2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A sage（先知） was passing through the capital city of a famous king. While walking, he spotted a coin and picked 1 up. Content with his simple life, he had no use of that coin. So, he planned to donate it to the one 2 was in need of it. He strolled around throughout the day but didn't find any such.
Next morning, he 3 (see) the king was ready to invade another state with his army. 4 (catch) sight of the sage, the king ordered his army 5 (stop). He came to the sage and said, "Oh, great sage, I am going to war to win another state. So please bless me to be victorious."
After thinking 6 (brief), the sage gave the coin to the king, saying, "Oh, great king! I found this coin yesterday while strolling around the 7 (street) of your city, but I had no use of it. Therefore, I had decided to donate it to someone who is needy, but I found no one such. It seemed that they were satisfied with 8 they had had. But today, you, the king of this state, still have the desire to gain 9 (much), so I feel you are in need of this coin."
Hearing this, the king realized his mistake and gave up the 10 (intend) war.
