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1 There was a man who went into a shop ________( buy) a parrot（鹦鹉）. There were three parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one, $10,000; and ______ third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner, “Why is this bird $5,000? That’s so expensive _______ this kind of parrot.” The owner said, “________ I have trained him and he can talk.” The customer pointed to the second parrot and asked, “How about this one? What can he do that _______ (make) him so expensive?” The owner answered, “Well, besides _______ (talk), he can also do some amusing actions, like dancing and so on. That’s ________ he is so expensive.” Then the customer said, “How about the third one? _______ can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shop said, “I don’t know. _______ fact, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor _______(sing), nothing at all! But the other two call him ‘The Boss.’” 2 Long, long ago, there was a king. Solomon was his name. He was very clever. In his country, there were two _______;. They lived in the same house and each _______ (have) a child. One night, one of the babies died. The ______ (die) baby’s mother took the other woman’s baby, _______ put it in her own bed. The next morning , they quarreled ________ (serious). “No, this is my baby!” The dead is _______!” Each one wanted the living baby. So they went _______ (see) King Solomon. “Bring me a knife, cut _______ child into two and give each woman one half.” said the King. “Oh. Your Majesty! Give her my baby. Please don’t kill my baby!” Then King Solomon _______ (point) to the woman in tears and said, “Give the baby _______ her. She is the mother.” 3 Once, a mother pig sent her three little children into the world. They needed to look after_______. The first pig found some straw, and he built a fine house _______ straw. The _______ pig built a house with wood. The third pig built a house with stone. One day, ________ wolf came to the straw house. He was hungry. “Little pig let me in! I’m