A few years ago, my friend Al won thelottery(彩票), which changed his life. He was not born with
a silver spoon in his mouth.   1  , my friend was always hard up for cash. He did not have much money.
And the money he did earn was chicken feed - very   2   .
Sometimes Al even had to   3   some gifts from his family and friends. He was not the kind of person
who never paid the money he   4   .He was always very careful with the money he spent. The   5   times
were when he was flat broke and had no money at all.
One day, Al scraped together a few dollars for a   6  ticket. He thought he would never gain lots of
money    7   . But his combination of numbers was chosen and he   8    the lottery. That is to say, he
won a great deal of   9    .
Al was so   10   . The first thing he did was to buy a new car. He showed off the one thing that he
normally would not buy. Then he started spending money on  11  things. It was like he had money to
  12   . He had more money than he needed and it was burning a hole in his pocket so he spent it quickly.
When we  13  for a meal at a restaurant, Al paid every time. He would always pay bills for others.
He told me the money made him feel like a millionaire  14   he felt very happy.
But shortly after that my friend was  15   and out again. He had no money left. He had  16   his
bottom dollar, his very last amount.
I admit I do feel  17   for my friend. He had enough money to live like a king. Instead, he is  18   to
living on a shoestring - a very low budget. Some might say he is penny  19   and pound foolish. He was
wise about small things, but   20   about important things.

(     )1. A. Yet           (     )2. A. little         (     )3. A. make           (     )4. A. earned        (     )5. A. best           (     )6. A. lottery        (     )7. A. unsuccessfully (     )8. A. lost           (     )9. A. money         (     )10. A. unsatisfied   (     )11. A. unnecessary   (     )12. A. hold         (     )13. A. got in         (     )14. A. in case      (     )15. A. up            (     )16. A. spent         (     )17. A. satisfied    (     )18. A. on           (     )19. A. rude          (     )20. A. even

B. Meanwhile   B. few         B. accept       B. lent         B. happiest     B. cinema       B. unusually   B. beat     B. tip     B. excited     B. unknown     B. explode   B. got across   B. so that     B. off         B. spared       B. sorry       B. away         B. shy         B. still

C. Otherwise   C. much         C. send       C. owed         C. easiest     C. flight       C. unexpectedly C. missed   C. possession   C. anxious     C. unavoidable C. burn     C. got down     C. because     C. down       C. split       C. active       C. back       C. stupid     C. not

D. Instead   D. small       D. produce     D. owned       D. worst       D. ship         D. uncertainly D. won         D. fare         D. ashamed     D. undiscovered D. live         D. got together D. if           D. in           D. saved       D. afraid       D. around       D. wise         D. ever

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