The boys were thrilled.They were being paid to do something they enjoyed! At the end of the first week，they 4.knocked(knock) at the old man’s door and asked him to pay them，and so he did.

　　The second week when they asked for 5.payment (pay)，he said he had run out of money and sent them away with only 15 rupees.The third week the man said he had not 6.yet received his pension and gave them only 10 rupees.The boys were very 7.disappointed (disappoint)，but there was not much they could do about 8.it.The fourth week the man said he could not afford to pay them 25 rupees 9.as he had promised but would give them 5 rupees each week without fail.This was too much for the boys.

　　“You expect us to play seven days 10.a week for a merely 5 rupees！” they yelled.“Go to blazes.” They stormed away and never played on the street again.

　　B

　　This is a true story that happened in Japan.In order to repair 1.a house with a history of 10 years，someone in Japan tore open the hollow(中空的) wooden walls.

　　While tearing down the walls，he found 2.that there was a lizard(蜥蜴) stuck there because a nail from outside had been hammered into one of its feet.3.Seeing(see) this，he felt sorry and at the same time curious.When he checked the nail，he found it was nailed 10 years ago 4.when the house was first built.

　　What had happened？The lizard had survived in the dark wall partition(夹层) for 10 years without 5.moving(move)！He stopped his work and 6.observed(observe) the lizard：What had it been doing and what had it been living on？Later，he didn’t know from where another lizard appeared，7.with food in its mouth.He was astonished and touched 8.deeply(deep)．The lizard that was stuck by the nail had been fed by this free lizard.Just imagine it had been doing this for 10 tiresome years，without giving up hope for its partner!

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