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Once upon a time there lived on the bank of a river a miller （磨坊主）. He was 1 singing happily. People all over the land liked to talk about his pleasant 2 . At last the king 3 him.

“Ill go down and 4 with him，” he said. “Perhaps he can tell me how to be 5 .”

As soon as he stepped into the mill， he heard the miller 6 ， “I envy （羨慕） nobody， for Im as happy as I can be. And nobody envies me.”

“Youre 7 ， my friend，” said the king. “I envy you， and I would gladly change 8 with you if I could only be as light-hearted as you are.”

The miller smiled， and 9 to the king. “Im sure I couldnt think of changing places with you， sir，” he said.

“Now 10 me，” said the king， “what makes you so cheerful here in your dusty mill， 11 I， who am king， am sad and in

12 every day.”

The miller smiled and said， “I dont know why you are sad， but I can 13 tell you why Im glad. I earn my own bread， I love my family and my friends， and I dont need to 14 a penny. Why should I not be happy？ For every day the river 15 my mill， and the mill grinds （碾碎） the 16 that feeds my family.”

“Say no more，” said the king. “ 17 where you are， and be happy still. Your dusty cap is more valuable than my 18 crown （王冠）. Your mill does more for you than my 19 can do for me. If there were more such men as you， what a good place this

20 would be！”

1. A. seldom B. ever C. sometimes D. always

2. A. taste B. holiday C. ways D. meals

3. A. heard about B. thought of

C. cared about D. discussed with

4. A. work B. talk C. live D. walk

5. A. rich B. happy C. free D. kind

6. A. singing B. shouting C. dancing D. talking

7. A. weak B. poor C. foolish D. wrong

8. A. farms B. horses C. places D. seats

9. A. moved B. bowed C. pointed D. went

10. A. tell B. offer C. remind D. pass

11. A. or B. and C. while D. for

12. A. fact B. trouble C. silence D. danger

13. A. easily B. slowly C. quickly D. successfully

14. A. give B. spare C. borrow D. collect

15. A. cleans B. shakes C. washes D. turns

16. A. meat B. egg C. corn D. cake

17. A. Stay B. Sleep C. Study D. Drive

18. A. red B. new C. big D. golden

19. A. company B. office C. store D. kingdom

20. A. factory B. world C. village D. street

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Two months ago， I went to abroad for further study. Before I left， I given a lot of presents. Between them， there were two presents which real interested me. My sister bought me a book with color picture about body language and with words about customs of different countries in them. My brother gave me a note， which reads： My present has been put in your bedroom. When I went into my bedroom， I found a box， in that there was a electronic dictionary. I was very glad and a little surprising to receive these two presents.