If you were in trouble, what would you do? Would you wait, ask for help or solve it by yourself? Once, a terrible flood d【小题1】 a village. A man was trapped in the flood. The water was all around him in the front of house, but he was not very s【小题2】 because he always believed in God. He thought God was coming for his safety. At that moment, a big wooden board came. If he caught it, the board would help him out, but the man still kept waiting and did n【小题3】. The water was deeper and deeper. The two people in another boat were worried about him and shouted to him, “Come on and go with us!” However, the poor man stayed there and kept waiting for God.

You can guess the r【小题4】 easily. The man died in the end. When he saw God in heaven, he complained to God, “Why didn’t you save me?” God said he had tried to save him, the small board and the two men were all the things that he had sent to help him, but the man refused them. From this we can see that God helps those who help t【小题5】. If you don’t help yourself, God won’t help you either.

Once upon a time, there was a farmer. One day, while he 【小题1】 (work) in the field, a rabbit ran out of the forest. The rabbit 【小题2】 (not) see the farmer until it was very close to him. As soon as the rabbit saw the farmer, it turned away 【小题3】 (quick) and ran into a big tree. It broke its neck and died at once. The farmer took it home 【小题4】 had a good meal. He felt very happy. He said to 【小题5】 (he), “Maybe another rabbit will run against the tree tomorrow.” The next morning he decided 【小题6】 (stop) his work in the field. He just stood near the tree and waited 【小题7】 a second rabbit to come. He waited and waited, but nothing happened. The farmer became tired and hungry when it was 【小题8】 (get) dark. He returned home and hoped 【小题9】   good luck would come to him the next day. From then on, he stood near the tree every day but he didn’t get any more 【小题10】 (rabbit). The farmer was disappointed and learned a lesson, “No pains, no gains”.