题目内容
.【2017吉林实验中学二模】阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he _____ 1._____ (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much ______2.______ too little.”
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, _____3.______ not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very ______4.______ (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.
Nick’s guest, ______5.______ had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt ______6.______ a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect _____7.______ the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t ______8._____ (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only ______9.______ very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always ______10._____ (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”