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I was having dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came in. Tony worked in a ___ years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a ____, but he always ____from his friends and never pays it back. Tony saw me and came and sat _____. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. ______, he gave me the money immediately. “I have never borrowed any money from you,” Tony said, “so now you can pay for my dinner!”

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　　You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago. On this special day for teachers across the country, I can 1 keep myself from telling your white lie to those who would lend me an ear. Do you still remember the happy 2 about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your 3 . You, a beautiful young lady, 4 us that you would live in our village.

　　Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children 5 more time on their books 6 after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still 7 that one day you might leave. You 8 a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their 9 of your leaving. You went all out in the 10 of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition (学费). You often emphasized to us the 11 of one's life, so that must have been what you were 12 in those five years!

　　One cold morning when class began, you entered the room 13 you had been crying 14 . In your class, we 15 but looked away from your eyes. You 16 for some time as if you were 17 to find this right word. You said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more...

　　On the following morning, we 18 you the very best and the villagers gave you their 19 . The train took you away and your broken 20 . The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.

Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise. One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me £ 5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success.”

Mr Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!” “Well,” answered the stranger, “are you still willing to take a chance?”

1.How did Mr. Grey get to his office?

A. He went up to work by train.

B. He walked to his office.

C. He went to his office on foot unless it rained.

D. He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather was fine.

2.Mr Grey liked walking to his office because ________.

A. he couldn’t afford the buses

B. he wanted to save money

C. he wanted to keep in good health

D. he could do some exercises on the way

3.Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to_______

A. give him a start in life            B. help him on the way to success

C. make him rich                  D. gain more money

4.One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______

A. wanted to return Mr. Grey the money

B. again asked Mr. Grey for money

C. would like to make friends with him

D. told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then

I was having dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came in. Tony worked in a _____ years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a ___, but he always ____from his friends and never pays it back. Tony saw me and came and sat ____. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds. ______, he gave me the money immediately. “I have never borrowed any money from you,” Tony said, “so now you can pay for my dinner!”

Recently, a  professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called MoneyandtheMeaningofLife. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day­to­day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.
He says that our relation with others often becomes clearly defined when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you have a very good friend. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn't. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.
Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.
Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich?
Answer: The most surprising thing is why people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I do not know much. All I am is rich.
People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.
【小题1】The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money ________.