Two friends, Jim and Stew, joined a big sales company (公司) together. Both of them worked really hard. Three years passed and the company’s director promoted (提拔) Stew to sales executive (销售主管) . Jim did not get any promotion (提拔) .

Jim thought it was unfair, so he asked his boss why he didn’t show thanks to the hard-working people like him in the company. The boss knew that Jim worked hard, and in order to show the difference between him and Stew, he said, “Go and find anyone selling apples in the market (市场).

When Jim returned, the boss asked, “How much per kilogram?” So Jim went back to the market and then returned to say the price—$12 per kg.

Then the boss asked Stew the same thing. Stew went to the market, and when he returned he said, “At the moment there is one person selling apples, $12 per kg, $100 for 10kg. Now he has 340 apples in stock (有存货) . On the table there are 48 apples, and each of them weighs about 0.2kg. Apples were bought from the south two days ago, so they are fresh. “

Hearing this, Jim realized the difference between him and Stew. He knew that he could learn a lot from his friend.

Successful people are better at thinking than common people. They think and see the future, while common people only see tomorrow.

From then on, Jim ___________________________________________________

A young man once talked to a wise old man. “I won a prize and have a little gold now, but I want much more,” he said. “(A)Can you help me?”

The old man looked at him. “I can teach you how to (B) earn more money if you follow my (C) advice,” he said. The young man agreed. Then the old man took the young man to a window. “Look outside,” he said. “(D) I can see nothing (E) _______ an empty field,” the young man said.

“Use your money to buy this field,” said the old man, “and grow some cotton. In a year, you can sell the cotton and double your money.”

The young man realize (F) ______the old man meant. From then on (G)他不再懒惰了. He worked hard all year round.

Mark didn't know how to look after what he had. After playing with his toys, Mark began to want something different. Last Sunday, his uncle gave him a horse. Mark was very excited. He learned to ride and went here and there on his horse.

However, he treated(对待) the horse as badly as he did with all his other toys, and it soon looked sick. For the first time Mark became truly worried. He loved the horse.

One day, he saw a girl with a horse. The girl fed the horse carefully, and she never hit it. He saw the girl spend lots of time taking care of it. Mark was surprised. He didn't do any of that to his horse.

Mark decided to change and began to take good care of his horse. His horse finally became healthy. Mark felt tired but so happy. From then on, he gave up asking for new toys. He repaired and looked after his old toys and enjoyed playing with them.