Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a
36 job which gets him
37 at five o'clock every morning. He is a
38 .
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner
39 the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered （递）to the
40 by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry them.
In
41 , 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
42 on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from
43 , rain or snow. His
44 think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him
45 .
Billy
46 about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest
47 records and clothes. Once a month, he has to
48 money from his customers. Since many of them
49 during the day, Billy has to collect the money
50 . Sometimes, when Billy is
51 , his older brother has to
52 the newspapers. Once Billy's father had to help as well.
Billy has seventy customers now,
53 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
54 to Europe, but he will also be happy
55 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（牛仔） | 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(门廊) | 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9: | | A．teachers | B．parents | C．bosses（老板们） | D．customers(顾客们) |
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| 小题10: | | A．books | B．some bread | C．a new bike | D．tips（小费） |
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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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