There once was a master who came to India, perhaps from Persia. When he got there, he saw a lot of【C1】______. In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive. So he saw a big basket of some very red, long fruit, the cheapest in the shop. He bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started【C2】______it. But after he ate some of it, his eyes and mouth【C3】______and burned, and his face became red. He coughed and choked, jumping up and down. But he still continued to eat the fruit! Some people who were【C4】______him said, " Those are hot peppers! People use them as a flavor, but only a little bit to put into food for【C5】______. You can"t just eat them【C6】______that; they"re not fruit!" But the stupid master said, "No, I can"t stop! I【C7】______money for them, and now I"ll eat them. It"s my money!" And you think that master was stupid, right【C8】______, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. We invest money, time or effort in a relationship, business or job. Even though bitter experience tells us it won"t work, we still continue just【C9】______we"ve invested money, time, effort and love into it. Just like the man who ate the peppers and【C10】______so much but couldn"t stop because he didn"t want to waste the money he"d paid.【C1】
A．baskets
B．peppers
C．fruit
D．people
