Mike is a linguist,     1     has won international fame for his unique brand of humor. His     2    (wit) and emotive language often makes people laugh. He is also gentle , and he seldom argues with others.     3     everybody knows, he is a person worthy of trust. One day, he received a phone call and     4    (inform) to pay off debts as soon as possible, otherwise he would be taken to court.     5    (hear) the news, Mr. Li was very confused and     6    (upset) because he knew that he was not     7     debt to others. He quickly called the police. To his delight, the police quickly     8    (probe) into the case and found that it was a scam(诈骗) call, reminding Mr. Li not to transfer money to anyone. Mike concluded that it was a     9    (bless) that he didn’t suffer financial losses or he would be     10     laughing stock.

One day a farmer went out for a walk     1    his little son. The farmer wore a pair of wrong shoes. One had thick shoe (厚鞋底)    2    the other didn’t. He    3     （begin) to walk and then his    4    (foot) hurt. When he was just out of the house, he turned to his son and said, “Why is one of my legs    5    long) than the other today?”

The son looked at his father’s legs     6    (careful) as he was walking and then laughed, “Oh, no, Daddy. Your legs are all right. You are wearing the wrong shoes.” The farmer was very happy to hear that and said to himself, “    7     a clever son!” Then he asked     8     (he) son to go back and got the other pair of shoes for him. The farmer had only two pairs of shoes.

When the son ran back to the house, he     9     (find) that the other pair was also a wrong pair. He had to return to his father with nothing in his hands and said, “It’s no use     10     (change) them, Daddy! The shoes at home are not a pair, either!”