人教版必修五 Unit 1 Great scientists 第三课时_2

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
 
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he ___【小题1】__ (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it; neither too much __【小题2】___ too little.” 
 
 His son looked __【小题3】____ (surprise). “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, why not __【小题4】___ (save) a bit of money?” 
 
 “That would be a very good thing to do in a big city, but a small village like ours would be __【小题5】____ (destroy).” Nick said. 
 
 Nick’s guests, ___【小题6】___ had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy things more cheaply if they could. Nick explained the reasons __【小题7】__ them.
 
 “But such a small thing couldn’t ___【小题8】___ (possible) destroy a village.” 
 
 “In the ___【小题9】___ (begin), there was only a very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always __【小题10】___ (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”