Once upon a time,a king had a stone placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and w 1       to see if anyone would remove the large stone. Some of the richest businessmen p 2       by and simply walked around it. Many of them loudly blamed (責(zé)備) the p 3       who placed the stone,but none did a 4       to get the stone out of the way.

Then a farmer came along c 5       some vegetables. When the farmer came to the large stone,he put d 6       the vegetables and t 7       to move the stone to the side of the road. He pushed and pushed,and at last he m 8       it. Then he noticed a purse 1 9       on the road where the stone had been. There were many coins and a note from the king in the purse. The note read that the gold coins were for the person who removed the stone from the roadway.

The farmer learned a lesson that many of us never u 10       !Every difficulty presents (代表) a chance to improve our condition (處境) .

1. w        2. p         3. g        4. a          5. c      

6. d        7. t        8. m       9. 1       10. u         

1. waited   2. passed

3. person   4. anything

5. carrying   6. down

7. tried   8. made

9. lying   10. understand

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