阅读下面短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示,在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
A poor young man went to Paris, expecting that his father’s friend could help him find a business for living.
“Are you g_________ at maths?” his father’s friend asked him.
The young man s________ his head.
“How is your history?” “How a________ your law?”
The young man lowered(低下) his head sadly.
His father’s friend asked again and again, but the young man couldo_________shake his head. He himself couldn’t find out any advantages.
“Then write downy_______ address first.”
The young man wrote his address and turned to leave, b_______ he was stopped by his father’s friend. “Your name is written very beautifully, which is your advantage. You shouldn’t satisfy yourself with finding a j_______ for living.”
Manyy_______later, the young man wrote the classical works that was well-known in the world. He was Alexandra Dumas(大仲马), a f________French writer of the 18th century.
There are many ordinary persons in the world who all have many small advantages, but they can’t find t__________. In fact, there is a gold mine(矿)in every ordinary life. If you’re willing to dig, you will dig out treasures that surprise yourself.