Billy is a boy of fifteen . His parents died three years ago . One day when he was walking in the street , he __1___ a wallet . He returned it to the owner , Mr. Baker . He gave his __2___ to the boy . As the boy had no job , Mr. Baker made him work for him in his ___3___ . Billy worked so hard that Mr. And Mrs. Baker were ___4___ with him .

   Mr. Baker loved planting ___5____ . The week before last , he brought a few trees home , planted them in the ___6____ himself and watered them every day . Several days ___7____ , he had to leave for another city . Before he started , he said to Billy , “Take good care of these trees . Some boys near our house always want to steal (偷) them .” “Don’t ___8___ about them , sir , ” answered Billy , “I’ll try my best to watch them . ” Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back . He asked, “___9___ anyone ever come to steal the trees ?” “No , sir , ” said Billy , “To stop someone from stealing the trees , I ___10___ them up six days ago . I have hidden (藏) them for almost a week .”

A             B           C               D

 (  ) 1.    bought          found       carried           wanted

 (  ) 2.    wallet           pity         thanks           excuses

 (  ) 3.    office           factory       town             home

 (  ) 4.    pleased          angry        bored            sad

 (  ) 5.    grass            flowers      vegetables         trees

 (  ) 6.    garden           office        city             room

 (  ) 7.     ago             later        before            after

 (  ) 8.    think             talk         learn            worry

 (  ) 9.     Did             Does        Has             Will

 (  )10.    sent             pulled        put             picked

Mr. Baker loved planting ____4____. The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the garden himself and watered them every day. Several days ____5____, he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, “Take good care of the trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them.” “Don't ____6____ about them, sir,” answered Billy,“I'll try my best to watch them.”Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back. He asked,“____7____ anyone ever come to steal the trees?” “No, sir,”said Billy.“To stop someone from stealing the trees, I ____8____ them up six days ago. I have hidden(藏) them for almost a week!”

1． (　)A．found　　  B．bought　　   C．carried　　  D．wanted

2． (　)A．wallet　　  B．pity　　    C．thanks　　    D．excuses

3． (　)A．factory　　 B．office　　   C．town　　　　 D．home

4． (　)A．flowers 　　B．grass　　   C．vegetables　　 D．trees

5． (　)A．ago　　    B．later　　    C．before　　    D．after

6． (　)A．think　　   B．talk　　    C．learn　　　　 D．worry

7． (　)A．Did　　    B．Does　　   C．Has　　　　   D．Will

8． (　)A．sent　　    B．pulled　　 C．put    　　　　D．picked

  Mr. Jenkins lives in a town．He works in a museum．There are  l   old wonderful things in it．He likes his work and often goes to work  2   time．

  One day he left his office at twelve．He went to eat  3  ．As soon as he went out of the gate．he met an old friend of   4  ．They hadn't seen each other for about five years．Of course they were very   5   ．His friend asked him  6  ．He agreed  7   him，and they went into a restaurant．There they drank a lot．Then his friend said，“Perhaps you’re drunk（喝醉了）now．Let me help you to your   8  ．”

“No，no，”said Mr. Jenkins．“My office is only  9   walk．I can go there by  10   ”When his friend left．it was  11  for him to stand．He was afraid  12 late and stopped a taxi．When he got on．the  13  asked，“Where are you going，sir?”

    “To the Park Street．”

    “Oh! sorry，sir，’’the driver said in a hurry．“It’s just the Park Street．”

    “Ok!” Mr. Jenkins said and got  14  the taxi．He brought out some money and threw it to the driver．He shouted，“But don’t drive so  15   next time!”

1．A．a lot of                  B．much                   C．any                        D．a little

2．A．at                   B．on                       C．for                        D．about

3．A．anything                B．something            C．nothing                  D．everything

4．A．he                         B．him                     C．his                         D．himself

5．A．happy             B．angry                   C．sorry                      D． surprised

6．A．to have                  B．to drink                C．to play                   D．to dance

7．A．to                         B．no                       C．with                             D．for

8．A．home                    B．house                  C．factory                  D．office

9．A．two minute    B．two minute's          C．two minutes'           D．two minute's

10．A．me                      B．my                      C．mine                      D．myself

11．A．difficult                B．easy                    C．happy                    D．afraid

12．A．is                        B．of being               C．be                         D．to be

13．A．policeman              B．doctor                 C．waiter                    D．driver

14．A．out                      B．off                      C．on                         D．up

15．A．slowly                 B．fast                     C．carefully                D．well

Sam is twenty-seven now. He’s tall and strong. He worked hard in the small field. He’s known a girl called Mabel for three years, who lives in another village. He wishes she could marry him soon, but she won’t marry him until he has built a new house. He hasn’t enough money. Of course it’s difficult for him to do so.
Winter had come and the fields were covered with thick snow. Sam had nothing to do at home. Mabel told him to find some temporary employment in the town. He thought she was right and came to Mr White’s factory, where he carried stones from the hill to the workplaces. It was hard work but he was paid more. At the end of the month Mr White paid the young man nearly two thousand dollars. He was very happy. He hurried to the post office, but it was closed. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was half past five, and he was told to go there the next morning. He had to return to the factory. He felt hungry and went into a restaurant and ate something. He didn’t see a thief following him, and as soon as he sat at table, the man sat down next to him and asked him to drink a cup with him. He agreed and drank a lot. And when he woke up two hours later, his money was stolen. He was sad of it and cried for a long time.
The following day Mr White saw the young man’s eyes were red and asked what had happened to him. He told him about it and at last he said, “I worked for the thief last month!”
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【小题1】Mabel doesn’t marry Sam because _______.