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The Newspaper Boy
Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a part-time
1 which gets him up every morning
at five o'clock. He is a
2 boy.
Each morning, Billy
3 the house at 5:15 to go to the corner
4 the newspapers are. The newspapers
were
5 to the corner
6 truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to carry them.
In the winter it is still
7 when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is light. Billy must deliver the
newspapers to the
8 of people on his route in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch
(门廊) where it will be protected
9 wind and rain or snow. His
10 think he does a good job. Sometimes
they give him tips.
Billy
11 about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to
12 . He
13 the rest on records
and clothes. Once a month, he has to
14 money from his customers. Since many of them work during the day,
Billy has to collect the money at
15 . Sometimes, when Billy is
16 , his older brother has to deliver the
newspapers. Once, Billy's father had to help.
Billy has seventy
17 now, but he hopes to get
18 soon. Someday, if he gets many more customers, Billy
might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a
19 to Europe, but he will be
20
if the wins a new bicycle.
( )1. A. work ( )2. A. milk ( )3. A. reaches ( )4. A. what ( )5. A. delivered ( )6. A. by ( )7. A. warm ( )8. A. farms ( )9. A. for ( )10. A. friends ( )11. A. borrows ( )12. A. college ( )13. A. pays ( )14. A. borrow ( )15. A. once ( )16. A. happy ( )17. A. classmates ( )18. A. more ( )19. A. plan ( )20. A. enough |
B. job B. mail B. gets B. where B. put B. in B. dark B. cars B. with B. classmates B. earns B. hospital B. costs B. save B. times B. sick B. workers B. many B. trip B. full |
C. school C. newspaper C. leaves C. how C. got C. on C. cold C. rooms C. in C. customers C. lends C. work C. spends C. spend C. night C. glad C. customers C. much C. prize C. angry |
D. home D. cow D. arrives D. when D. gave D. from D. bright D. houses D. form D. teachers D. gives D. place D. takes D. collect D. school D. nice D. people D. most D. game D. happy |