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The hardworking blacksmith John used to work all day in his shop and so hard working was he that
at times he would make the sparks fly from his hammer.
The son of Mr. Smith, a rich neighbor,
1 come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and
hours he would enjoy himself
2 how the tradesman worked.
"Young man, why don't you try your
3 at making shoe tacks, even if it is only to
4 the time?" said the blacksmith. "Who knows, one day, it may be of
5 to you."
The boy began to see what he could do. After a little
6 he found that he was becoming very
7 and soon he could make some of the finest tacks.
Old Mr. Smith died and the son on
8 of the war lost all his property. He had to leave home and
was forced to
9 residence in another country. It so
10 that in this village there were numerous
shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy
11 for their shoes and at times even
12 they paid high prices they were not able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high
13 for soldiers' shoes.
Our young Mr. Smith, who was finding it difficult to
14 his daily bread, remembered that once
upon a time he had learned the art of making tacks(鞋钉)and had a sudden
15 of making a bargain with the shoemakers. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help him
16 a
workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the
17 . And after a while, Mr. Smith found that he was making the finest tacks in the
18 .
"How
19 it seems," he used to say, "Even making tacks can bring a
20 . My trade is more
useful to me than all my former property."
( )1. A. used to ( )2. A. seeing ( )3. A. energy ( )4. A. save ( )5. A. danger ( )6. A. practice ( )7. A. surprised ( )8. A. term ( )9. A. take over ( )10. A. happened ( )11. A. metal ( )12. A. as ( )13. A. demand ( )14. A. eat ( )15. A. request ( )16. A. open ( )17. A. offer ( )18. A. valley ( )19. A. fascinating ( )20. A. career |
B. had to B. watching B. luck B. lose B. interest B. message B. skilled B. top B. take down B. occurred B. tacks B. why B. price B. earn B. suggestion B. settle B. requirement B. village B. satisfactory B. change |
C. wanted to C. staring C. hand C. pass C. use C. revision C. satisfied C. account C. take off C. charged C. furs C. how C. praise C. make C. opinion C. close C. order C. country C. funny C. fortune |
D. needed to D. looking D. way D. devote D. importance D. promotion D. determined D. behalf D. take up D. adapted D. cloth D. though D. call D. dry D. idea D. locate D. arrangement D. world D. strange D. job |