There was once a millionaire(百万富翁). He loved money more ________ anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how ________ he had. So he asked a little girl to count(数) all his money for him. It ________ the little girl six days to count his money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two million dollars, he was very glad ________ asked, “How much pay do you want ?” He ________ that she was only a child, he could cheat(骗) her.

The little girl said, “Well, I worked ________ six days, so I think you should pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, ________ give me the amount(数量) you gave the day before multiplied (乘) by itself.”

The millionaire thought that in this way he would only had to give her very few dollars. What a   ________ little girl! So he asked his lawyer to make a contract (条约) at once. He was afraid that she would change ________.

On the first day, the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, four pennies. He did what he had planned. And on the sixth day the foolish(愚蠢) millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.

At last, it was more than he had . Do you know why? If you have ________ in it, you may try to work out this math problem.

The Beets were a new couple. The things in their rooms, such as the television, the computer, the fridge, furniture and so on, were all left by their parents. They only paid some money for their food and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important to tell their friends, they always visited them instead of calling them.

One day, it was a quarter past nine. Mr. Beet didn’t come back. His wife was a little worried. The supper was cold and she had waited for two hours and a half. She was sitting by the table in the dark room.

Suddenly the woman heard someone coming upstairs. It was her husband’s step. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing. As soon as he sat down, she turned on the light and found he looked very tired.

“Why do you come back so late, dear?” asked the woman. “Haven’t you caught a bus?”

“Yes, but I didn’t take it.”

“Why not?”

“I ran after it so that I saved two dollars this evening.”

“That’s great!” the woman said happily.” Run after a taxi next time and you’ll save both more time and money.”

Li Ming and Wang Yan took a study trip to San Francisco in July this year. San Francisco is a large and     44     (beauty) city in the United States. They went there     45     (attend) English lessons. They arrived in San Francisco     46     midnight. The next day they     47     (go) sightseeing. They rode the cable cars, saw the Golden Gate Bridge,     48     had lunch at Fisherman’s Wharf. On the     49     (three) day they visited the school where they     50     (have) lessons. They had English lessons there in the following ten days. They liked the campus(校园). They thought that     51     was very beautiful.

They toured around San Francisco before they left. Then they took the train to other     52     (city) because they wanted to see more of the United States. The trip took them ten days. They had     53     wonderful trip. Perhaps they will go there again next summer.