题目内容：

按照课文内容填空（共8小题; 每小题0.5分，满分4分）

阅读下面的短文, 在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中单词的正确形式, 并将相应答案写在答题纸上。

Henry, a businessman, who was from America, landed in London by   1  . Being penniless, he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.   2   in the street one day, he was invited to a big house. Then something   3   (believe) happened to Henry. There Henry stared at the food on the table   4  the two wealthy brothers asked him some questions. Henry told them that he had tried to seek help but no luck. He thought the two brothers made fun of him at first. On the   5  , they gave him a letter   6   Henry promised not to open until two o’clock. Being hungry, Henry went into a restaurant and asked for a meal costing a large amount of money.

The waiter treated him in rude manners   7   he was in rags.  But he took a chance and let Henry have the meal. When it was two o’ clock, Henry opened the letter with a million pound bank-note. They doubted   8   the bank-note was a genuine, but later they were sure it was not a fake.