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 tartline2 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 ndline.The week before last,he brought a few trees home,planted them in the 6 himself and watered them every day.Several days 7 ndline,he had to 1eave 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 come to steal the trees when we were away?” “No,sir,” said Billy.“To stop someone from stealing the tress,I 10 them up six days ago.I have hidden (藏)them for almost a week.”
Mary and Donald Smith lived in the same building.Donald 1 a toy company.One day Donald gave Mary.the 4-year-old girl.a new toy.She played with it and said."This is fun! A few weeks later Donald gave her 2 toy.She played with it and then said."I'm not 3 in this toy.It doesn't work." For years Donald gave Mary new toys.and she gave him very good 4 about the toys.
When Mary was 13 years old.Donald showed her a new ball.Mary wanted to 5 the ball with small stones to make it 6 .The company made this change.Mary's idea was a great success! The company sold thousands of the balls.
That Christmas.Donald gave Mary an 7 gift.He made her vice-president(副总裁)of the toy company.She made $200,000 a year.Her job was lo see 8 the new toys were fun.She worked 9 three or four hours a day at her job, then she had to do her homework.
Today Mary works at a college.The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their 10 .
(1)
[ ]
A.
owned
B.
rioted
C.
owns
D.
closes
(2)
[ ]
A.
other
B.
other
C.
the other
D.
another
(3)
[ ]
A.
excited
B.
interested
C.
relaxed
D.
bored
(4)
[ ]
A.
ways
B.
designs
C.
questions
D.
ideas
(5)
[ ]
A.
fill
B.
full
C.
add
D.
pour
(6)
[ ]
A.
noisy
B.
quiet
C.
light
D.
future
(7)
[ ]
A.
special
B.
awful
C.
amazing
D.
useful
(8)
[ ]
A.
when
B.
if
C.
as
D.
since
(9)
[ ]
A.
BI
B.
in
C.
for
D.
with
(10)
[ ]
A.
company
B.
toys
C.
homework
D.
future
完形填空
The bicycle is one of the simplest (最简单的) yet most useful inventions in the world. What is most surprising is that it was not invented earlier, 1 the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced 2 long after he died. A person riding a bicycle use 3 energy(能量)to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, m developed 4 , most people don't travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel 5 if they ride to work. It's because 6 cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes 7 to ride a bi-cycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work 8 their cars and, in this way, the situation(情形)is made more serious. 9 the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths(开设通道)only for bicycles, and to make 10 so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bicycles.