Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a
26 job which gets him
27 at five o’clock every morning. He is a
28 .
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner
29 the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered to the
30 by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry them.
In
31 , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each
32 on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from
33 , rain or snow. His
34 think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him
35 .
Billy
36 about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest
37 records and clothes. Once a month, he has to
38 money from his customers. Since many of them
39 during the day, Billy has to collect the money
40 . Sometimes, when Billy is
41 , his older brother has to
42 the newspapers. Once Billy’s father had to help as well.
Billy has seventy customers now,
43 he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a
44 to Europe, but he will also be happy
45 he wins a new bicycle.
| 小题1: | | A．full-time | B．strange | C．good | D．part-time |
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| 小题2: | | A．indoors | B．outdoors | C．down | D．up |
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| 小题3: | | A．schoolboy | B．newspaper boy | C．cowboy | D．clever boy |
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| 小题4: | | A．that | B．where | C．which | D．whether |
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| 小题5: | | A．house | B．porch | C．school | D．corner |
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| 小题6: | | A．autumn | B．winter | C．morning | D．summer |
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| 小题7: | | A．newspaper | B．magazine | C．letter | D．email |
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| 小题8: | | A．air | B．wind | C．water | D．fire |
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| 小题9: | | A．teachers | B．parents | C．bosses | D．customers |
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| 小题10: | | A．books | B．some bread | C．a new bike | D．tips |
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| 小题11: | | A．makes | B．saves | C．spends | D．pays |
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| 小题13: | | A．give | B．borrow | C．collect | D．catch |
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| 小题14: | | A．play | B．study | C．work | D．rest |
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| 小题15: | | A．in the morning | B．at night | C．in the afternoon | D．at noon |
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| 小题16: | | A．sick | B．angry | C．at school | D．sad |
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| 小题17: | | A．carry | B．collect | C．deliver | D．sell |
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| 小题19: | | A．trip | B．car | C．bicycle | D．job |
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| 小题20: | | A．because | B．whether | C．unless | D．if |
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