题型：完形填空 题类： 难易度：普通
广东省广州市白云区白云中学教育集团联考2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题
One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle-aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no money to get food for his large family. "You look 1 . Why don't you work?" I asked. "Simply because I cannot get work, sir. " "If I give you work, what pay do you want?" "As long as I can get bread for my family, sir, " he answered.
I decided to find out if he really meant what he said. "OK. I'll give you one pound an hour, if you 2 a brick (砖块) under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without stopping. " "Thank you, sir. I will. "
I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went on my 3 . I never thought he would do what he had said.
When I came back five hours later, I saw him still 4 with the brick under his arm. I stopped him and gave him five pounds. He thanked me and told me that some people had 5 to help him when they knew why he was doing all this. He said they would give him work directly, but he 6 . Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the 7 , I did.
Several years later, a well-dressed man greeted me on a train. Seeing I was not sure who he was, he 8 that he was the brick man and had his own business now. "You know, I still keep that brick and always consider it as the most 9 thing I have because it has brought me luck and success. "
In fact, it was not the brick that made the man successful, but his faithfulness (坚定) in doing 10 a very little thing.
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