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During the Warring States Period, there was an old man named Sai Weng. He lived with his son near China’s northern borders and he 1． a lot of horses. They both like horses.

One day, a servant (仆人) said to Sai Weng sadly, “One of our horses has gone missing.” After hearing this news, his neighbours came to comfort (安慰) him.

However, he said: “Maybe it’s not a bad thing. Who knows what 2． in the future!” Neighbours felt very funny when they heard the words.

A few months later, when the servant was cleaning the horse farm, a strange thing happened. “Look! Our horse 3． towards us. The missing horse came back with a fine horse from the north.” he said excitedly. Most people came 4． him, but he said unhappily, “Maybe this thing might bring us bad luck.” Hearing this, people felt confused.

Sai Weng’s son was crazy about horses. So he spent a lot of time 5． with horses. He found the fine horse was strong and handsome. So he rode this horse out every day. One day, when he 6． fun riding on the fine horse on the horse farm, he fell off the horse suddenly and hurt his legs. He shouted loudly, “oh...Is anyone here? Please, please 7． me!” After hearing his cry, the servant found him and then took him home. Many People came to comfort Sai Weng again. “Maybe this thing 8． us good luck. He broke his leg, but he saved his life.” Sai Weng said calmly.

Hurting legs was a bad thing, but he thought it might become a good thing. So many people didn’t understand.

One year later, the Hun soldiers invaded (入侵). All young men 9． to join the war. Most young men died during the war. Luckily, Sai Weng’s son 10． horses again since he broke his leg. So he avoided the war because of his broken legs.

Under certain conditions, good things and bad things can be exchanged. Bad things can become good things, good things can become bad things.

There are still many people in the world who have not solved the problem of food and clothing. Poverty (贫困) is still one of the 1． problems around the world. But China has done a good job of dealing 2． it.     

The TV series Minning Town gets unexpected popularity and proves how 3． Chinese people are. It tells the story of the 4． group of people who move from mountains in Ningxia to the plains (平原) to build new homes in the 1990s. They learn to grow mushrooms (蘑菇) from experts from Fujian. In the end, they get rid of poverty by 5．.

Some of them go to Fujian factories to make money. Last year, the per capita yearly disposable income (人均年可支配收入) of its people reached nearly 15,000 yuan.

The show is based on a true story. It is a good example of China’s “pair-up” practice. In1997, Fujian and Ningxia paired up as partners to fight the poverty. The name Minning is short for Fujian (Min) and Ningxia (Ning). 6． the work started, Fujian has sent 183 officials and around 2,000 experts (专家) in science and technology, 7．, and medical care to Ningxia. By learning new planting technologies, people earn more and more money and improve their living 8．. The population of Minning grew from 8,000 to 66,000.

This TV play not only tells the Chinese story, but also 9． spreads the Chinese spirit. It reflects the spirit of ordinary people to fight bravely. 10．, people in Minning Town built the “dry sand beach” into a “golden sand beach” through hard work.

Hello, boys and girls! This is a ________ of the Green family. They are at their home. The girl’s ________ is Amy. She is ten. (I’m ________, too.) Amy is my best friend and my ________. Her brother, Tom, is six. Amy’s mom and dad are ________ uncle and aunt. Uncle Alan doesn’t like watching sports games, but Aunt Lily ________. They’re teachers in a school. They ________ geography. You can also see a white rabbit (兔子) ________ the picture. It is Coco.

Amy likes music and she has many ________ in her room. Tom likes playing ________. He likes the NBA star Kevin Durant very much.