This is a well-known story about how a young scholar got himself a job _______ a servant _______ a rich man ---_______ careful design instead of _______ chance, because _______ this way he could see the maid he was secretly in love _______ who was working in the same family.
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- Monty Roberts was a young man who was born into a poor family. He was once asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
- When he got out of bed, Seobie ______. A: jumped out like a young man, to show how healthy he was B: got out slowly because he was too busy talking C: could hardly get out although he suffered badly from rheumatism D: got out with difficulty because his bones were stiff and painful
- Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that. One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take of them.” With these words, he went out. But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.
- The young applicant was well prepared for the job he was applying for and therefore got the job.
- The young man applied for a job as a teacher because he liked the job.