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正Once there lived an old man in a town.He always forgot a lot of things,so his wife always had to say to him,"Remember this."One day he went on a long journey alone.Before he went out,his     

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正AIt was time for Mr Bell to close his shop.He was checking his money.His son Tom,who was 15,had just gone outside to buy a newspaper.Justthen,a big man walked into the shop with a gun in his hand.When Tom came back,he could hear the man asking his father for money.Tom could see the gun in the man??s hand,but the man didn??t see or hear Tom.Tom hurried up the street.He looked for the police,but he didn??t seeany.Then Tom saw an old baseball bat lying in the street."Maybe this willhelphe thoughtHe ran back with it     

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Long,long ago,the Greeks and Trojans were enemies. A war started.For ten years the Greek soldiers wanted to take the city of Troy,but they could not,because the walls of the city were strong.Then the Greek made a big wooden house.     

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Professor Bumble is an oldman,thin and short.He is not only absentminded but seriously shortsighted.He is always busy thinking about plans,new ideas,and so on,and he hardly notices what is going on aroundhim.     

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There was ice on the road,and the doctor’s car hit a tree and turned over three times.To his supprise,he was not hurt.He went out of the car and walked to the nearest house.He wanted totelephone the garage for help.The door was opened by one of his pa-tients."Oh,Doctor,"she said,"I have just telephoned you.You musthave a very fast car.You have got here so quickly.There has been avery bad accident outside.I saw it through the window.I’m sure thedriver will need your help."     

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A A famous doctor once attended a little boy who was dangerously ill.Thanks to his skill and care his young patient got well,and soon able to get up and run about again.The child's mother was very grateful,and she called on the doctor to thank him for what he had done for her son. "Doctor," she said,"you have saved my little boy's life.I don't know how to thank you enough.I felt that money alone can't repay you,but I have made this little purse with my own hands and I hope you'll accept it."     

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Bruce got on the bus early in the morning. He was going to the next town to visit one of his friends. He had got up very early, and he felt tired. Soon he fell asleep. A short while later, he woke up in the middle of a dream. In his dream, he was in a busy street. People were pushing him hard and pulling at his clothes. As he woke up, he found that it wasn＇t only a dream.Somebody was really pulling at his coat pocket.     

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It was time for Mr Bell to close his shop. He was checking his money.His son Tom, who was 15, then, a big man walked into When Tom came back, Tom could see the gun in the had just gone outside to the shop with a gun in his buy a newspaper. Just hand. he could hear the man asking his father for money. man＇s hand, but the man didn＇t see or hear Tom.     

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正A One day a pig went to the stable(马棚)to see his good friend,an oldhorse,and was going to stay there forthenight.Night came and it was time forsleep.The pig went into the straw heap(稻草堆)and lay comfortably.A longtime passed,but the horse was stillstanding there and did not move.Thepig asked the horse why he did not go tosleep."Standing like this is the begin-ning ofsleeping,"answered the horse.     

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A A famous doctor once attended a little boy who was dangerously ill.Thanks to his skill and care his young patient got well,and soon able toget up and run about again.The child＇s mother was very grateful,andshe called on the doctor to thank him for what he had done for her son.＂Doctor,＂she said,＂you have saved my little boy＇s life.I don＇t know how to thank you enough.I felt that money alone can＇t repay you,     

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A David was a young man who worked in an office in a big city.He liked fishing very much,but did not often get a chance to go fishing. Then one summer he decided to have a holiday in a beautiful place in the mountains where there were a lot of streams."I will be able to have some good fishing there," he said to himself. The first morning after he arrived,he carried his fishing rod and walked to the nearest stream.He saw an old man standing beside the water,so he asked him whether it was a private (私人的) stream.The old man answered that it was not.Then he asked,"Well,then it won't be a crime (犯罪) if I catch some fish here,will it?"     

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A A poor farmer once had a friend who was famous for the wondertul apple trees which he grew.One day this friend gave the farmer a young tree and told him to take it home and plant it.The farmer was pleased with the gift,but when he got home he did not know where to plant it.He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road,strangers would steal the fruit.     

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A judge was working in his room when a neighbour ran in and said, ＂If one man＇s cow kill anoth- er＇s, is the owner of the first cow responsible （负责） ？＂     

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A Mr and Mrs Jonson seldom go out in the evening, but last Saturday, Mrs Jonson said to her husband, There will be a good film at the cinema tonight. Can we go and see it? Mr Jonson was quite happy about it, so they went, and both of them enjoyed the film very much. They came out of the cinema at eleven o'clock, got into their car and began driving home. It was quite dark. Suddenly Mrs Jonson said,Look, Bill. A woman is running along the road very fast, and a man is running after her. Maybe she is in gre...     

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正A A man and his wife had a small bar near a station.The bar often stayedopen until after midnight because people came to drink there while theywerewaitingfor trains.At two o'clock one morning,one man was still sitting at a table in thebar.He was asleep.The barman's wife wanted to go to bed.She looked into     

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A An artist had a small daughter.Sometimes he painted women withou any clothes on,and he and his wife always tried to keep the small girl out when he was doing this,"She is too young to undestand," they said.     

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Mrs King lived in a small town.Her husband died ten years ago.Now she lived alone in the town.She didn’t see her daughter Lily for months.One day,she called Lily to ask if she was getting along well.