James’s New Bicycle

　　James shook his money box again．Nothing!He carefully 　　1　　 the coins that lay on the bed．＄24.52 was all that he had．The bicycle he wanted was at least ＄90!　　2　　 on earth was he going to get the 　　3　　 of the money?

　　He knew that his friends all had bicycles．It was 　　4　　 to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels．He thought about what he could do．There was no 　　5　　 asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to 　　6　　

　　There was only one way to get money, and that was to 　　7　　 it．He would have to find a jod．　　8　　 who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask, Mr．Clay for advice, who usually had 　　9　　 on most things．

　　That was the 　　10　　 of James’s odd-job(零工)business．For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework．He was amazed by the 　　11　　 of jobs that people found for him to do．He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books．He lost count of the 　　12　　 of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the 　　13　　 increased and he knew that he would soon have 　　14　　 for the bicycle he longed for．

　　The day 　　15　　 came when James counted his money and found ＄94.32．H 　　16　　 no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted．He rode 　　17　　 home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends．It had been hard 　　18　　 for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more 　　19　　 he had bought it with his own money．He had 　　20　　 what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle．

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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Here are four fostivals in the UK．

　　The Parklife weekender

　　Date：11-12 June 2011

　　Location：Platt Fields Park, Fallowfield, Manchester

　　Cost：Weekend ticket￡58.50．Day ticket ￡35.00

　　The Parklife Weekender Festival returns as a two-day event．Each Day will feature(展示)six areas in tents and a huge open-air main stage featuring the finest selection of local, national and international artists from across the globe．Inside you will find a large number of bars selling a wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks．There will also be over 20 food traders offering food including organic and vegetarian dishes．

　　Redfest

　　Date：22-23 July 2011

　　Location：Redhill．Surrey

　　Cost：Adult：￡49.50, Under 14￡16.50

　　Redfest in 20 1 1 is a two-day music festival held every year featuring live performances on“The Main Stage”and“The Introducing Stage”and top DJ’S playing till 2 am in the“Fresh Era Dance Tent”．Now into its fifth year, Redfest has been known for supporting new bands, solo artists and DJ's．

　　The Big Festival

　　Date：1-3 July 2011

　　Location：Clapham Common, London．

　　Cost：Earlybird￡35, Adult￡50, ￡65 with 3 dishes, ￡75 with 5 dishes, Family￡175, Kids free．

　　The Big Festival 2011——The idea behind jt is to take a village fete(户外游乐会), make it much bigger, stick it in the centre of London and have all income go towards charity．It will combine food, the family friendly entertainment and some top-quality live music including Soul H Soul, The Charlatans,

　　Guillemots, The Mystery Jets and many more．

　　Ben and Jerry's Sundae in the Park Festival

　　Date：23-24 July 2011

　　Location：Heaton Park, Manchester

　　Cost：to be confirmed

　　Ben and Jerry's festival has now a second site in Manchester's Heaton Park to spread the Peace, Love＆Ice Cream up North．There will be fun-filled activities for everyone．including fairground attractions and social activities! Not to mention a traditional petting farm and a less traditional bare toe wrestling championship．There will be unlimited FREE Ben＆Jerry's Ice Cream!

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