Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with apider webs on the walls and mice running around. People __1__ coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty that __2__ his unhappy life.

Once day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for _3__ about changing his life. The old man gave him a bueautiful vase and said,"This ia a magic vase that will bring you __4___ !

The poor man looked at the vase _5___. Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However, he didn't want to __6__ such a beauful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.

"It's not right for something so beautiful to be __7___," the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it,making it even more beautiful.

__8___ he was still not satisfied. "It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web." At this,he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.

His house turned into a __9___ place immediately. The poor man _10___. He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on , he worked hard and his life got better and better.

1 A enjoyed   b avoided   c forget  d considered

2 a led to      b connected to   c  made up   d set up

3 a service   b knowledge      c advice   d care

4 a peace    b happiness        c mess     d regret

5 a sadly       b nervously         c proudly    d surprisedly

6 a throw away    b give out     c pay for     d keep off

7 a ugly             b full                c empty        d dirty

8 a Although      b But             c So              d Because

9 a large            b dark            c strange     d comfortable

10 a cheered up     b rang up    c sped up   d stayed up

    从前，有个懒惰的穷人生活在一间小房子里，房子里墙上满是蜘蛛网、老鼠四处奔跑。人们避免来到这个如此肮脏的地方，这个穷人每天孤单并伤心着。他认为贫困归咎于他不幸的生活。
    一天，穷人遇到了一位智慧老人，他问了老人改变生活的建议，老人给他一个漂亮的花瓶说，“这是一个魔法花瓶能带给你幸福”。
    穷人惊讶地看着花瓶——这可怜的房子为何需要一个花瓶呢？然而，他不想扔掉这个漂亮的花瓶，他把它带回家放到了桌子上。
    “如此漂亮的花瓶让它空着不合适”，穷人看着花瓶想了想，于是他摘了一些野花插入花瓶，使花瓶更漂亮。
    但他仍然不满意，“如此美丽的花瓶放在蜘蛛网旁不好”，因此，他开始扫除、刷墙。
    他的房子立刻变成一个舒适的地方，穷人很振奋，他突然意识到：过去贫困和不幸是因为懒惰。从那时起，他努力拼搏，生活变得越来越好。（本文深圳家教·龙华家教谭老师亲笔翻译并录入）
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