They started up in the business as a p ____________detective after he left the police.
4. I am really sorry to tell you that you have f ____________ in the English test.
5. It's really kind of you to give me e ____________ what I want.
6. Mary as a reporter who's the most famous person you've ever i ____________ in TV
7. They all from African countries and I am the only one from a E ____________ country.
8. The Internet i ____________ our daily life greatly.We almost can't live without it.
9. Most people feel nervous when speaking in a p ____________place.
10. The woman was ill so she was a ____________from the meeting.
11. There are several g ____________ in every school to keep students and teachers safe.
12. Please telephone this number if you r ____________any further information.
13. When I was a child I used to like spiders and other i ____________
14. E ____________ or west home is the best.
15. The famous actor, Mr. Bean, is very h ___________________, who has brought us much laugnter.
16. My younger sister used to be very s ___________________ and she never talked with strangers.
17. She needs to win the point to level the s ___________________.
18. As a journalist he i ___________________ people from all walks of life.
19. Who knows the man who is giving a s ___________________ over there?

There was a businessman, who sent his son to the most wise man in the world to ask for the secret of happiness.
After going through all hardships for 40 days, this boy finally found the wise man's beautiful castle.
When he entered the castle, the boy didn't meet a saint but saw a ___1___ scene: business people came in and
out, in every corner people were talking with each other and a small band was ___ 2___ gentle music. The local
food was placed on a table. The wise man was talking with the people one ___3___ one, so the boy had to wait for
three hours for his turn ___4___.
The wide man attentively listened to the boy's ___5___ for the visit, but he said at this point he didn't
have ___6___ to explain the secret of happiness to him. He suggested that the boy go around the place and return
to see him after two hours.
"At the same time I ask you to do one thing," the wise man said as he ___7___ a spoon to the boy and dripped
two drops of oil into it, "When you walk, take this spoon and do not let the oil spill ."
The boy began walking up and down the steps of the palace, his ___8___ always focusing on the spoon. Two
hours later, he returned to the wise man.
"Have you seen the Persian carpets of ___9___ restaurant? Have you noticed those beautiful sheepskin volumes
of my library?" the wise man asked.
A ___10___ sense of shame came into the boy's mind because he didn't see, for what he was only concerned
about was the thing the wise man entrusted to him namely, not to let the drops of oil in the spoon spill.
"Then you go back to see all kinds of rare things in here," the wise man said, "If you don't know a person's home,
you won't be able to trust him."
After hearing that, the boy ___11___ the spoon and walked back into the palace. This time, he noticed all the
artworks ___12___ on the walls, viewed the garden and the surrounding mountain scenery. when he returned again,
he told the wise man about it.
"___13___ where's the drops of oil I gave you?" the wise man asked.
Looking at the spoon, the boy found there's ___14___ in the spoon and felt very upset.
"So this is the only warning I want to give you," the wise man said, "the ___15___ secret of happiness les in
enjoying all the wonders of the world and at the same time never forget the drops of oil in the spoon."
1. A .lively B .crazy C .quiet D .noisy
2. A .hearing B .writing C .enjoying D .playing

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