The story is told of an unemployed young graduate who checked his pocket. All he had left was a few dollar bills 1        less than ten dollars. He was 2     as he could find no work and no one was there to help him. He decided to 3      it To buy food,then wait on his end-result.

  He bought food and as he sat down to 4     ,an old man and two children came along. The old man asked him to help them with 5        as they had not eat?en for almost a week.

  The young graduate looked at the children―they were so 6        that he could see their bones coming through their skin. With the last bit of pity he had,he 7        them all the food. The old man and children prayed that God would bless the young graduate and then gave him a ( n) 8     old coin.

  The old man and children sat down to eat and with no 9        , no job and no food,the young graduate went back under the bridge to 10      . As he was about to fall asleep he saw an old newspaper on the ground. He 11        it up and saw an advertisement inviting people with 12     coins to come to a particular store. He de?cided to go there with the dirty old coin.

On arriving at the 13     ,he gave the boss the dirty old coin. The boss screamed loudly and 14      a big book and showed the young graduate a photograph. This same old 15        was worth $ 67,000. The young graduate was extremely 16     as the boss gave him a check for the full amount. He immediately 17        it at the bank and went in 18     of the old man and little children to thank them.

By the time he got to the place where he 19        them eating, they had gone? who left him a note, 20      , "You gave us your alland we have rewarded you back with the coin.”

1. A. putting up with   B. adding up to

   C. taking charge of   D. helping himself to

2. A. angry   B. tough   C. upset   D. nervous

3. A. kill   B. ignore   C. spend   D. use

4. A. eat   B. drink   C. play   D. enjoy

5. A. kindness   B. food   C. money   D. heart

6. A. hungry   B. thin

   C. strange   D. innocent

7. A. shared   B. lost   C. moved   D. gave

8. A. dirty   B. ugly   C. useless   D. magic

9. A. desire   B. money   C. hope   D. help 

10. A. exist in   B. live in

   C. lie down   D. consist with 

11. A. showed   B. turned   C. took   D. picked 

12.A. old   B. nice   C. loose   D. silly 

13.  A. school   B. store   C. company   D. bank 

14.A. put out   B. showed off   C. brought out   D. fought for 

15.A. vase   B. photo   C. book   D. coin 

16 A. moved   B. rich

   C. happy   D. skeptical 

17. A. retired   B. rescued   C. scanned   D. cashed 

18.A. search   B. control   C. case   D. charge 

19. A. saved   B. left

   C. helped   D. watched 

20.A. scaring   B. describing   C. reading   D. inventing

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