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An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate the nuisance of boys
playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night.
One evening when the boys were particularly
1 , he went out to talk to them.He explained that he
had just retired and was
2 when he could see or hear boys playing his
3 game, football.He would
4 give them ¥25 each week to play in the street at night.The boys got
5 , for they could hardly believe
6 they were being paid to do something they
7 .
The first two weeks had passed, the boys came to the old man's house, and went away
8 with
their 25
yuan.The third week when they came back,
9 , the old man said he hadn't had much money
10 himself and sent them away with only 15
yuan.The fourth week, the man said he had not yet
received his
11 from the government and gave them only 10
yuan.The boys were very disappointed,
but there was
12 much that they could do about it.
At the
13 of the fifth week, the boys came back and
14 at the old man's door, waiting for their
15 . Slowly, the door opened and the old man appeared.He
16 that he could not afford to pay them
25
yuan 17 he had promised, but said he would give them five
yuaneach week without
18 .
This was really too much for the boys."You expect us to play seven days a week for merely five
yuan!" they yelled."
19 !"
They
20 away and never played on the street again.
( ) 1. A. hot ( ) 2. A. happiest ( ) 3. A. interesting ( ) 4. A. more ever ( ) 5. A. shouted ( ) 6. A. how ( ) 7. A. expected ( ) 8. A. happily ( ) 9. A. but ( ) 10. A. earned ( ) 11. A. paycheck ( ) 12. A. not ( ) 13. A. final ( ) 14. A. kicked ( ) 15. A. rewards ( ) 16. A. expressed ( ) 17. A. as ( ) 18. A. fail ( ) 19. A. No way ( ) 20. A. walked |
B. noisy B. excited B. amusing B. therefore B. cried B. when B. enjoyed B. thankfully B. in addition B. saved B. insurance B. no B. end B. hit B. awards B. apologized B. like B. hesitation B. No possible B. stormed |
C. troublesome C. encouraged C. acceptable C. willingly C. thrilled C. that C. admired C. gratefully C. however C. remained C. food tickets C. so C. start C. beat C. checks C. stated C. when C. joke C. No problem C. broke |
D. naughty D. bored D. favorite D. forever D. smiled D. what D. respected D. tearfully D. besides D. left D. salary D. very D. beginning D. knocked D. wages D. expected D. though D. problem D. No play D. backed |