I was a reporter of an evening paper in London. One day I was asked to write a few articles on begging in London. It was then that all my adventures (冒險) s 1       I made a d 2       that the best way of collecting facts was that I would go deep into the real life. I used to be an actor. Of course,I had learnt all the s 3       of makeup and could still make good use of them. Having finished all necessary preparation,I placed myself in one of the b 4       streets. At home that night,I was surprised to find that I had r 5       more than a pound.

Well,you can imagine how hard it was to work on the newspaper at two pounds a week,when I knew that I could make as much as that in a single day!I gave up my job a 6       a reporter. My knowledge of makeup helped me a lot and my clever answers quickly m 7       me a public character. All day and every day,the money poured into my cap and I usually received at least two p 8       in a day. In the end,I was able to buy a large bright beautiful white house in the country,and later to marry. Nobody had an i 9       where my money really came from. My dear wife o 10       knew that I had business in London ： that was all.

1. s        2. d       3. s         4. b        5. r         

6. a          7. m          8. p         9. i       10. o       

1. started 2. decision   3. skills 4. busy

5. received   6. as

7. made   8. pounds

9. idea   10. only

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