阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。 A wealthy old man lived alone in a big house, he was growing 【小题1】 (weak) day by day. Since he was unable to look after 【小题2】 (him) , he decided to hire (雇佣) a nurse to take care 【小题3】 him.
One day, the old man interviewed two 【小题4】 (nurse) —Anthony and Peter. Anthony was a handsome young man while Peter looked quite ordinary. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, “Anthony has 【小题5】 (give) me a very bad account of you. He said you are rude and untrustworthy. Is this correct? ”
Peter thought for a minute and said, “【小题6】 Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things.”
The old man was very impressed by Peter’s words. At the same time, Anthony came back with 【小题7】 cup of tea for the old man.
The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then returned to Anthony and told him. “Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. 【小题8】 do you think about this? ”After hearing this, Anthony shouted 【小题9】 (angry) .
In the end, Peter 【小题10】 (choose) . Peter looked quite common, but he had impressive inner beauty.