The Old Man and the Sea, a great novel     1     (write) by the American author Ernest Hemingway, was published in 1952. The     2     (succeed) of the book made him well-known and contributed to     3     honor he received in 1954— the Nobel Prize in Literature .It was Hemingway's last major work of fiction.

The story concerns an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago who     4     (not catch) a fish for 84 days.     5     (convince) that he will change his bad luck, Santiago takes his boat far out into the Gulf Stream, where the water is very deep, and hooks a giant marlin fish,     6     is even longer than his fishing boat.     7     all his great experience and strength, he struggles with the fish for three days and eventually succeeds in catching it,     8     his hard work then goes for nothing-- sharks eat the captured fish when he can return to the harbor.

Hemingway is famously interested in ideas of men proving their worth by     9     (face) and overcoming the challenges of nature. Through the old man's struggle, he shows the ability of human spirit bearing hardship and suffering in order     10     (obtain) greater success and victory.

All of us know the old saying “Practice     1    （make）perfect.” It tells us if we want to realize our aim, we should practice and one day we will make     2    . It’s easy to understand. Once I wanted to learn swimming.     3    first I found it difficult to control my body. I just     4    （sink） into the water. I felt very frightened. Then I watched others who     5    (be) good at it and asked them the key to     6    (succeed). I went to the swimming pool every day, learned from them and practiced. One day, when my friend pushed me     7    the swimming poo1, I     8    (sudden) found that I could swim.     9    excited I was! Now I can swim much     10    (good) than before.

Once upon a time, a king wanted to test his national quality. So early one morning, he disguised     1     (he)and went to a local village. He placed a large stone in the middle of the main street and hid gold coins     2     the stone. Then he hid behind a huge maple tree and watched. Though the first man, a milkman, crashed into it and spilled his milk everywhere, he picked himself up and     3     (angry) went away. The same accident happened to a group of women again. The king watched all day as many people complained about the stone,     4     he found nobody making an attempt to move it. He was in despair.Just then, a young girl came along, and pushed the stone to the side of the street,     5     (find)the gold coins in surprise. Just then the king stepped out from behind the tree, told her the story, and gave them to her as an award.

An old woman had a cat.The cat was very old; she could not run     1    (quick),and she could not bite. One day the old cat     2    (see) a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse.     3    she could not bite it，so the mouse got out of     4    (she) mouth and ran away.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat     5    (not kill) the mouse. She began     6    (hit) the cat. The cat said，“Do not hit your old servant，    7    you? I have worked for you for many     8    (year)，and I would work for you still，but I am too old.” Do not be     9    (kind) to the old，but remember     10    good work the old did when they were young.”