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

were told

were told

（tell） in his hometown.
    For example，one day，little Gao Chai and his friends（2）

were playing

were playing

（play） near a river when one of them fell into the water.The other（3）

children

children

（child） were shocked and very frightened （受驚嚇的）.They did not know what （4）

to do

to do

（do） and there were no adults to help.Gao Chai（5）

quickly

quickly

（quick） found a solution.He picked up（6）

a

a

large gourd （葫蘆） and threw it to his friend in the river.His friend understood at once and（7）

caught

caught

（catch） the gourd，which enabled him to float on the water and swim to the river bank.
    Gao Chai's mother was often ill.When his father was out，the little boy would help a lot around the house，cooking meals for his mother and preparing medicine for（8）

her

her

（she）.
    After some time，Gao Chai went to the Lu Kingdom and became a student of Confucius （孔子）.He was neither good-looking （9）

nor

nor

tall，and he did not talk much.Even Confucius did not have a high opinion of him at first.Fortunately，Gao Chai had one good friend among his classmates whose name was Zilu.Zilu later served（10）

as

as

an official（官員）in the Lu Kingdom.He was asked to recommend（推薦）someone to be a good government official.The person he recommended was just Gao Chai.