Billy，a hard-working student，is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade．He has a part-time job that
16 him up every morning at five o’clock，when most people are still
17 asleep．He is a newspaper boy.
Each morning，Billy leaves the house at 5：15 to go to the
18 where the newspapers always are．The newspapers were
19 to the corner by truck at midnight．He always takes a wagon to
20 them．
In the winter it is still dark
21 he gets up every day，but during the rest of the year it is
22 ．Billy must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his
23 in all kinds of weather．He tries to put each paper on the porch(门廊)where it will be
24 from wind and rain or snow．Sometimes his customers give him tips，
25 him very excited．
Billy earns about$70 per month through hard
2 6 ，and he is saving some of the money to go to
27 ，where he has always been longing to go．Besides that，he
28 the rest of the earnings on records and clothes．Once a month，he has to collect the
29 at night since many of them work during the day．That is when he is
30 so that he is full of excitement．Luckily，he gets
31 supported by his family．Sometimes，when Billy is sick，his brother offers to deliver the newspapers for him．Once，his father was too
32 to help him,
Billy has seventy customers now，but he doesn’t feel
33 about the number．
He dreams that he will get
34 customers as possible some day．
35 ，he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy．He wants to win a trip to Europe，but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.
| 小题1: | | A．were | B．take | C．gets | D．pick |
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| 小题2: | | A．sound | B．falling | C．fall | D．soundly |
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| 小题3: | | A．corner | B．street | C．room | D．department |
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| 小题4: | | A．given | B．addressed | C．handed | D．delivered |
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| 小题5: | | A．carry | B．bring | C．send | D．load |
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| 小题6: | | A．at which | B．while | C．that | D．when |
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| 小题7: | | A．short | B．black | C．1ight | D．long |
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| 小题9: | | A．protected | B．stopped | C．kept | D．prevented |
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| 小题10: | | A．making | B．1etting | C．1eading | D．causing |
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| 小题11: | | A．attempt | B．job | C．work | D．struggle |
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| 小题12: | | A．abroad | B．school | C．college | D．hospital- |
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| 小题13: | | A．costs | B．spends | C．pays | D．uses |
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| 小题14: | | A．paper | B．money | C．newspapers | D．records |
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| 小题15: | | A．depressed | B．energetic | C．fulfilled | D．moved |
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| 小题16: | | A．very | B．great | C．greatly | D．a lot of |
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| 小题17: | | A．1ikely | B．reluctant | C．tired | D．willing |
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| 小题18: | | A．satisfying | B．pleasant | C．contented | D．happy |
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| 小题19: | | A．many more | B．as much | C．as many | D．much more |
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| 小题20: | | A．If that | B．If so | C．Besides | D．What’s more |
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