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　　Alan worked in an office in the city．He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday．He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad．in a newspaper “Enjoy country life．Spend a few weeks at William Farm．Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing…”

　　“This sounds like a good idea．”he thought, I’ll spend a month at William Farm．I’ll go horse riding, walking and fishing．It’ll be different from the seaside．” Four days later, he returned home．

　　“What’s wrong with William Farm?”His friend Jack asked him．“Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

　　“Country life was fine,”Alan said．“But there was another problem．”

　　“Oh, what problem?”

　　“Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤肉)mutton for dinner．”

　　“Fresh meat is the best．”

　　“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner．”

　　“Lucky you!”

　　“You don’t understand,”Alan said,“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner．”

　　“A different roast every day．”Jack said．

　　“Let me finish．”Alan said,“On the fourth day a farmer died and I didn’t want to stay there for dinner．”

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　　Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington．He inherited(繼承)a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at all．When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn’t have to．Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else．He gave ﹩10，000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life．Today he is 36．He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy．

　　Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each ﹩200 a month．The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing．Jack receives a report each year on the children’s progress．They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English．

　　When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them．“It was nothing special,” he said．“Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn’t know anything about their life．” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa．He said that the meeting was very exciting．“When I met her, I felt very, very happy, ”he said．“And I saw that the money was used for a good cause．It brought me happiness．I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children．”

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　　Henry was an office worker in a big city．He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays．

　　He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper．“Enjoy country life．Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm．Good food．Fresh air．Horse riding．Walking．Fishing．Cheap and interesting．”

　　“This sounds a good idea,” he thought．“I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm．I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing．They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming．”

　　He wrote to the farmer．In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there．Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm．

　　But four days later, he returned home．

　　“What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him．“Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

　　“Country life was very good,” Henry said．“But there was another problem．”

　　“Oh．What?”

　　“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner．”

　　“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked．“Fresh meat is the best．”

　　“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner．”

　　“Lucky you!”

　　“You don't understand,” Henry said．“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner．”

　　“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “ and you are complaining!”

　　“Let me finish,” Henry said．“On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare(敢)stay for dinner!”

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　　Poor Martin lost his work and was trying to find a job．One day he read in the newspaper that a man was 　　1　　 to work in a zoo．He was very 　　2　　 and went to the boss of the zoo to ask for the job．The boss told him that their monkey had just died and it would be two months 　　3　　 they could get another one, so they wanted him to take the monkey’s place．

　　As soon as he heard this, Martin got angry and shouted, “You want me to take the place of a monkey!Take this place yourself．You look more like a monkey than I do．” “Don’t expect it like that,” said the boss, “I know you don’t look like a monkey, but we’ll 　　4　　 you up．” Martin thought about it for a while．Though he didn’t like the idea, he had to make a living after all．So he 　　5　　 the job in the end．

　　The next day Martin started to work．It wasn’t 　　6　　．The only thing he didn’t like was the tiger in the cage next to him．But, as there were strong bars(鐵欄桿)　　7　　 them, he soon got used to his neighbour．

　　One afternoon he climbed up to the top of the bars．Suddenly he missed his footing and fell not on his own side of the bars, but into the tiger’s cage．That great animal was asleep at the time, but the noise of Martin’s fall woke his up．Martin had to 　　8　　 the bars again quickly to get back into his won cage．He tried to get up, but he had hurt his feet so badly that he couldn’t move．He hid his face in his hands so as not to see the tiger coming．The next few seconds seemed like hours．Then he 　　9　　 the tiger whispered in his ear, “Don’t be 　　10　　, old man, I’m in the same boat as you．”

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