Danny isn’t strong or tall. Of all the boys around he is the 【小题1】 (thin) kid. So he is called Bones by his friends. He talks more and laughs louder than anyone 【小题2】, he is always unhappy, because he is not good at sports.

One day, Danny watched the men’s marathon on TV. The runners needn’t go fast and they fast ran on and on. They didn’t have big muscles. They were more like Danny. He decided   【小题3】 (have) a try. “Boy, it’s 【小题4】(good)to do a little bit each day, “ said his mother. The next day, Danny started his practice, 【小题5】 he kept on training in the park every morning.

When race day came, There were 109 runners and they were all bigger than Danny. They all started 【小题6】 (run). Danny tried to catch up with 【小题7】 (they), but he fell farther and farther behind. Halfway someone got tired. Danny passed 【小题8】 big runner with muscles. Suddenly, he felt like a switch had been turned on. He passed another one, then a   【小题9】 (three) one. All the runners looked tired except Danny. He didn’t see the crowds until he heard their cheers. Finally, Danny won the marathon. He raised his two 【小题10】 (arm) as he crossed the ending line.

Linda has learned how to care for flowers from her grandmother since she was young.

One day she saw an advertisement (广告) for plants in a(n) 【小题1】. A plant full of yellow flowers caught her eye. She ordered the plant at once.

When the plant arrived, she planted it in her backyard and took good care of it. It grew well, with beautiful green leaves all over it, but there 【小题2】 no flowers. She felt sad. One morning weeks later, she stood before the plant, thinking of pulling it out.

It was 【小题3】 this time that her neighbor called her over. “Thank you so much! You can’t imagine how much I have enjoyed the flowers of that plant you planted.” Linda was surprised to see that the plant was full of the beautiful yellow flowers 【小题4】 she had ever seen in the magazine. The plant had grown into her neighbor’s yard and it had flowered there. Linda smiled happily.

Life is just like this. Sometimes you don’t see the good result of your hard work. 【小题5】 it does not mean that it bears (结) no fruit. So never give up easily.

A beautiful actress was the star of a new musical show. Later she became rich and 【小题1】 (success). So she decided 【小题2】 (live) in the downtown area. She rented (租用) 【小题3】 expensive flat in the centre of the city, 【小题4】 (buy) some beautiful furniture and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours.

It was very difficult 【小题5】 (get) tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. Still she gave the 【小题6】 (paint) two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work 【小题7】 (well) and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without 【小题8】 (say) anything, and she heard no more about him 【小题9】 the end of the month when she saw a note he left her. At the bottom of it were the 【小题10】 (word), “Four hours watching you sing and dance, I should be paid 20 dollars instead of two tickets.”