George and Betty didn't have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn't have a , so she was always finding ways to save money.

She grew vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn't have to buy any. She made sand-wiches for George to take to work so that he wouldn't have to his lunch.

Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip the bus was slow because of traffic（交通）.

One day, the traffic was even than usual.

"I could run faster than this bus!" thought George.

The next day work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop, but didn't the bus. He ran along beside it in the sidewalk. He had to run fast to catch up with（赶上）the bus.

He arrived home. Betty was to see him panting（气喘）. She was worried. "What' s the matter?"

"I ran along beside the bus," said George. "I saved two dollars and fifty cents paying the fare（费用）," He thought it would make Betty happy, but it didn't.

" didn't you run beside a taxi?" she said. "You would have saved（节省）six dollars !"

1.A. work B. job C. child D. house

2.A. make B. eat C. have D. buy

3.A. or B. and C. but D. so

4.A. larger B. bigger C. worse D. better

5.A. after B. before C. since D. until（直到）

6.A. get off B. get on C. come up with D. stop

7.A. most B. much C. more D. quite

8.A. excited B. surprised C. interested D. bored

9.A. for B. no C. without（没有） D. instead（代替）

10.A. When B. What C. Why D. Where

A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden. One day, she said to her , “Betty, come here. Look at all these little yellow marks（斑点）on the of the cabbages ( a kind of vegetable ). They are eggs of a kind of insect. They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages. This afternoon you must all the eggs on the leaves and kill them. In this way, you will help us have , greener and bigger cabbages.”

Betty didn’t think she could do it and in the end she forgot all about it. The mother fell ill for a few days and work in her garden. When she was well, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages. To surprise, the insects have eaten every leaf. When Betty saw this, she began to . Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off（推迟）what we have to do today till . And you must learn to deal(处理) with the bad things they are small, or it will turn into a big problem.”

1.A. sonB. motherC. daughterD. sister

2.A. treesB. leavesC. grassD. top

3.A. seeB. look atC. findD. look for

4.A. betterB. worseC. thinnerD. newer

5.A. at mostB. at lastC. at the momentD. at once

6.A. mustn’t B. couldn’tC. needn’t D. can’t

7.A. myB. ourC. her D. their

8.A. cryB. shoutC. runD. work

9.A. yesterdayB. todayC. tomorrowD. later

10.A. butB. while C. andD. before

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!”

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!”

1.A. work       B. job        C. child             D. house

2.A. grew          B. gave    C. bought        D. knew

3.A. make          B. carry         C. bring            D. take

4.A. or             B. and        C. but               D. so

5.A. larger         B. bigger      C. worse            D. better

6.A. after         B. before      C. finished             D. began

7.A. get out of                   B. get along with 

      C. come up with                  D. catch up with

8.A. excited        B. surprised    C. interested           D. bored

9.A. tired        B. sad          C. clean               D. happy

10.A. When     B. What         C. Why            D. Where