I always think my spoken English is so poor that I can’t communicate with
native English speakers well. So after going to the college, I take as  36 English lessons as I can. 37  I am free, I go to English corners and  38  English lessons and lectures. To my surprise, I can understand most of  39 of the professors who come from Canada, and the USA. However, I haven’t had more  40  to talk to them in English.
Although I  41  English articles out aloud every day, I am not sure if I can make myself  42  by native English speakers. How I hope I can talk to  43  English speakers for  a while. I went to the English  44  as usual last night. Surprisingly, there were three foreigners sitting there. There , however, were several Chinese students around them, too. “I must not  45  this chance,” I said to myself.
“Hi, nice to meet you.” I  46  to one of them.
“Nice to meet you too.” He put out his hand. We  47  hands, what a warm hand! Then I  48 myself to him. When I told him that I had  49  English by myself for three years, he said that it was  50  and my English was so good. His words gave me a lot of 51  . At that time he hadn’t had dinner. He asked us if it was rude or 52  to talk to us while he was eating (a)  53  . We, said we didn’t 54  that, only
if he was  55  to talk to us. He smiled and began to eat his supper.

Miss Lovely began to work in our office last year. She thought she was 36 and hardly talked with us . Her house was a little far from our company and she had to go to work 37 every day.
Of course, she had to spend a lot of 38 on this, She decided to have her own car, and began to 39 how to drive two months ago . Now she was able to drive, but had to 40 a license before she could buy a car. It took her a week to 41 the traffic regulations. She was sure she would 42 the examinations.
It was finally time for her to take the examinations yesterday.  Miss Lovely didn’t come to work. We 43 she would drive her new car to our company this morning. But to our  44 she came here by taxi and didn’t tell anybody about it. None of us asked her the 45 but her face clearly showed she had 46 in the exams.
This afternoon one of our workmates told us 47 had happened to the girl when she was 48. Yesterday the chief examiner had asked her some questions, but she could answer only  a 49 .For example,“Would you run over a man or a dog if you see them both in the middle of the 50 ?”
“Of course  I’d run over the dog ,sir”, Miss Lovely answered without 51 .
“I’m sorry to tell you, Miss Lovely,”the examiner shook his 52 and said ,“you have to take the examination again!”
“I don’t think my answers were 53 ,sir”the girl said in a hurry.“I 54  run over a man, you know!”
“Ｉagree with your 55, Miss Lovely,”the chief examiner said with a smile,“but why not brake（剎車）？”

Have you ever done something silly that made you feel so embarrassed（尷尬的）? Well, I had a really bad Saturday morning last week.
I went to town to do some shopping, and while I was walking through the park  31  my way home, it began to rain. I quickly ran into a nearby phone box because I didn’t have an umbrella. It was raining hard and I decided to stay in the phone box     32    it stopped.
A few minutes later, I saw a young man walk up to the phone box, wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a tool box. I didn’t want to go out into the rain, so I   33  the phone and pretended I was talking to     34   . I thought he would go away, 35 he didn’t. He just waited in the heavy rain, watching me wave    36   hands about and act as if I was deep in conversation.
     37  , the rain stopped after about ten minutes. “OK, Mum,”I said loudly into the phone, “I’ll see you later. Bye!”I put the phone down and went out of the phone box. “I’m sorry to keep you     38    for so long.”I said to the man.
Oh,“I don’t want to use the  39   .”he replied. “I’ve just come to repair it. It doesn’t work, you see.”
I felt myself   40   in the face and I quickly ran off with my head down.
【小題1】A. on                       B. in                 C. from
【小題2】A. before                    B. until               C. though
【小題3】A. gave up                   B. looked up          C. picked up
【小題4】A. someone                  B. anyone             C. none
【小題5】A. or                       B. but                C. and
【小題6】A. his                       B. her                C. my
【小題7】A. Quickly                 B. Luckily            C. However
【小題8】A. waiting                  B. wait               C. waited
【小題9】A. box                     B. raincoat            C. phone
【小題10】A. blue                    B. red                 C. green

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard（橄欖園）. He was very hardworking, and the  36  always prospered（繁榮）under his care. But he knew that his three  37  looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.
When the farmer was  38  and felt that he would die, he  39  the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold  40  in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
The sons tried to  41  him to tell them in what part of the orchard the  42  was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was  43 , the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not  44  where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one  45  of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They  46  until they had turned up the  47  from one end of the orchard to the other,  48  the tree-roots and between them.  49  no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. The three sons were bitterly  50  to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive  51 , the olive trees in the orchard bore（結(jié)果實(shí)）more fruit than they had  52  given; when it was  53 , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had  54  the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had  55  when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods __31__ she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and __32__ what to do, she began crying. After a while, she__33__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. __34__ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and __35__ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the __36__. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __37__.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy __38__ that his Mistress was in danger. He jumped __39__ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn't find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a __40__ scent as he lowered his head. He __41__ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking __42__ into the air, the dog __43__ through the woods until he found the __44__ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his __45__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He __46__ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __47__.
When she opened her eyes and   48  her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you   49   me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of     50 . That night Laddy had a Hero's supper: a huge meal of steak.

