One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled” section．A small advertisement held my 1 .It read, “Easy job．Good wages．No experience 2 .” It sounded like the job I was 3 ．Easy job．Good wages．Those four words 4 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the 5 ．Easy job．Good wages．Easy job．Good wages．Easy ...
When I got to the place I saw a series of large 6 half filled with water, out of which I noticed 7 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes． 8 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches．All had their 9 in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a 10 and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching（刮;擦） the labels on 11 .
I sat down on a 12 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle．As the minutes went by I noticed that the 13 of the water started to 14 from my hand to my body．But 15 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 16 by the minute into a full blown tomato colored finger．A numb（麻木的）pain began to be felt 17 from my right thumb．Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.
After three hours of this I told the manager I’d 18 .He figured I had 19 69 cents at 23 cents an hour．With the money, I left the working place．“Easy job．Good wages.” came to my brain again．Looking at my hands, I 20 myself, “Can easy job get good wages？”
1．A．eyes B．attention C．decision D．breath
2．A．necessary B．relevant C．practical D．primitive
3．A．running after B．looking for C．heading for D．looking after
4．A．circled B．moved C．flashed D．attacked
5．A．letter B．sign C．advertisement D．post
6．A．baskets B．bowls C．pots D．basins
7．A．hiding B．sticking C．rising D．breaking
8．A．In B．Above C．Under D．Around
9．A．arms B．hands C．legs D．feet
10．A．knife B．snail C．bottle D．brush
11．A．that B．those C．them D．it
12．A．chair B．bench C．bottle D．sofa
13．A．smell B．coldness C．color D．steam
14．A．spread B．travel C．recycle D．accelerate
15．A．worse B．better C．more D．rather
16．A．going B．finding C．growing D．becoming
17．A．now and then B．here and there C．one by one D．little by little
18．A．adapt B．equip C．bargain D．quit
19．A．taken B．offered C．earned D．created
20．A．thought B．asked C．found D．hated