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A student was one day taking a walk with a professor. The professor was very popular with students for his ways of 1 . As they were walking, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they 2 belonged to a poor man who was working in a field close by.
The student turned to the professor, saying, “Let’s play a 3 on him: we’ll hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his 4 when he cannot find them.”
The professor said, “We should 5 amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. You are 6 , and may give yourself a much greater pleasure 7 helping the poor man. Let’s put a coin into each shoe, and then we will 8 ourselves and watch how the
9 affects him.” The student did so. Before long, the poor man came across the
20 to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.
While putting on his coat he 11 his foot into one of his shoes, feeling something
12 . He bent down to see what it was, and found the coin. 13 and wonder appeared on his face. He stared at the coin, turning it around, then looked around on all sides without
14 anyone. He put the money into his pocket, and 15 to put on the other shoe, and his surprise was 16 upon finding the other coin.
He fell upon his 17 , looked up to heaven, and let out a sincere thanksgiving in which he spoke of his wife, sick and 18 , and his children who 19 bread, whom this timely help would save from dying.
The student stood there deeply affected, his eyes filled with tears. “Are you not much better
20 than if you had played a trick?” said the professor.
1. A. instruction B. contribution C. explanations D. suggestions
2. A. expected B. understood C. supposed D. doubted
3. A. game B. role C. side D. trick
4. A. regret B. confusion C. excitement D. sorrow
5. A. also B. simply C. never D. really
6. A. kind B. rich C. brave D. young
7. A. by means of B. in case of C. for fear of D. with regard to
8. A. cheat B. treat C. examine D. hide
9. A. discovery B. accident C. experience D. practice
10. A. field B. yard C. garden D. road
11. A. wiped B. kicked C. slipped D. felt
12. A. wet B. hard C. big D. hot
13. A. Satisfaction B. Surprise C. Delight D. Shame
14. A. seeing B. meeting C. calling D. knowing
15. A. intended B. pretended C. continued D. refused
16. A. doubled B. decreased C. shown D. imagined
17. A. feet B. knees C. legs D. hands
18. A. discouraged B. frightened C. helpless D. careless
19. A. liked B. earned C. sold D. lacked
20. A. puzzled B. encouraged C. interested D. pleased
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