Billy.a hard-working student.is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade．He has

 Billy，a hard-workingstudent，is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade．Hehas a part-time job that   16  him up every morning atfive o’clock，when most people are still 17    asleep．He is a newspaper boy.

    Each morning，Billyleaves the house at 5：15 to go to the   18  wherethe newspapers always are．The newspapers were  19   to the corner by truck at midnight．Healways takes a wagon to  20   them．

       In the winter itis still dark  21  he gets up every day，butduring the rest of the year it is   22  ．Billymust send the newspapers to the houses of people on his 23    in all kinds of weather．He tries to puteach paper on the porch(门廊)where it will be  24  fromwind and rain or snow．Sometimes his customers give him tips，  25  him very excited．

       Billy earnsabout$70 per month through hard   2 6 ，andhe is saving some of the money to go to  27  ，wherehe has always been longing to go．Besides that，he 28  the rest of the earnings on records and clothes．Oncea month，he has to collect the  29    at night since many of them work during the day．Thatis when he is  30  so that he is full of excitement．Luckily，hegets   31   supported by his family．Sometimes，whenBilly is sick，his brother offers to deliver the newspapers forhim．Once，his father was too   32  tohelp him,

    Billy has seventy customersnow，but he doesn’t feel   33  about thenumber．

    He dreams that he will get 34  customers as possible some day．  35 ，he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy．Hewants to win a trip to Europe，but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.

1.A．were         B．take          C．gets         D．pick

2.A．sound         B．falling             C．fall           D．soundly

3.A．corner        B．street            C．room            D．department

4.A．given          B．addressed    C．handed         D．delivered

5.A．carry          B．bring             C．send             D．load

6.A．atwhich    B．while            C．that         D．when

7.A．short                B．black           C．1ight         D．long

8.A．mad            B．way           C．route             D．path

9.A．protected  B．stopped          C．kept         D．prevented

10.A．making    B．1etting           C．1eading       D．causing  

11.A．attempt           B．job             C．work             D．struggle

12.A．abroad    B．school             C．college         D．hospital-

13.A．costs        B．spends         C．pays              D．uses

14.A．paper       B．money            C．newspapers     D．records

15.A．depressed           B．energetic        C．fulfilled          D．moved

16.A．very          B．great        C．greatly           D．alot of

17.A．1ikely       B．reluctant       C．tired         D．willing

18.A．satisfying  B．pleasant         C．contented         D．happy

19.A．many more B．asmuch           C．asmany        D．much more

20.A．Ifthat       B．Ifso           C．Besides        D．What’s more

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.C

16.C

17.D

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】略