One day there was an argument between the wind and the sun. "I'm much    26   than you," said the wind. "No, I don't agree with you!" said the sun. While they were arguing, they saw a man    27   along the road. He is wearing a heavy coat. The sun said to the wind," Now, let
   28   see who can make the man take    29  his coat. Then we will know who is stronger."
First the wind tried. It began to blow very hard. It blew    30   hard that the man pulled his coat around him. The wind was    31   with the man. Then it said to the sun," Now, it's your
   32   ."The sun started to    33   on the man. Soon it got very    34   ! The man took off his coat. The argument was over. We know the    35   was stronger now. 

Jimmy started painting when he was four years old. When he was six, he was already very good at it. He   1   many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people   2   a lot of money for them. They said, “This boy’s going to be   3   when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to   4   these pictures for a lot more money. Then we will get rich.”

       Jimmy’s pictures were   5   from other people’s because he never painted on the whole piece of   6   . He painted on half of it, and the other half was always   7  .

       “That’s very clever,” everyone said, “  8   else does that!”

One day somebody bought one of Jimmy’s   9   and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the   10   half of your paper, but not on the top half?”

“Because I’m small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes don’t reach very high.”

1. A. took                     B. borrowed          C. lent                   D. painted

2. A. paid               B. bought                     C. wanted              D. needed

3. A. young            B. famous              C. short                 D. cool

4. A. fill                 B. buy                   C. sell                   D. draw

5. A. different        B. similar               C. away                D. good

6. A. glass             B. wood                C. paper                D. table

7. A. empty            B. full                    C. dirty                 D. blue

8. A. Anybody        B. Somebody         C. Everybody         D. Nobody

9. A. brushes         B. books                C. pictures             D. pens

10. A. middle         B. bottom              C. right                 D. left

During my second year of nursing school, our teacher gave us a quiz (小測驗(yàn)). I was a hardworking student and I did well    26   all the subjects. I finished the questions successfully until I read the last one, “What is the first name of the    27  who cleans the school?”
I saw the cleaning woman every day. She is short and about 60 years old. She has dark hair. But    28   would I know her name? I have    29  talked with her before. In fact, I’ve never even thought about talking to her! I stared at (盯著) my paper and started to feel rather guilty (慚愧的). Finally, I handed in my paper   30   writing the answer to the last question.
Before the class ended, one student    31   the teacher if the last question would count (計(jì)入) into our grade. “In your life,” the teacher said, “you will meet many people. All are    32 . They deserve (值得) your attention (注意) and care, even if all you do is just smiling and saying hello.”
I’ll never    33   that lesson. Everyone deserves our attention and we should try to get to know all the people who work and live around us. That was the most important    34 of my life. Later that day, I    35  that the cleaning woman’s name was Dorothy.