题目内容：

阅读填空

Bassanio fell in love1.          Portia, but he couldn’t ask her to marry him 2.          he was poor. He had to borrow some money3. ______    his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice. Antonio had no money then. He went to Shylock, a cruel and4.______   (greed) money-lender. Shylock agreed to lend him the money on condition that he would cut a pound of his flesh5.______   he couldn’t repay him within three months.

Unfortunately Antonio’s ships were lost6.       sea. 7.______   (know) that Antonio probably had to die, Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself 8.        as a lawyer and turned up at the court. She let Shylock cut just9.______  one pound of flesh off Antonio, no more, no less, no drop of blood, otherwise he10. ______   lose all his money. Her clever idea saved Antonio and made Shylock give half of his money to Venice.