One day a heavy storm hit a village. Nothing was ____41____ but a rock fell from the nearby mountain. The rock rolled down from the mountain and __42_____ in the middle of the main oad in the village. It was very big and shaped more or less __43__ a ball. The villagers decided to move it away since it was blocking the street. Several of the ___44___ men came to try to lift it out of the road. No matter _____45____ they tried, they couldn’t move it.

All of this time a young boy was ___46_____ the men trying to move the rock.. “Excuse me,” he said, “but I think I could move it.” “You,” they shouted, “____47___ are you talking about? All of us have just tried and can’t ___48_____ move it a little.” They all ____49______ the boy.

The next ___50_____ some villagers came to the street. To their great __51____, the rock was gone. More people ran out to see for themselves. It was true the rock was not in the road any more. The little boy stood in the street, smiling, “ I told you I could move it. I did it last night.” ___52_____ he walked over to ___53____ the rock had been and ____54_____ some dirt with a shovel( 铲 ) “You see,” he said, “ I dug a hole __55____ the rock and it rolled down into the hole by itself. Then I covered it with dirt.”

It was at this shop ______ I came across one of my old friends.

His father told me that he ____  for the United States three days _______.

--- My God! I’m getting late again，what will my boss say?

--- Try to keep _______; we will think of an excuse．

I can’t spend___ money on the car which is ___expensive for me .

_____, the great mother, in order to save her sick child, kept waiting for four hours in the heavy snow.

After Peter died, George ______________ the story of their friendship in a book.

The _____ language used in most international organizations is English.

--- Hello! Is Mr. John in the office?

--- Yes. But I’m sorry. He is busy _________ and can’t speak to you.

As a young man, there was __________ time __________ I hated to go to school .