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A The umbrella is a very common object. It keeps the rain and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up[折叠] so it is 1. ________to carry them. However,the umbrella has not always been as 2.________ as it is now. In the past,it was a symbol of importance.Some African countries still use umbrellas in this way. Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person. Umbrellas are very old.People in different parts of the world began to 3. _________umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had them more than 3,000 years ago. From there,umbrellas traveled to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, 4. _________wouldnt use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women. England was 5. _________the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain.The weather there is very 6._________and umbrellas are very useful. Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you carry one, thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them, youll feel you are important people,too. B A group of frogs were traveling through the forests, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how 1. __________the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didnt 2. __________ and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs 3.__________ saying that they were sure to die 4.__________, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, gave up. Then he fell down and died. The other frog, however, continued to jump as hard as he could, and at last made it out. When he got out , the other frogs asked, Didnt you hear us? The frog, who had a poor 5. __________, explained, I thought you were encouraging me all the timid. The story teaches us a 6. __________ : There is power(力量) of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to those who are down can help them out while a discoura