12.(　　 ) At first the young man refused to clean his shoes,

11.(　　 ) The boy was a shoes seller.

10.(　 ) The lady was pleased with the bus company.

( C )

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by, "Let me clean your shoes." The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may pay me only a pound, sir." said the boy. But the young man refused again.

Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put the other shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he was paid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away.

But the dirty one looked so bad that he couldn't walk away. He had to turn back and gave the boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly. (140)

9.(　 ) The word "room" here means “space ” .

8.(　 ) Paul was very polite because he stood up to let the lady get off before him.

7.(　 ) Paul got a seat as soon as he got on the bus on the bus.

6.(　 )　 The lady went to the town by bus .

5.(　 ) According to David Jenkins, people want to have two or three part-time jobs.

( B )

Paul got on the bus to go to the town. It was very crowded, and he had to stand for about five minutes. Then some of the passengers got off. Paul sat down next to a fat lady. She had several shopping bags, and Paul didn't have much room on the seat. At last the bus got to the town. All the passengers started to get off. Paul was very polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him. She said, "Thank you." Then she tried to get out of the seat with all her bags. But she couldn't move. She was stuck!

Paul had to push the lady. The conductor pulled her. Finally they got her free but she wasn't pleased.

"I'll write to the bus company," she said. "I'll tell them not to make buses with such small seats."　

4.(　 ) "Job Power" for workers is good for want of cooperation.

3.(　 ) Part-time jobs are good for people with many interests.