George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a
36 , so she was always finding ways to save money.
She
37 vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to
38 to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch.
Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip
39 the bus was slow because of the traffic.
One day, the traffic was even
40 than usual.
“I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.
The next day
41 work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to
42 the bus.
He arrived home. Betty was
43 to see him
panting (喘气). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked.
“I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty
44 , but it didn’t.
“
45 didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”
| 小题1: | | A．work | B．job | C．child | D．house |
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| 小题2: | | A．grew | B．gave | C．bought | D．knew |
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| 小题3: | | A．make | B．carry | C．bring | D．take |
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| 小题5: | | A．larger | B．bigger | C．worse | D．better |
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| 小题6: | | A．after | B．before | C．finished | D．began |
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| 小题7: | | A．get out of | B．get along with | | C．come up with | D．catch up with |
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| 小题8: | | A．excited | B．surprised | C．interested | D．bored |
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| 小题9: | | A．tired | B．sad | C．clean | D．happy |
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| 小题10: | | A．When | B．What | C．Why | D．Where |
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