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　　Mr King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager．He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger．And he escaped from several accidents．The manager pays him more and the traffic policemen often speak highly of him．

　　Mr Baker, one of his friends, works in a factory outside the city．It is far from his house and he has to go to work by bus．As the traffic is crowded in the morning, sometimes he is late for work．His manager warns the young man will be sent away unless he gets to his office on time．He hopes to buy a car, but he hasn't enough money．He decides to buy an old one．He went to the flea market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car．He said he wanted to have a trial(实验)drive, the seller agreed．He called Mr King and asked him to help him．

　　Mr King examined the car at first and then drove it away．It was five in the morning and there were few cars in the street．At first he drove slowly and it worked well．Then he drove fast．And when he reached a crossing, the light turned red．He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman who was crossing the street．A policeman told him to stop, but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road．

　　“Didn't you hear me?” the policeman asked angrily．

　　“Yes, I did, sir,” said Mr King, “since it doesn't listen to me, can it obey you?”

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　　By Joe I invited a friend of mine out to eat．My question is who should pay? I invited him to get together to eat, and I wanted to pay for the meal．However, someone told me that we both go Dutch on the bill is only proper and I want to know how you all see it．

　　By Bill Because you invite, you need to pay the bill(账单)．When friends are splitting(分离)a bill, most people pass the bill around the table and how much they pay bases on(以……为根据)what they order．If you both order the same thing, just split it．

　　By Holly If you invite him out and pick out the place where you go, you should pay because maybe he didn't want to spend his money there．

　　By Laura I don't think that people should expect the asker to pay unless it is a formal date and the asker is a man．It stops people from asking because you become a burden(负担)．For that reason I always pay even if someone asks me out．I think it's really polite．

　　By Mauchris I don't．think it is a big deal．Small things like this can sink a friendship．I would say that since you invited him that you should pay．Is it OK with him? If not, you are willing to go Dutch．

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　　An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden．He took care of his 　　1　　 all the time, watering and fertilizing them．

　　One day a young man went by the 　　2　　．He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be 　　3　　 he lived in such a beautiful place．Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 　　4　　．He was very surprised about this and asked,“You can’t see these flowers．　　5　　 are you busy taking care of them every day?”

　　The old man smiled and said“I can tell you four 　　6　　．First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job．Second, 　　7　　 I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them．　　8　　, I can smell the sweetness of them．As to the last one, that’s 　　9　　．”

　　“Me?But you don’t know me,”said the young man．

　　“Yeah, it’s 　　10　　 that I don’t know you．But I know that flowers are angels that everybody 　　11　　．We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us．”

　　The blind man’s work opened our eyes and 　　12　　 our hearts, which also made his life 　　13　　．It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works．Beethoven himself couldn’t 　　14　　 his wonderful music, but his music has 　　15　　 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely．Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

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