Every year, Julia's grandfather gives her and her cousins some money. One day, he thought the children needed to learn how to1their money well. So he gave them a test. After he gave them the money, he said, " There are seven2before the New Year. Who will buy the best gift with the money at the end of the year? I want to find out the answer. "
The New Year came. Each child showed their gifts. There were nice cards, flowers and other little things. But Julia arrived with two violins! That3everyone. They knew that Julia always wanted to get a violin, but the family was too poor to buy one. Her grandfather asked her, "4did you get enough(足够的) money to buy two violins? "
Julia said, "I saw a poor(穷的) violinist. I gave him all my5and asked him to teach me how to play the violin. He was6to teach me. So every day after school, I learned to play the violin from him. After three months, he lent(借)a violin to me and we played the violin in the7because there were always many people. Most of them liked our music and gave us money. Then I bought two new violins8the money, one for me, and the other for you9I know you like it, too. "
When Julia finished, everyone in the10said Julia's gift was the best and that Julia was a smart girl.