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One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He (1) (cook) some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he found that he (2) (run) out of salt. So Nick called to his son, 揋o to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much (3) too little.? His son looked surprised, 揑 can understand why I shouldn抰 pay too much. Father, but if I can pay less, (4) not save a bit of money??揟hat would be a very (5) (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like (6) (we),擭ick said. Nick抯 guests, (7) eith had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply (8) they could. Nick replied, 揟he only reason why a man would sell salt (9) a lower price would be (10) he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect (11) the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce (12) .?揃ut such a small thing couldn抰 (13) (possible) destroy a village.?揑n the beginning, there was only (14) very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always (15) (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended (16) today.?Key： 1.was cooking; 2.ran; 3.nor; 4.why; 5.reasonable; 6.ours; 7.who; 8.than; 9.at; 10.that; 11.for; 12.it; 13.possibly; 14.a; 15.thinking; 16.up; A Britain is becoming a nation of text maniacs, thus (1) (lose) the art of conversation into the bargain, according to a new survey. People are spending up to one quarter of their (2) (wake) lives either (3) (talking) or (4) (text) on the telephone or e-mailing, at the expense of face-to-face conversation, the survey for British Gas Telecommunications Division showed. “The concern is that too much 憈echno talk抦akes us uncomfortable with no more intimate face