先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在横线上必须完整写出。
Jim is one of Mr Brown’s old f. Mr Brown asked Jim for dinner and he agreed. They were both very
h  because they hadn’t s each other for years. Mrs Brown bought some meat and vegetables         from the shop. They were talking in the s room while Mrs Brown was c  in the kitchen.
Suddenly she called Mr Brown into the kitchen and said something was wrong with the pot(锅) and asked him  to buy one. He said sorry to Jim and l. He wanted to borrow one from his neighbor, but they were all
o . He had to go to the shop to buy a new one.
On his way to the shop, he saw a man selling pots by the road. He stopped to ask, ‘Are the pots of high quality(质量)?’ ‘Sure, sir,’ the man said, ‘I can show it to you.’ The man dropped a pot to the ground. Bad l! It was broken into pieces. The man was very c and said, ‘I have never s such a pot of low quality like it! I’d rather break it into pieces than sell it to you.