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James's New Bicycle
James shook his money box again.Nothing!He carefully  1  the coins that lay on the
bed.$24.52 was all that he had.The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!  2  on earth was
he going to get the  3  of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles.It was  4  to hang around with people when
you were the only one without wheels.He thought about what he could do.There was no  5  
asking his parents,for he knew they had no money to  6  .
There was only one way to get money,and that was to  7  it.He would have to find a job.
  8  who would hire him and what could he do?He decided to ask Mr.Clay for advice,who
usually had  9  on most things. "Well,you can start right here," said Mr.Clay."My windows
need cleaning and my car needs washing."
That was the  10  of James's odd job(零工) business.For three months he worked every day
after finishing his homework.He was amazed by the  11  of jobs that people found for him to
do.He took dogs and babies for walks,cleared out cupboards,and mended books.He lost count
of the  12  of cars he washed and windows he cleaned,but the  13  increased and he knew that
he would soon have  14  for the bicycle he longed for.
The day  15  came when James counted his money and found $94.32.He  16  no time and
went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted.He rode  17  home,looking forward to
showing his new bicycle to his friends.It had been hard  18  for the money,but James knew that
he valued his bicycle far more  19  he had bought it with his own money.He had  20  what he
thought was impossible,and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
(     )1.A.cleaned
(     )2.A.How
(     )3.A.amount
(     )4.A.brave
(     )5.A.point
(     )6.A.split
(     )7.A.borrow
(     )8.A.Or
(     )9.A.decisions
(     )10.A.beginning
(     )11.A.similarity
(     )12.A.brand
(     )13.A.effort
(     )14.A.all
(     )15.A.finally
(     )16.A.gave
(     )17.A.patiently
(     )18.A.applying
(     )19.A.since
(     )20.A.deserved

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