Passage 9
Gold coins and a selfish man
Sam was a greedy and selfish man. He always wanted to have lots of money and hesitated(犹豫) to cheat others to make money. Also, he never wished to anything with others. He paid very low wages(薪水) to his workers. However, one day, he learned a lesson that changed his life forever.
One day, a small bag that belonged to Sam was . The bag had 50 gold coins in it. Sam searched high and low for the bag, but could not find it. Sam's friends and neighbours also joined in the search, but all their efforts were .
After several days, the ten-year-old daughter of a man working for Sam found the bag. She told her father about it. Her father thought the bag might be the one that was missing, and at once to take it to his master. He gave the bag back to Sam, and asked him to check whether the bag had 50 gold coins. Sam was happy to the coins, but he decided to play a . He shouted at his worker, "There were 75 gold coins in this bag, but you gave me only 50! are the other coins? You have stolen them!" The worker was shocked to hear this and tried to explain. Selfish and greedy, Sam did not the worker's words, and decided to take him to court(法庭).
The judge heard both sides. He asked the daughter and the worker about the number of the coins they had found in the bag, and they were it was only 50. But Sam said, "I had 75 gold coins in my bag, and they gave me only 50. It is quite obvious(明显的) that they have stolen 25 coins!" The judge then asked, "Are you sure your bag had 75 coins?" Sam nodded.
The judge then made his judgement. " Sam lost a bag of 75 gold coins and the bag found by the girl had only 50 coins, it is obvious that the bag that was found does not belong to Sam. It was lost by someone else. If another person finds a bag of 75 gold coins, I will pronounce that it belongs to Sam. As there is no owner of the bag, I order the girl and her father to take those 50 coins as an award for their !"
This selfish man was really lifting a stone to hit his own feet!
() 1.A. always
B. sometimes
C. never
D. usually
() 2.A. keep
B. share
C. give
D. make
() 3.A. missing
B. boring
C. moving
D. losing
() 4.A. useless
B. difficult
C. important
D. necessary
() 5.A. refused
B. decided
C. failed
D. feared
() 6.A. get away
B. get on
C. get to
D. get back
() 7.A. trick
B. game
C. part
D. role
() 8.A. How
B. Why
C. Where
D. Which
() 9.A. hear
B. understand
C. accept
D. know
()10.A. glad
B. afraid
C. surprised
D. sure
()11.A. But
B. Since
C. So
D. And
()12.A. safety
B. politeness
C. bravery
D. honesty

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.C 10.D 11.B 12.D

1. 根据前文“Sam was a greedy and selfish man. He always wanted to have lots of money”可知，他从不犹豫欺骗他人赚钱，never符合语境，选C。
2. 固定搭配share sth. with sb.表示“和某人分享某物”，结合Sam自私的性格，他从不和他人分享东西，选B。
3. 根据后文“Sam searched high and low for the bag”可知包丢了，missing是形容词，意为“丢失的”，符合语境；losing是现在分词，不能作表语，选A。
4. 根据“but could not find it”可知大家的努力都没有效果，useless意为“无用的”，符合语境，选A。
5. 根据“He gave the bag back to Sam”可知工人决定把包带给主人，decide to do sth.表示“决定做某事”，选B。
6. get back意为“拿回，取回”，此处指Sam很高兴拿回硬币，符合语境；其他短语get away“离开”、get on“上车”、get to“到达”均不符合，选D。
7. 固定短语play a trick表示“耍花招，捉弄”，结合后文Sam谎称包中有75枚硬币，可知他想耍花招，选A。
8. 根据“You have stolen them!”可知Sam在质问其他硬币的下落，Where符合语境，选C。
9. 结合Sam自私贪婪的性格，他不接受工人的解释，accept意为“接受”，符合语境，选C。
10. 根据前文工人和女儿的表述，他们确定包里只有50枚硬币，sure意为“确定的”，符合语境，选D。
11. since引导原因状语从句，意为“因为，既然”，此处表示既然Sam称丢了75枚硬币，而找到的包里只有50枚，那这个包不属于Sam，符合逻辑，选B。
12. 工人和女儿主动归还钱包，法官奖励他们的诚实，honesty意为“诚实”，符合语境，选D。