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One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he _____41_____ (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much            ______42______ too little.” His son looked surprised. “I can understand why shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, ______43______ not save a bit of money?” “That would be a very ______44______ (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said. Nick’s guest, ______45______ had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt        ______46______ a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect ______47______ the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.” “But such a small thing couldn’t ______48______ (possible) destroy a village.” “In the beginning, there was only ______49______ very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always ______50______ (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.” 答案：41. found    42. nor    43. why    44. reasonable    45. who    46. at    47. for    48. possibly    49. a    50. thingking

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