题目内容：

根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。（每空 1 词)

The next morning, Scrooge went to the office early. He wanted to get there before Bob. The c1.struck nine. No Bob. A quarter past, Bob still didn’t come. He was eighteen and a half minutes late.

Scrooge sat with his door w2.open so he could see Bob come in. Bob t3.his hat and scarf off before he opened the door. Then he ran to his stool(凳子). He quickly sat down and started w4.very fast with his pen.

“Hello!” growled Scrooge, in his old v5.. “You’re late.”

“I am very sorry, sir,” said Bob.

“Come here,” said Scrooge.

“It’s only once a year, sir” pleaded(恳求)Bob. “It won’t happen a6.”

“Now, listen to me,” said Scrooge, “I’m going to give you a pay rise. And I am going to help your family. A M7. Christmas, Bob.”

Scrooge k8.his word. He helped Bob’s family. Tiny Tim did NOT die. And Scrooge was a second father to him. Scrooge b9.as good a fiend, as good a boss and a 10.good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city or town, or country in the good old world.