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lf an hour later,the guide told us to get together and left for the Elephant Trunk Hill. I have read a passage about it when I was in primary school. So we lined up quickly and looked forward to seeing it as 5 as possible. On our way to the Elephant Trunk Hill, the bus 6. .The guide asked all of us to get off the bus and do some 7 in a store. Some tourists bought something. Later she took us to series of shops nearby and asked us to shop as many as we could. Many tourists were 8 and quarreled with her, Do you guide us to9 or go shopping? She didn’t reply but warned us: We won’t leave the shops 10 we spend at least 2, 000 yuan there, Three hours later, she came back and took us to the Elephant Trunk Hill. But we only had another half an hour for my favorite Elephant Trunk Hill. What a pity!十四Once a young man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big 1 in the old man’s living room. The old man pointed to the box and said, There’s only one thing you mustn’t do. Don39。t 2 the box.”3 saying this,he left the living room. The woman said to her husband. There 4 be something expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we? Her husband said no to her, but the woman didn’t give up her idea. One day, she decided to find 5 what was in the box. Her 6 didn ’t stop her. She opened the box and looked inside. She found 7 in it and tried hard to close it,but she8 .That evening the old man came home and found the box was open. He was very 9 and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home. “But there was nothing in the box. the woman said,“ We didn’t take anything at 10. ”The old man shouted at them,“ The box is not important. I can’t believe you. That’s important!”十五One day I went to a yard sale with my brother. We could always find good things 1 the things there. For example, some interesting toys or a great novel at a 2 price could excite us. To be 3 ,we were just students and the things there were usually cheap. So we 4 it as a good way to buy things with less money. We picked several things at first. And later I found a 5 coffee cup with a nice lid(覆蓋) on one of the tables. I looked at it for a while, 6 I found it did not have a price. Would it be an expensive one? I was not sure, but it was so nice that I didn’t want to 7. with it. So I carried it and other things. Before I 8 for them,the 9 also checked the cup and found no price. Then she said,“Fifty cents. I bought it happily.When I got home and tried to wash it, I found there 10 some coffee inside the cup! I bought someone39。s real coffee cup. 5