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六、选词填空
ourselves died lay keep presents heavy and secret happened hardly
Jim was an unlucky boy. His mum passed away when he was born, and his dearest father 1.died before he was ten. He had no other relatives in the world. He could 2.hardly find joy in his life. It seemed that sadness was with him all the time.
But one day, something 3.happened. Jim met a fairy(仙女) and two boxes 4.were laid in front of Jim’s house. One was black, 5.and the other was gold. The fairy said, “Put all your sadness in the black box and keep your joy in the gold one. ” Jim did as she told him.
After a few days, the gold box became 6.heavier than before, while the black one was lighter than before.
Jim felt surprised and wanted to find out the 7.secret. Jim showed the black box to the fairy and asked, “Who stole(偷) my sadness?” The fairy smiled, showed Jim the hole in the black box, and said, “My child, the gold box is for you to put your blessings(祝福). The hole lets sadness go. ”
Everyone has two boxes: One is used for 8.keeping happiness, and the other helps us get rid of(摆脱) sadness. All the joy becomes life’s 9.presents. The more joy we have, the richer we are.
We should accept the fairy’s wisdom and always make 10.ourselves happy.

答案： 1. died 2. hardly 3. happened 4. were laid 5. and 6. heavier 7. secret 8. keeping 9. presents 10. ourselves