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think about, show, he, village, look at, future, but, along, dirty, scared

Long time ago, a man believed that he could use the stars to predict the future. He spent his time at night     1     the sky. He was always busy worrying about the future.

One evening the man was walking     2     the road outside the village and kept looking at the stars. He thought that the stars     3     the end of the world was near. He couldn’t stop     4     it. Suddenly (突然), he fell into a ditch (沟) full of     5     water.

The water was cold. He tried     6     best to climb out of the ditch, but he couldn’t. The man was     7    . He started to shout for help. His cries soon brought some     8     to the ditch.

As they helped the man out of the ditch, one of them said, “You said you could read the future in the stars,     9     you didn’t see what was at your feet! You should give more of your thought to what is right in front of you, and let the     10     take care of itself.”

The man nodded (点头). He decided that he would never read the future in the stars again.

2 . 选词填空

why， because, so， I, with, work, it, invite, but, bad, tell

Dear Joyce,
You must be very busy these days. I called you several times, no one answered. Are you still busy on the report?
I called you because I am having problems with Mom and my friends these days. You know, I am a shy person. That’s I have few friends. Last month, some of my classmates me to the Internet café after school. It was a lot of fun we could play the latest online games there, and it was the first time that I felt I was not alone anymore. However, my grades were getting than ever before, and Mom found out the reason. She got really angry with ! She wouldn’t even let me go out with my friends again, so I had to them that I couldn’t go out with them any more. My friends laughed at me and even called me a coward (胆小鬼). I couldn’t stand , so I went to the Internet café them like before. Mom is really disappointed with me now. I didn’t want to make her sad, but I still want to have my own friends. What should I do?
Last, Mom and I miss you a lot. We hope to hear from you soon.
Your brother
Ben