A wise man was visiting the Ganges, a river which flows through northern India, to take a bath. He found a group of family members on the  16 ， shouting angrily at each other.He  17 his disciples (弟子), smiled and asked, “Why do people shout in  18  at each other？”The disciples 19  for a while and one of them said, “Because we   20  our calm, we shout.”“But, why should you shout  21  the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a(n)  22   manner，” asked the wise man. Some disciples gave some other answers, but none  23  the other disciples. Finally the wise man explained, “When two people are angry at each other, there is a distance between their 24  . To cover that distance they must shout to be able to  25  each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to shout to 26  that great distance. What 27 when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very  28  . The distance between them is either nonexistent (不存在的) or very small.”
The wise man  29 ，“When they love each other even more, they do not  30 ， but only whisper and they get even closer to each other. Finally they 31  need not whisper. They only look at each other and that's  32 . That is how close two people are when they love each other.”
He looked at his disciples and said, “So when you  33 ， do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words that distance each other more.  34  there will come a day when the distance is so great that you'll not find the path to  35 . You may end up becoming enemies, for instance.”

Michel is a young girl who works for the police as a handwriting expert. She has helped   26  many criminals  27 using her special talents.
When she was fourteen, Michel was already so interested in the   28  in her friends’ handwriting  29 she would spend hours  30 them.. after  31 college she went to France for a special two-year class in  32 at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is  33 for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover  34 of what she needs to know simply by looking at the writing with her own  35 , but she also has machines  36 help her  37 different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often  38  great help to the  39 .
Michel believes that handwriting is a good sign of  40 kind of person the writer  41  .”I wouldn’t go out with a fellow  42 I didn’t like his handwriting,” she says. But she adds she  43  in love with her future husband, a young policeman  44  she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be all right,  45 .

My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would__36__ the correct answer. When I was young，I thought__37__ was very important to us as humans，so I said，“My ears，Mummy.” She said，“No. Many people are __38__.But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”
Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first __39__，I had often thought over the question. So this time I told her，“Mummy，it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and said，“You are __40__ fast，but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”
__41__ the years，Mother asked me a couple more __42__ and always her response to my answer was，“No，but you are getting __43__ every year，my child.” Then last year，my grandpa  __44__.Everyone was heartbroken. Everybody was crying. My mum looked at me when it was our __45__ to say our final goodbye to Grandpa. She asked me，“Do you know the most important body part yet，my dear？”
I was__46__ when she was asking me this now. I always thought this was a __47__   between her and me. She saw the __48__ on my face and told me，“This question is very important. It shows that you have really__49__ your life.” I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said，“My dear，the most important body part is your  __50__.”I asked，“Is it because they hold up your head？” She replied，“No，it is __51__ on them a crying friend or a loved one can rest his or her head. I only hope that you have enough __52__ and friends and that you will have a shoulder to cry  __53__ when you need it.” Then and there I understood the most important body part is not a __54__ one. It is sympathetic to the pain of __55__.

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I    36    that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,    37   he knew me. The man had a newspaper     38   in front of him, which he was   39    to read, but I could   40    that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my    41   the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the    42    way in which the waiter and I    43    each other. He seemed even more puzzled as     44   went on and it became    45 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the    46   . When he came out, he paid his bill and    47 without another glance in my direction .
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had    48   . "Well," he said , "that man was a detective (偵探) . He    49    you here because he thought you were the man he     50  ." "What ?" I said, showing my     51  . The owner continued, "He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I   52     say he looked very much like you ! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a     53  ." "Well , it's really    54    I came to a restaurant where I'm known ," I said . "   55    , I might have been in trouble ."

Ever since I was little I loved doing things for other people. As I got older I began doing random ( 隨意的 ) things for people. For example, during holidays, such as Christmas, I would make an extra   21  along with the ones for my relatives. Then I would go and find someone in the grocery store and just hand it to them and walk away. It was so much fun. I admit,   22 , the first time I did it I was so   23 . I didn’t know who to give the card to. So I said a little prayer and knew that the   24  person would just appear. About that time an elderly man ran   25  me with his shopping cart. It was an accident, and he   26  a million times. We smiled and he walked away, and I knew that he was the one.  Later I found him in a different isle(過道), handed him the card, and smiled. I said Happy Holidays, and then walked away. It was so great, and the   27  I had afterwards was unexplainable.
Then one day I came across your website (the coolest website ever) and   28  some Smile Cards. When they came in, I started a new project. When I go into a store, I locate a person who I think needs a   29 . Then, I buy a flower, a carnation, to be exact, and   30  it in the most beautiful paper they have. I tie lots of ribbons on it to make it   31 , and then slip the smile card into an envelope and   32  it to the flower. After that, I pay for it and explain to the cashier   33  it is to go to (I live in a pretty small town so it’s easy to get the help of the cashiers). They then give it to that person when they come through.. Once in a while I’ll buy the flower and then just leave it for the cashier. That gets smiles.
My favorite time was when I picked out this elderly woman who was walking around the   34  somewhat confused. I had come across her numerous times and she only smiled slightly once. When she came to the check out (I was watching from outside) her face   35  and the smile was the biggest I had ever seen. Later that week the cashier whom I had had   36  me told me that the lady had been so surprised and while she was walking out with the grocery bag to her car, she was planning what she was going to do for someone else. It was awesome.
I absolutely love the random acts of kindness cards. I   37  at least two in my purse and others in my car, locker and everywhere I go. As I mentioned, my club, STARS, is doing a Random Acts of Kindness Project with the smile cards so they also are using them. I look forward to hearing about their success. It’s really great. I   38  used them in school. I bought my entire math class cans of pop after lunch one day. They came in from lunch and a can of pop and a smile card were setting   39  that day. It totally lightened the mood in the class that day   40  we were studying for a test. Thank you for all of the help that you provide. The smile cards are a great program that brings smiles into the lives of many!