Question

My speech pathology (病理学) practice used to be successful. But by last year, 1._____ people wanted to join in such practice. I cut my own pay by20percent 21. 　　　 I didn’t want to let any of my staff go. My husband 3. 　　 to find a job, too.

We have 11 4.　　 in all. Although our oldest four are already on their own, we couldn’t live on anything less than what we were making. We’ve always been interested in food safety and in teaching the kids 5.　　 their food comes from. We love fresh vegetables from small farms. 6. 　　　.

We began with two pigs. A local farmer suggested we get hens because there was a market for fresh eggs, so we got more animals. We were excited 7. 　　　　 also nervous. What if no one bought anything from our farm?

But people did buy. The farmer who sells eggs to his customers buys about 20 dozen a week from us. At farmers’ markets, we sell out our eggs completely, earning $250 to $500 in a day. I once spent $160 a week 8. 　　　 food; now I spend just $ 40 to $50 a week.　

 

Answer 1

1. fewer 2. because 3. failed　 4. children 5. where　 6. farming 　7. but　 8. On