8、I have always loved to work with machinery．The feel of a piece of steel, the magic of putting parts and wire together   1   me．In my thirties a little shop of my own was   2   set up．

After the automobile was invented, I soon learned to take it   3   and put it together, part by part．Except for the horn．Quite often I just couldn’t make it work, so I wanted to   4   one that would never fail to blow．This led to the invention of a new   5   and the   6   of a company to produce it．I started the company on $1,500 I had   7  ．

Then the day came when I decided to   8   my business．A big investment firm offered me $10 million．I was   9   by this amount．True, my company was bringing in a large  10  , but it was all

__11__ patents which were soon to come to an end．  12  , I figured the business was not worth $10 million．If I sold it at this price, many little stockholders （股東） in the investment firm might __13__ their money．

Over the years I have come to realize that   14   we earn, none of the things we accumulate, belongs to us．Actually we are   15  stewards （管家） for God’s resources on earth．Our job is to __16__ these resources as wisely as possible and to use the money we have for the   17   of the greatest number．So I finally sold the company, but for $4 million   18   10, which I thought was a __19__ price．

Then I held a party for my friends who had worked years for charities．At the party I   20 to these wonderful people the $4 million God had entrusted （委托） to me．

You can imagine I actually felt a little selfish having as much fun as I did that night．It was the best party I ever had．

1．A．fascinated             B．puzzled                C．trapped               D．guided

2．A．a(chǎn)ccidentally           B．eventually           C．certainly              D．possibly

3．A．in                         B．over                   C．a(chǎn)part                   D．back

4．A．invent                   B．borrow                C．buy                    D．change

5．A．part                      B．horn                    C．machine              D．wire

6．A．search                  B．offer                  C．design               D．founding

7．A．taken out               B．a(chǎn)sked for            C．saved up             D．lived on

8．A．sell                       B．run                     C．start                   D．expand

9．A．a(chǎn)ppealed                B．satisfied               C．shocked              D．rewarded

10．A．income                B．trouble                C．responsibility       D．debt

11．A．based on              B．controlled by        C．resulted in           D．devoted to

12．A．Obviously            B．Therefore            C．Unfortunately      D．Lately

13．A．invest                 B．make                   C．lose                    D．collect

14．A．something           B．everything           C．a(chǎn)nything              D．nothing

15．A．ever                    B．still                     C．even                   D．only

16．A．explore                B．waste                  C．handle                 D．provide

17．A．equality               B．success               C．good                   D．safety

18．A．other than            B．instead of            C．a(chǎn)t the price of      D．regardless of

19．A．low                     B．fair                     C．good                   D．a(chǎn)ttractive

20．A．gave up               B．set aside             C．threw away         D．gave away