第二小节:根据短文内容,在空格中填上合适的单词。(共10分,每空1分)
One day, Henry Adam, an American businessman, sailed out of the bay. 86 (luck) he was carried out to sea by a strong wind. Just when hope was about gone, he was picked up by a ship for London. In the ship he earned his passage by 87 (work) without pay, as a common sailor. When he got to London he was almost 88 .(penny)
On the following morning Henry was wandering on the pavement, when a window behind him was raised, and a gentleman asked him to step in. He
89 (show) into a room where a couple of elderly gentlemen were sitting. A couple of days
90 these two old and wealthy brothers had been having a hot argument what might happen to a stranger in London without a friend, and with no money
91 a million-pound bank-note.