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 pay do you want?” “_________ I can get bread for my family, sir.” he answered.

I decided to find out if he _______ meant what he said. "OK. I'll give you one pound an hour, if you will _______ a brick(磚)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 he had _________.

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 __________ for work. Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the __________.I did.

Several years later, a well-dressed man greeted me on a train. Seeing I was not sure who he was, he ________ 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 luck and success.”

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

1.A. courage B. money C. plan D. time

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

3.A. As long as B. As soon as C. Even if D. Ever since

4.A. certainly B. simple C. really D. usually

5.A. break B. carry C. fix D. hide

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

7.A. planned B. prepared C. promised D. suggested

8.A. also B. already C. even D. still

9.A. four B. five C. six D. seven

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

11.A. him B. them C. me D. her

12.A. brick B. chance C. job D. bread

13.A. explained B. imagined C. realised D. supposed

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

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

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. A 14. C 15. D 【解析】 短文大意：一位貧窮的中年男子一直找不到工作，為了能給家人買上面包，不惜搬著一塊磚在廣場上不停地走上5個小時。后來因為這件事很多人都愿...

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