One day, Pierre, 【小题1】 worked in a government office, received an 【小题2】 (invite) to a palace ball. His wife, Mathilde, had no money for jewellery, so she 【小题3】 (borrow) a beautiful necklace from her friend, Jeanne. She looked very beautiful and they had a wonderful time that evening. She said that it was her 【小题4】 (good) moment in her life. But after the ball, she found the necklace 【小题5】 (miss). They had to borrow a lot of money 【小题6】 (buy) a new one for Jeanne. In order to pay 【小题7】 the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became 【小题8】 (extreme) old, so Jeanne didn’t recognize her 【小题9】 they met in a park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn’t 【小题10】 (affect) by vanity (虚荣心), otherwise it will cost him a lot.

Have you complained 【小题1】your family, your boss, or even your life? Maybe everyone has, but after reading this story, you may change your view and treat the world with another attitude.

An ass (驴),【小题2】(belong) to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work, could not bear the life any longer. So he made a request to God, to be released from his present service and provided with【小题3】master. After warning him【小题4】he would regret doing it, God made him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, the ass found that he had 【小题5】(heavy) loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field, and asked for another change again. God, telling him that it would be【小题6】last time that he could satisfy his request, made him sold to a tanner (皮革工). The ass found that he【小题7】(fall) into worse hands. Knowing his new master’s occupation, he said, “It would have been better for me either to have been starved by the first owner 【小题8】 to have been overworked by the second. But now I have already been bought by my present owner,【小题9】will peel off my skin even after I am dead, and make me useful .”

We can see that people with dissatisfaction in a place are not【小题10】(like) to find happiness in another.

I had a very special teacher in high school. Her husband unexpectedly died of a heart disease. About a week after his 【小题1】 (die), she shared some of her thoughts with us.

When the class was nearly over, she 【小题2】 (move) some things aside on her desk and sat down there. With a gentle look of reflection, she said, “Before class is over, I’d like to share something with you. Each of us 【小题3】 (put) here on earth to learn, share, love and enjoy. None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away 【小题4】 any moment.”

Her eyes began to water, 【小题5】 she went on: “So I’d like you all 【小题6】 (make) a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or home, find something beautiful to enjoy. It doesn’t have to be something 【小题7】 you see. It could be a scent (气味), or it could be the sound of the soft wind slightly touching the 【小题8】 (leaf) in the trees ...”

The class was completely quiet. 【小题9】 (pick) up our books, we went out of the room one by one silently. That afternoon, I noticed 【小题10】 (many) things on my way home from school than I had in a whole term.