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   At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period，there was a man named Gao Chai in the Qi Kingdom（王国）.Gao Chai was clever and kind-hearted.Many stories about his childhood（1）

was told

was told

（tell） in his hometown.
   For example，one day，little Gao Chai and his friends were playing near a river when one of them fell into the water because of（2）

carelessness

carelessness

（care）.There were no adults（成年人） to help.The other kids were very frightened （受惊吓的） and wanted to run away.However，Gao Chai still made a（3）

decision

decision

（decide） to stay there because he thought that he had no choice but（4）

to help

to help

（help） at that time.
  Gao Chai（5）

quickly

quickly

（quick） found a solution（解决办法）.He picked up a large gourd （葫芦） and threw to his friend in the river.His friend understood at once and caught the gourd，which enabled（使能够） him to float（漂浮） on the water and swim to the river bank.Gao Chai（6）

successfully

successfully

（success） in saving his friend.
   Gao Chai's mother was often ill and she had difficulty（7）

doing

doing

（do） the housework.When his father was out，the little boy would help a lot in the house，such as cooking meals for his mother and preparing medicine for her.
   After some time，Gao Chai went to the Lu Kingdom and became a student of Confucius （孔子）.He was neither good-looking tall，and he did not talk much.Even Confucius did not have a high opinion of him at first，but Gao Chai worked very hard.Later，Zilu，one of his good friends，recommended him（8）

to

to

an official（官员） in the Lu Kingdom.Gao Chai worked in the Kingdoms Lu and Wei four times，but he never used his official positions to make money for himself.
   Today，Gao Chai is mostly remembered for his good virtue（美德）.