“Dad, can you tell me how to get rich?”
My dad put down the evening paper, “_21__ do you wan to get rich, my son?”
“Because today Jimmy’s mom _22__ up in their new car, and they were going to their beach house for the weekend. He _23__ three of his friends_24__. Mike and I weren’t invited. They told us we weren’t invited because we were ‘__25__ kids (孩子)’.”
“They _26__?” my father asked unbelievably.
“Yeah.” I replied in a _27__ voice.
My dad silently _28__ his head, and went back to reading the paper. I stood waiting for _29__.
I _30__ the same public school where the rich people sent their kids. That was because my _31__ lived on one side of the street. Had I lived on the other side of the street, I would have gone to a _32__ school, with kids from families more like mine.
My dad finally put down the paper. I could _33__ he was thinking.
“Well, son,” he began slowly. “If you want to be rich, you have to _34__ use your head, son,” he said, smiling. He really _35__ that.
【題組】27. (A) broken (B) gentle (C) hurt (D) pleasing