1 . Mike was 11. As his birthday was coming up，he _____ his father to buy him a bike, so that he could go to school cycling and not by _____ or relying on his father to _____ him at school, which was _____ a mile away from his home.

On his _____ , seeing a set of books wrapped nicely in his father's hand, though _____ , he thanked his father. Mike's father was _____ as he didn't have enough money to buy a bike.

After a week，when Mike was walking home from school, he saw a boy riding a bike. Mike _____ that the bike was too small for the big boy. _____，the boy ran into a post and fell on the street. Mike rushed to him and ______ him who was his schoolmate Sam.

Mike helped him stand up and provided him with water. _____ Sam was riding the bike fast, his left leg and hands were ______ injured. Mike asked him to sit in a corner and took the bike and rushed to a ______ nearby.

An ambulance （救护车）came and carried Sam to hospital. He then rushed to Sam's home and ______ his parents about the accident.

Sam and his parents thanked Mike for the ______ help. Mike in turn said, “It was all ______ just because I rode Sam's bike. ” He added, “The bike is too small for Sam to ride and that's why he was _______” Mike met Sam every day in hospital until he ______.

Sam got a new bike and he came to know that Mike didn't have the ______ to own a bike. He gave his old bike to Mike and with his parents' ______, Mike accepted the gift.

2 . A long time ago，there lived a wise man named Zun－Nun in Egypt.A young man came to visit him and asked，“Teacher，why do you dress in _____ a way？Nowadays it’s necessary to dress neatly(整洁地)，isn’t it？Or how will people know you’re really a _____ and wise man？”

Zun－Nun smiled，took a ring from his finger and said，“Young friend，I’ll answer your question，_____ first do one thing for me.Take this ring to the market.Can you sell it for one chip of gold？”

When the young man looked at Zun－Nun’s dirty ring，he thought to _____，“How will I sell it at that price？”

He _____ the ring to the vegetable，meat and fish traders and others in the market.But _____ was willing to pay a chip of gold.

He returned and told this to Zun－Nun.Zun－Nun said，“Now go to the gold shop and show the ring to the owner.Don’t give a _____，just see how much he will pay.”

One hour _____，the young man was back.“Teacher，people in the market really didn’t know the value of this ring.The gold shop owner _____ me 1，000 chips of gold.”

Zun－Nun smiled.“That’s the answer to your question，my friend.Someone can’t be valued only from his ______．The ring was a gift from the emperor，”he said.