A student was one day taking a walk with a professor. The professor was very popular with students for his ways of 11 . As they were walking, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they 12 bel
onged to a poor man who was working in a field close by.
The student turned to the professor, saying, “Let’s play a 13 on him: we’ll hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his 14 when he cannot find them.”
The professor said, “We should 15 amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. You are 16 , and may give yourself a much greater pleasure 17 helping the poor man. Let’s put a coin into each shoe, and then we will 18 ourselves and watch how the
19 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 21 his foot into one of his shoes, feeling something
22 . He bent down to see what it was, and found the coin. 23 and wonder appeared on his face. He stared at the coin, turning it around, then looked around on all sides without
24 anyone. He put the money into his pocket, and 25 to put on the other shoe, and his surprise was 26 upon finding the other coin.
He fell upon his 27 , looked up to heaven, and let out a sincere thanksgiving in which he spoke of his wife, sick and 28 , and his children who 29 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
30 than if you had played a trick?” said the professor.
11. A. instruction B. contribution C. explanations D. suggestions
12. A. expected B. understood C. supposed D. doubted
13. A. game B. role C. side D. trick
14. A. regret B. confusion C. excitement D. sorrow
15. A. also B. simply C. never D. really
16. A. kind B. rich C. brave D. young
17. A. by means of B. in case of C. for fear of D. with regard to
18. A. cheat B. treat C. examine D. hide
19. A. discovery B. accident C. experience D. practice
20. A. field B. yard C.
garden D. road
21. A. wiped B. kicked C. slipped D. felt
22. A. wet B. hard C. big D. hot
23. A. Satisfaction B. Surprise C. Delight D. Shame
24. A. seeing B. meeting C. calling D. knowing
25. A. intended B. pretended C. continued D. refused
26. A. doubled B. decreased C. shown D. imagined
27. A. feet B. knees C. legs D. hands
28. A. discouraged B. frightened C. helpless D. careless
29. A. liked B. earned C. sold D. lacked
30. A. puzzled B. encouraged C. interested D. pleased