Every coin has two sides.

I was 16 years old, getting out of the railway station with my father, when a woman came to him and said that her money had been  16  . She asked if he could lend her some  17  . My father gave her  18   she asked and told her not to  19   about sending it back.

I was  20  . How could my own father be so gullible(易受騙的)? It was  21  to me that she was lying, staying in the  22  all day long to get the next victim.

“She was  23  !” I exclaimed. “Why did you give her the money?”

My father  24  at me and I could see he was a bit  25  . “And what would you like me to do?” He said, “Should I tell her that I am a college professor and that I can  26  her scam（騙局）?” I did not  27  him at all, so he told me something that I never  28  . “First, she would not do this if she did not need the money. Second, I made her day, because now she thinks that she is  29  than me, and I do not  30  that. That is more  31  to her than the money.”

A week later, we were in the  32  place, and the same woman came to my father with the same  33  . “Not this time,” my father told her, “In your business, you have to learn to  34  people. Try another story  35  me next week.”

Well, he was a professor, after all … And I like both sides of this story.

16. A. stolen    B. fired    C. deserted   D. borrowed

!7. A. food      B. comfort  C. power   D. money

18. A. that     B. which    C. what     D. who

19. A. talk     B. worry     C. bring     D. come

20. A. shocked   B. scared   C. anxious   D. nervous

21. A. eager     B. convenient C. comfortable  D. obvious

22. A. parking   B. stop    C. waiting-room   D. station

23. A. lying   B. begging   C. crying    D. sobbing

24. A. stared    B. looked  C. rushed  D. walked

25. A. hungry  B. tired  C. crazy  D. angry

26. A. go through   B. see through  C. get through  D. come through

27. A. understand   B. help   C. stop  D. beat

28. A. owned   B. held    C. forgot   D. had

29. A. cooler   B. smarter  C. wilder  D. older

30. A. think   B. receive   C. mind   D. regret

31. A. important  B. interesting  C. expensive  D. delicious

32. A. beautiful  B. attractive  C. same   D. common

33. A. story     B. right    C. dream    D. care

34. A. appreciate  B. treat     C. tough    D. recognize

35. A. in        B. on      C. through    D. by

ADCBA DDABD  BACBC  ACADB 

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