Once there lived a rich man      小题1:    wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed     小题2:    very large stone. Then he     小题3:   (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.     小题4:    man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove     小题5:  . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,     小题6:   (say) to himself, “The night     小题7:  (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”                 

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his      小题8:   (strong) to move it. How     小题9:    (greatly) his surprise was at last!    小题10:  the stone, he found a bag of money.