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　　It was a market day, so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning．　　1　　 it was an old town, even the main street was very 　　2　　 and soon became overcrowded．There was not enough 　　3　　 for all the people on the sidewalk at the roadside, 　　4　　 they overflowed into the road, 　　5　　 danger to their lives from 　　6　　 cars and buses, the drivers of 　　7　　 were constantly blowing their horns(喇叭)to 　　8　　 people to get out of their 　　9　　．

　　Yet it was a(n)　　10　　 scene．Peasants walked along the street, their heads piled high with baskets or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to 　　11　　 to the townsfolk．Men with carts 　　12　　 their way along, shouting their goods at the top of their 　　13　　．They were selling apples, oranges and grapes－the 　　14　　 of their fields．　　15　　 it all, women in bright summer clothes made their way, laughing and talking, 　　16　　 children rushed in and out of the crowds screaming with laughter when they didn’t ask for something they could not have, or crying with 　　17　　 because they were lost．

　　The noise went on all day．People did not even stop for a meal, but preferred to buy bits of meat cooked over a fire or bread or ice-cream from the street sellers．The 　　18　　 from this and from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street．And finally, when night at last came, the street 　　19　　 and only the rubbish 　　20　　 sadly blowing in the cooling night wind．

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　　I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula, Okla．　　1　　 the time I was eight, I was helping Dad fix up old furniture．He gave me a cent for every nail I 　　2　　 out of old boards．

　　I got my first 　　3　　 job, at JM’s Restaurant in town, when I was 12．My main responsibilities(职责)were 　　4　　 tables and washing dishes, 　　5　　 sometimes I helped cook．

　　Every day after school I would 　　6　　 to JM’s and work until ten．Even on Saturdays I 　　7　　 from two until eleven．At that age it was difficult going to work and 　　8　　 my friends run off to swim or play．I didn’t necessarily like work, but I loved what working 　　9　　 me to have．Because of my 　　10　　 I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez．This made me 　　11　　．

　　Words that I was trust-worthy and hard-working 　　12　　 around town．A local clothing store offered me credit(赊账)　　13　　 I was only in seventh grade．I immediately 　　14　　 a ＄68 sports coat and a ＄22 pair of shoes．I was 　　15　　 only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the storekeeper ＄90!So I learned 　　16　　 the danger of easy credit．I paid it 　　17　　 as soon as I could．

　　My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a 　　18　　 of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced．As my father, 　　19　　 worked three jobs once told me, “If you 　　20　　 sacrifice(奉献)and responsibility, there are not many things in life you can’t have．” How right he was．

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　　The famous British inventor George Stephanson was born in 1781 and died in 1848．One of his 　　1　　 important inventions was the train．He 　　2　　 his first train when he was forty-four years old．When he was experimenting with the 　　3　　 engine on the train, he met with 　　4　　 from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country．They said that the noise and the smoke would 　　5　　 cows, horses and sheep, that the 　　6　　 would burst or that the hot coals from it would 　　7　　 their houses．At that time, 　　8　　 people believed what they said．

　　George Stephanson 　　9　　 the people that the train could go on small 　　10　　, could pull carriages 　　11　　 goods and passengers and there was 　　12　　 to them．It was a very 　　13　　 matter for him to 　　14　　 them believe．However, after 　　15　　, he was able to do it; and the first train that 　　16　　 by Stephanson himself 　　17　　 what he had said．

　　The first day 　　18　　 the people along the way 　　19　　 the noises of the train 　　20　　 and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius．They did not dare to come out until it had passed．