Once there lived a rich man     1     wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted     2     (find) out whether they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed     3     very large stone. Then he     4     (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man. But he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.     5     man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove     6    . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,     7     (say) to himself. “The night will be very dark. Some     8     (neighbor) will come along     9     (late) in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to move it. How great his surprise was at last!     10     the stone, he found a bag of money.

To Adam, a freshman at senior high school,     1     (go) from junior high school to senior high school is     2     really big challenge. The first week was a little     3     (confuse)．

First, he had to think very carefully about which courses to take. With the help of the school adviser, he chose the     4     (suit) courses. Though Chinese is very difficult, he hopes to be fluent when he     5     (graduate). His adviser recommended he     6     (sign) up for advanced literature because he likes English and he’s good at it.

As for extra­curricular     7     (activity), he tried to join the school football team, but was not accepted because he didn’t play well enough. Adam decided not to quit and find a way to improve     8     his own so that he can make the team next year. He joined a volunteer club to help the homeless in the community.

Adam has to study harder and get used to taking     9     (responsible) for a lot more. He is concerned about keeping up with the other students, but he’ll be well prepared for university     10     whatever else comes in the future.

There are many great philosophers in ancient China. Confucius,     1     was one of the     2     (great) philosophers, stressed the importance of kindness, duty and order in society. Since then, Chinese society    3     (influence) by his ideas.

Mencius,     4     (bear) in 372 BC, was a student of Confucius’s ideas. So, his teachings were similar to    5     of Confucius. He believed man was good and that people were more important than rulers. He    6     (write) a book in his last years named The Book of Mencius.

Mozi, was also    7     influential philosopher. In some ways, his ideas were similar    8     Confucius’. For example, he thought government was the most important thing. Mozi believed all men were    9     (equality) and he founded Mohism. Different from Confucius, he stressed the    10     (important) of love.