Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents     _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He    _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not     _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens      _he had no tools to do the work with.

     Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送)  newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer      __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to      __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was     _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick     him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother      _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a  great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”

         “Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”

        Alan’s mother smiled     _ . We should learn from him.

1.A. in            B. at              C. with         D. for 

2.A. said           B. told          C. thought      D. spoke

3.A. spring       B. summer      C. autumn      D. winter

4.A. when         B. because      C. while        D. after

5.A. now           B. right           C. just          D. only

6.A. take           B. catch          C. carry        D. put

7.A. friendly     B. kind            C. wrong      D. possible   

8.A. taught        B. gave           C. made         D. asked

9.A. that            B. when          C. what        D. where

10.A. sadly        B. happily      C. politely     D. happy

Concorde’s Birthday

CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first __51__ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a _52__ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to __53__ together on the project. The plane __54_ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of _55__. This means that it _56_ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is _57__ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. _58__ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour _59_! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway _60_ the most. They each have seven planes.

1.A. invented    B. produced    C. flew      D. took off

2.A. talk        B. dream      C. meeting   D. fight

3.A. work       B. do         C. carry      D. finish

4.A. paid        B. wanted     C. needed     D. cost

5.A. voice       B. sound      C. noise      D. shout

6.A. spends      B. takes       C. covers     D. travels

7.A. possible     B. impossible   C. real       D. unreal

8.A. plane       B. passenger    C. flight      D. airline

9.A. later        B. late         C. earlier      D. early

10.A. build       B. make      C. sell        D. own

______ her hands are wounded. ______ can only carry a few thin books.

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