Mum gave little Tom a ten-yuan note. She told him 【小题1】 (buy) some potatoes. Little Tom put the money into his pocket(口袋) and 【小题2】 (go) shopping. He got on the bus and sat down next to 【小题3】 old woman. Then he found the old woman’s handbag 【小题4】 (open). There was a ten-yuan note in it. He quickly looked into all his 【小题5】 (pocket). His money wasn’t there! Little Tom was sure that the old woman was a thief(小偷).

He wanted to take 【小题6】 his money. He put his hand into the old woman’s bag 【小题7】 (careful). He took the money and said nothing. Suddenly the old woman shouted, “【小题8】 is my money? I can’t find it. There is a thief 【小题9】 the bus.” Little Tom felt strange. Then he saw a ten-yuan note under 【小题10】 (he) seat. Little Tom was now thinking, “Am I a thief?”

On September 25, 2021, Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer（首席财务官）, 49, a【小题1】 in Shenzhen, Guangdong, after being illegally（非法地）n【小题2】 three years in Canada.

“After o【小题3】 1,000 days of suffering, I finally returned to the motherland,”Meng said after she got o【小题4】 the plane. She described the motherland, the Party and the government a【小题5】 the shining light that led her on the long journey home.

On December 1, 2018, Meng was held in Canada b【小题6】   the US charged（指控）her with fraud（欺诈）. The US wanted to take h【小题7】 to the US for trial（审讯）. Meng pleaded not guilty（不认罪）to the charge and finally was f【小题8】 to leave Canada on September 24 local time.

This is a political（政治的）case trying to break Chinese high-technology c【小题9】. Meng’s safe return s【小题10】 that the Chinese government has the will and ability to protect the rights of Chinese people and companies.

A pack rat① named Poncho had a big storeroom for all his things. Every day, Poncho went outside. He came back with leaves for lunch, seeds for supper and other things to f【小题1】 his storeroom.

One day, as Poncho was walking, he saw a shiny golden spoon. He picked up the spoon and took it home.

“Oh no,” said Poncho, looking around his storeroom. “There’s no s【小题2】 for my spoon. I’ll have to move things around to find a place for it.” But he failed.

“I’ll sort my things into two piles,” Poncho said to himself. “I’ll make a pile of things I want to s【小题3】 and a pile of things to throw away.” When Poncho finished sorting, he didn’t have two piles. He had one pile. He wanted everything. He was sad because his plan had not worked.

Then an idea came to Poncho’s mind. “I know how I’ll make room for my spoon! My birthday is coming soon. I can have an amazing party.”

Poncho made an i【小题4】.

Come to my special birthday. I’ll have a giving-away party. Don’t bring me a present. I’ll give each of you one instead. After the party, you can take anything e【小题5】 the shiny golden spoon outside my door.

Poncho’s friends all came to his party on the birthday. They ate birthday berries and sang the birthday song. Then Poncho said, “It’s time for my dear friends to pick presents.”

The party turned w【小题6】. The guests shouted happily, chose what they like and showed appreciation to Poncho. And he waved goodbye to all his friends.

“Now I will bring in my shiny spoon,” Poncho said happily. He went out and took the spoon inside. He stood in the center of the storeroom and looked around, “Tomorrow I will go out and get a few m【小题7】 things. After all, why have a storeroom if you don’t store things in it?”