Jimmy started painting when he was three years old. When he was five he was already very good at it. He won the first p【小题1】 in many painting competitions. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures and people p【小题2】 a lot of money for them.

Jimmy’s pictures were d【小题3】 from other people’s because he never painted them on all of the paper. He painted on the bottom half of it, and the other half was always e【小题4】 .

“That’s very clever,” everybody said. “Nobody else does that!” They all believed that the boy was a genius in painting. One day, somebody asked him, “Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the t【小题5】 half?” “Because I’m small, my brush can’t reach very high.” Jimmy said.

Tom’s office is a little far away from home. Every day, he has to 【小题1】 (take) a bus to work. But the bus is always crowded and he doesn’t like it. So he wants to buy 【小题2】 bike and ride it to work.

One day, he sees an ad in a newspaper. The bike 【小题3】 (cost) 500 yuan. It is really beautiful. So he goes to the shop 【小题4】 (have) a look.

After 【小题5】 (look) at the bike carefully, Tom says to the shopkeeper, “There isn’t a light on this bike, but there was one on the bike in 【小题6】 (you) ad.”

“Yes, sir,” answers the shopkeeper, “but the price of the bike doesn’t include the light. If you want to buy the light, you need to pay more money for 【小题7】.”

“Not included in the price of the bike?” Tom says 【小题8】 (angry). “But that’s not honest. If the light is in the advertisement, you should sell me a bike 【小题9】 a light.”

“Well, sir,” answers the shopkeeper, “Look, a girl 【小题10】 (ride) the bike in our ad. Shall we give you one of these, too?”

John likes chocolates (巧克力) very much. But his mother doesn’t give him any to eat, because she thinks it 【小题1】 (be) bad for him.

But John has 【小题2】 very nice grandpa. The old man 【小题3】 (real) loves John. When he comes to see John, he usually brings John some chocolates.

One evening, a few days before John’s 【小题4】 (twelve) birthday, John is ready to go to bed, but he wants 【小题5】 (eat) some chocolates. He 【小题6】 (think) for a while (一会儿) and has a good idea. “Please, God (上帝),” he shouts (喊叫), “Let them give me a box of chocolates.”

His mother is in her room. She hears (听见) the small 【小题7】 (boy) shout and goes into his room quickly. “Why are you shouting, John?” she asks 【小题8】 (she) son.

“I think God is nice. He can hear me 【小题9】 help me get some chocolates.” answers John. “That sounds great, but God can’t hear you.” says his mother.

“I know,” answers the boy with a smile, “but grandpa is 【小题10】 the next room, and he can hear me.”