A businessman was deep in debt (欠債)and could see no way out. He sat on the park bench, 21 in hands, wondering if anything could __ his company.
Suddenly an old man appeared. “I can see __ is troubling you,” he said. After listening to the businessman's __ , the old man said, “I believe I can __ you.” He asked the businessman’s name ,and __ a check (支票), saying , “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can __me back at that time.” Then he left quickly.
The businessman __in his hand a check for $ 500,000,signed(簽字)by John D. Rockefeller, who was then one of the __men in the world! “I can get rid of my money worries now!” he realized. But instead, he__to put the check in his case, just knowing it was there to give him the strength to work out a __to save his company.
Within a few months, he was out of debt and __money once again. Exactly one year later, he returned to the__with the check. At the agreed-on__, the old man appeared. Just __the businessman was about to hand back the cheek and __his successful story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.“I am so __I caught him!” she cried, “I hope he hasn't been bothering you. He's __escaping from the rest home and __people he’s John D. Rockefeller.” And she led him away by the arm. The businessman just stood there, __.
Suddenly, he realized it wasn't the money, real or imagined, but his newfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.
小題1:A．moneyB．hairC．checkD．head
小題2:A．startB．stopC．saveD．sell
小題3:A．somethingB．everythingC．nothingD．anything
小題4:A．programsB．troublesC．wishesD．dreams
小題5:A．findB．teachC．helpD．protect
小題6:A．packed upB．picked upC．took outD．wrote out
小題7:A．bringB．payC．feedD．call
小題8:A．sawB．tiedC．pulledD．hid
小題9:A．tallestB．richestC．strongestD．busiest
小題10:A．continuedB．refusedC．decidedD．forgot
小題11:A．recordB．resultC．problemD．way
小題12:A．losingB．makingC．lendingD．raising
小題13:A．parkB．roomC．companyD．hospital
小題14:A．timeB．cornerC．priceD．weekend
小題15:A．ifB．asC．afterD．because
小題16:A．readB．testC．shareD．hear
小題17:A．sadB．angryC．tiredD．glad
小題18:A．seldomB．hardlyC．neverD．always
小題19:A．orderingB．warningC．tellingD．reminding
小題20:A．shockedB．boredC．excitedD．interested
