Mr Smith was a wealthy industrialist, but he was not satisfied with life．He did not sleep well and his food did not 1 with him．The situation lasted for some time．Finally, after a 2 of sleepless nights, he decided to consult his doctor．The doctor advised a change of 3 ．”Go abroad，”he said,“But I’m not good at foreign languages,”said Mr Smith．“It doesn’t matter,”said the doctor．“It won’t 4 you to talk a little less．Go on a voyage．Take plenty of exercise．Try to reduce your weight, 5 rich food．”
Mr Smith went to Switzerland．He did not know French or German, and had to communicate through gestures．He attended a physical training course．The instructor made him bend his knees, swing his arms, stretch his neck and shake his head rapidly．He had to lie on the ground and raise his right and left legs 6 ．After a time his muscles grew hard and firm．The life suited him; he almost put aside his financial 7 and nearly forgot the importance of making more money．He even began to 8 individual trees and individual birds．He ate and slept well．Finally he returned home．But unfortunately his improvement was temporary．Soon he was a 9 businessman again, worried about his property, his profits, his savings, his success in a 10 society, and things in general．
In the summer vacation of 1997．I was fixed with a job．I worked as a(n) 1 at Mr．Breen’s fruit shop．The fruit shop did 2 business．Most of the trade hood, 3 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars．Mr．Breen 4 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 5 me to carry it out to their car．They were clearly long-standing customers, and I 6 they must have stayed faithful to him 7 he had promised to sell good quality 8 ．He had a way with them－I had to 9 that．He called every woman“madam”for a start, 10 those who clearly were not, but when he 11 it, it did not sound like flattery(奉承)．It just sounded 12 in an old-fashioned way．He was a great chatter 13 ．If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 14 about the weather, 15 he did, he would ask about their families or make 16 , always cutting his cloth 17 his customers．Whatever their bills came to, he 18 gave them back the few odd pence(零钱)，and I am sure they thought he was very generous(慷慨)．But I thought he was the opposite．He never 19 anything away．He was always looking for 20 for nothing．
