Passage 7

　　Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister（首相）. He said the Minister w   1      die the next day. The next day, the Minister really f   2      off the horse and died. When the king h   3       of this, he got angry and sent his men to c   4       Effendi at once.

　　W   5       Effendi came, the king shouted a   6    “Effendi, since you knew when my minister would die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you’ll die today.”

　　Effendi l   7      at the king and answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days e   8     than you.”

　　The king was a    9   that he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活着）as long as he could. So he l   10     him go.

　　Passage 8

　　Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b  1    a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He was finding his new work far more i    2     .When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r    3    out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f   4       of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight to the thieves. The one w    5   the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a    6    in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b  7    of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t    8      the police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged（损坏）and e    9    to recognize（辨认）. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c   10    .