短文填空(本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes b1.him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were r 2.there.

One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He f3.to take an umbrella with him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing b4. the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown p5.up the umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he w6.  stopped by the man. He said angrily, “That’s 7.!” Mr. Brown’s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once.

When Mr. Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at e8.  of them, he said, “You’ve mended them very well.”

In the afternoon he got into the train again. The s 9.  man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr. Brown and his six u  10., “You’ve had a lucky day,” he said.

--Is that Mr. Green?

---No, Mr. Green is an ___________ man. But this man is only about _________.

Mr. Smith was an old miser (守财奴). He had a lot of   16  , but he never bought anything     17 . He and his wife lived in an old house outside the town. He often went to the shop  18  in order to save some money. In the   19 , as soon as it was dark in the room, he   20 . He had no TV but bought a cheap radio and often 21 the advertisements.
The old man had no   22 , his wife was often ill. He wouldn’t send her to the hospital. He thought he would   23  much to the doctors if they looked her over. He bought a few medical books and bought some  24  for her.
One night, Mrs. Smith felt unwell. She had got a bad headache. She asked her husband to      25 a doctor, but he didn’t agree. He brought out some pills and made her  26  them. But it was no use.
The old woman began to   27  at home. Mr. Smith locked the door and went in another room and     28  there. The next morning, when he woke up, he came into her   29 to see if she was all right. But he found the poor woman had died. He hurried to the telephone, but   30  his mind at once. He ran out and shouted to the servant (佣人), “Don’t cook breakfast for Mrs. Smith this morning, Linda!”