Question

One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle-aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no__________to get food for his large family.

“You look__________. Why don’t you work？” I asked. “ Simply because I cannot get work，sir. ” “If I give you work, what you want?” “As long as I can get bread for my family, sir. ” he_________.

I decided to find out if he really meant what he said. "OK. I'll give you one pound an hour, if you will__________a brick under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without stopping. “Thank you, sir. I will. ”

I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went to my__________. I never thought he would do what he had promised(承诺).

When I came back five hours later, I saw him__________walking, with the brick under his arm. I stopped him and gave him__________pounds. He thanked me and told me that some people had__________to help him when they knew why he was doing all this. He would go and ask them for work. Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the brick. I did.

Several years later, a well-dressed man greeted me on a train. Seeing I was not sure who he was, he explained that he was the brick man and had his own business now. “You know, I still keep that brick and always value it as the most__________thing I have as it has brought me good luck and success.”

_________, it was not the brick that made the man successful, but his faithfulness(坚定) in doing even a very little thing.

1.A. place B. money C. plan D. time

2.A. funny B. sick C. serious D. strong

3.A. answered B. -aske C. spoke D. told

4.A. break B. carry C. fix D. hide

5.A. business B. lesson C. programme D. research

6.A. also B. already C. even D. still

7.A. four B. five C. six D. seven

8.A. continued B. forgotten C. offered D. refused

9.A. beautiful B. expensive C. important D. interesting

10.A. As a result B. At last C. In a word D. In fact

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