A man was going to visit a friend. He had to walk 1 hours. So he took some bread 2 him for lunch. As he walked along, he thought 3 , “My friend is sure to give me a nice meal. 4 is the use of the bread?” So he 5 it to the ground.

　　Last year Tom left school. He came to Taibei to 1 a job. He went from one company（公司）to another but 2 wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt 3 and tired. It was very late at night and 4 was full of people. They were waiting 5 tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.

　　At that time, a woman with a carrying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it more than he 6 After 7 left, he sat on the bench and didn't know 8 to go. Just then, an old man came and said, “Young man, I 9 what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like 10 . Would you like to work for me?”

　　American families settle （解放） the child ___4___ problem in different ways.

　　Some parents in the US find their own way to spend less on child care. They join child care groups. It often costs ___9___ or no money. But many American parents are still trying to ___10__ good child care at a right price.

　　Have you heard of Henry Ford? He was the 1 son of a farmer in Michigan. Like most farmers at that time, his father William hoped he would help him on the farm, but Henry was not interested in farm work 2 . He did everything he could 3 away from it. Once he wrote:“ 4 a waste it is for a man to spend hours behind a slowly moving horse”.

　　However, Henry was not a lazy boy. He liked to do mechanical work, and mended clocks and watches for 5 friends. Later, he took a 6 as a mechanic, showing great interest in steam engines. In 1908, he built the famous “Medel T”. This car was so popular that it was 7 for twenty years. Five years 8 that he started the Ford Motor Company. It made the U. S. a nation on wheels, and helped the U. S. become what it is now.

　　Swimming is very popular in summer. People like swimming in summer because water makes them 1 cool. If you like swimming but swim in a 2 place, it may not safe. These years, more than ten people 3 while they were enjoying themselves in the water and 4 of them were students. But some people are 5 not careful in swimming. They often think they swim so 6 that nothing can happen to them in water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming in summer, don't forget 7 better swimmers have died in water. They died because they were not careful, not because they 8 swim. So don't get into water when you are alone. 9 there is a “No swimming” sign, don't get into water, 10 . If you remember these, swimming will be safer.

　　Water 4 almost every where. Even in the 5 part of world there is some water in the air. You cannot see it 6 feel it when it is part of the air. The water 7 seas, rivers is a liquid（液态）. The water in the air is not a liquid 8 a gas. Clouds are made of water. They may be made of very small 9 water.

　　Small cars may take the place of（代替）big cars in the future（将来）. There is ___(1)___ for only two people in such a car. If everyone ___(2)___ such a car, there will be less pollution（污染）___(3)___ the air. There will also be more space for ___(4)___ cars in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. The little cars will cost ___(5)___ less. Driving will be ___(6)___, too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometres per hour. If big cars are still used along with the small ___(7)___, two sets of road will be ___(8)___ in the future. Some roads will be used ___(9)___ the big, fast cars, and ___(10)___ roads will be needed for the slower small ones.