先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在横线上必须完整写出。

Jim is one of Mr Brown’s old f 1. . Mr Brown asked Jim for dinner and he agreed. They were both very

h 2. because they hadn’t s 3. each other for years. Mrs Brown bought some meat and vegetables from the shop. They were talking in the s 4. room while Mrs Brown was c 5. in the kitchen.

Suddenly she called Mr Brown into the kitchen and said something was wrong with the pot(锅) and asked him to buy one. He said sorry to Jim and l 6.. He wanted to borrow one from his neighbor, but they were all

o 7. . He had to go to the shop to buy a new one.

On his way to the shop, he saw a man selling pots by the road. He stopped to ask, ‘Are the pots of high quality(质量)?’ ‘Sure, sir,’ the man said, ‘I can show it to you.’ The man dropped a pot to the ground. Bad l 8.! It was broken into pieces. The man was very c 9. and said, ‘I have never s 10. such a pot of low quality like it! I’d rather break it into pieces than sell it to you.

Jim is an American boy. He is  1  New York. He likes   2  football matches,     3  he doesn’t have enough money   4  tickets. He has to watch the matches  5 TV at home when he has   6  homework. He   7  go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed a lot of important football matches.
A big football match would be held(举行) in the afternoon the next day.   8  wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics(物理) test in the   9  afternoon.
“Can we have a video, mom?” Jim asked his mother   10  he went to school. “Then from our TV set you can record the match for me.”
“I’m   11  we can’t afford(买得起) one,” said his mother.
The next morning Jim went home with a smile,   12  a new video.
“But where did you get the   13  , Jim?” His mother asked in   14 .
“That’s   15  , mom. I sold our TV set.”

Jim is an American boy. He likes __41__football matches, __42 __he hasn't enough (足够的) money to buy tickets. He has to watch the matches __43__TV at home when he has __44__homework. He must go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed (错过) a lot of important football matches.

A big football match would be held (举行) in the afternoon the next day. __ 45 __wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn't. He would have a physics (物理) test in __46___afternoon.

"Can we have a video, mom?" Jim asked his mother __47___he went to school. "Then from our TV set you can record (录像) the match for me."

"I'm __48___we can't afford (买得起) one," said his mother. The next morning Jim went home with a smile, __49___a new video. "But where did you get the money, Jim?" His mother asked in surprise.

"That's __50 __, mom. I sold our TV set."