Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job from a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was     1     (real) good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined     2     (do) his best. His boss gave him an axe（斧） and     3    (show) him the area where he was supposed to work. The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees. “    4     (Congratulation), and go on that way,” the boss said. Very     5     (motivate) by the boss words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day,     6     he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even     7     (hard), but he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less     8     less trees. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand     9     was going on. “When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked. “Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen it. I have been very busy     10    (try) to cut trees…”

【推荐3】Like the native Chinese, some foreigners have started to join their Chinese friends     1     sending or grabbing virtual red packets during the Spring Festival and other special     2     (occasion).   Attracted by the unique way of interacting with people as well as the culture that gave birth to the phenomenon, many foreigners say competing with friends to grab red packets in     3     WeChat group can be a lot of fun.

Mattias Klement, 27, a Swede who has been living in China for years, said more foreigners have started to take part in this     4     ( active) because of the popularity of WeChat wallet.

"I think it is     5     (main) because more and more places now allow paying with WeChat. It’s also fun to just involve     6     (you) in the culture of it," said Klement. Two years ago, when some friends     7     (send) him 5.20 or 8.88 yuan red packets, he had no clue about the     8     ( hide) meanings. Now, he is not only quite familiar with them     9     has also been used to sending some.

"It’s nice to be able to say ‘I love you’ with 5.20 yuan, I guess," he said, laughing." I also remember     10     (try) to tick some of my friends off by paying back 99.99 instead of 100 just for fun.”

Praise can change a person. It is true that     1    (encourage) words can turn our lives around. Praise is     2    (real) magical. Perhaps many of us have such experiences. Take myself     3    an example. I was very naughty in the primary school. Most of the teachers and even my parents were     4    (disappoint)   in me. But it     5     (happen) that I once got a very high mark in     6     examination and the head teacher     7     (report) this to my parents. My parents praised me and told neighbors about it. I felt really happy     8     became polite to others. Every time I heard others talk to me about my excellent examination result, I thought to     9     (I) that I would work even     10     (hard) and make greater progress. Just as Shakespeare said, “Our praises are our wages.”