Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Two young men were looking for jobs together. One was called Jim and the other was called Carl.

They saw a coin (硬币) on the street. Jim walked on 1. (介词) looking at it twice but Carl picked it up excitedly.

Jim sighed (叹息道), “He even 2. (pick) up a coin!”

Watching Jim from behind, Carl also sighed, “He even missed (错过) the money in front of3. (代词)!”

The two men4. (go) into a factory at the same time. The factory was very small. Every worker had to work hard,5. (连词) they made very little money. Jim walked off, but Carl decided 6. (stay).

Two years later, the two men 7. (meet) on the street. Carl had become rich, but Jim was still looking for 8. (冠词) job. Jim was surprised (惊讶的) and asked, “How did you get rich so9. (quick)?”

Carl said, “Because I didn’t miss any coin in front of me. What you are10. (look) for is lots of money. You don’t care about (在乎) a coin, so your money is always in the future. That is the answer to the question.”

Answer 1