语法填空 One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(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 {#blank#}2{#/blank#}too little.
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}not save a bit of money?
“That would be a very{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(us), Nick said.
Nick's guests,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}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{#blank#}7{#/blank#}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 for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”
“But such a small thing couldn't {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(possible) destroy a village.
“In the beginning, there was only {#blank#}9{#/blank#}very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”
