A giant ship engine (1)brokeroke.So the ship lost power.The ship's owners were very (2)worriedorried.They tried one engineer after another,but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine.Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships (3)sinceincehe was a youngster.He carried a large bag of tools with him,and when he (4)arrivedrrived,he immediately went to work.He (5)examinedxamined the engine very carefully,from top to bottom.
The ship's owners were there,watching this man,hoping he would know what to do.
After looking things over,the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer.He gently tapped something.Right away,the engine started back up.He then carefully put his hammer away.The engine was fixed!
A week later,the owner (6)receivedeceived a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He (7)hardlyardly did anything!" So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer.. $ 2.00
Knowing where to . $ 9998.00
Effort is important,but knowing where to make an effort in your life is all the difference.
【考點】人與社會.
【答案】roke;orried;ince;rrived;xamined;eceived;ardly
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