1.There was a young woman who took great pride in her garden.She was raised by her grandfather who taught her to love the flowers.So there were (1)
flowers in her garden. One day,while she (2)
through a flower list she often ordered from,a picture of plant caught her eyes.She has never seen blooms(花)on a flower like that before. "I have to have it," she said to(3)
and finally ordered it. When it arrived,she has already found(4)
place to plant it.She(5)
it at the back of her yard.It grew (6)
with beautiful green leaves all over it,but there was no blooms.Day after day,she continued (7)
it,feed it and even talked to it.She did these things repeatedly(8)
making it bloom,(9)
,it was useless. One morning weeks later,when standing before the vine(藤),she felt very (10)
that her plant had not bloomed.She was thinking of(11)
it down so that she could plant something else. It was at this moment that her neighbor,whose yard was next to (12)
,called over to her. "Thank you so much!" You can not imagine how much I have enjoyed the blooms of that vine you planted." The young woman walked through the gate into her neighbour's yard,and sure enough,she saw on the other side of the wall,the vine (13)
blooms. They were indeed the most beautiful blooms that she has seen.The vine had grown through the crevices(縫隙).It had not bloomed on one side of the wall,but it had bloomed on(14)
. Sometimes one may not see the good result of his effort, (15)
2.Once upon a time,a king went to a village.He placed a large stone in the middle of the main road and (1)
some gold coins under the stone.Then he stood behind a tree and watched. At first he saw a milkman with his cart(手推車).He knocked into the stone and the (2)
was all over the ground. "Oh,no!My boys need it for breakfast!What a fool he is to put this stone here?" he shouted.He picked himself up and went away (3)
. The king watched all day.Many people tripped over(絆倒)the stone and acted similarly.However,he found that(4)
tried to move it.The king thought, "Is there anyone trying to keep their neighbours from (5)
?" Just then,a young girl,the daughter of a local farmer,came along.She had been working all day and was very(6)
.But when she saw the stone,she said to herself, "People may knock into it and get hurt.I'll move it out of the way." Finally,the girl succeeded in pushing the stone to the side of road.To her surprise,she saw the coins under the stone.She(7)
and found nobody. Just then,the king stepped out from behind the tree. "OH,sir!" the girl said, "Is this gold yours?If not,we surely must find the(8)
,for he will certainly miss it." The king said, "You are so(9)
!My dear,the gold is mine,but now the gold is jye.airs.You are the only person that thinks about others.People shouldn't just complain and (10)