George and Betty didn’t have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn’t have a  36  , so she was always finding ways to save money.

She  37   vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn’t have to buy any. She made sandwiches for George to  38   to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy his lunch.

Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip  39   the bus was slow because of the traffic.

One day, the traffic was even  40  than usual.

“I could run faster than this bus!” thought George.

The next day   41  work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop but didn’t take the bus. He ran along beside it on the sidewalk. He had to run quite fast to  42  the bus.

He arrived home. Betty was  43  to see him panting (喘气). She was worried. “What’s the matter?” she asked.

“I ran along beside the bus,” said George. “I saved two dollars and fifty cents without paying the fare.” He thought it would make Betty   44 , but it didn’t.

“ 45   didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said. “You would have saved six dollars!”

1.A. work       B. job        C. child             D. house

2.A. grew          B. gave    C. bought        D. knew

3.A. make          B. carry         C. bring            D. take

4.A. or             B. and        C. but               D. so

5.A. larger         B. bigger      C. worse            D. better

6.A. after         B. before      C. finished             D. began

7.A. get out of                   B. get along with 

      C. come up with                  D. catch up with

8.A. excited        B. surprised    C. interested           D. bored

9.A. tired        B. sad          C. clean               D. happy

10.A. When     B. What         C. Why            D. Where

请根据所给句子的内容，从下面的方框中选出适当的词，并用其正确的形式填在答题卡相应的横线上。每空一词，每词限用一次。

请根据所给句子的内容，从下面的方框中选出适当的词，并用其正确的形式填在答题卡相应的横线上。每空一词，每词限用一次。

1. Betty ______ now much taller than she was last year.

2.After a long walk, the little boy got tired and fell ______ soon.

3.The boy is too young to look after ______.

4.I think the computer is one of the most important ______ in the world.

5.The weather report says it will be cloudy in some ______ cities in the coming days.

6.—Hi, Jack! What’s wrong with Peter?

  —He fell off his bike yesterday. Luckily, he was not ______ hurt.

7.My students find English ______ to learn and they like it very much.

8.Kate ______ a beautiful dress at her 18th birthday party yesterday.

9.—These tables are very nice. Which one would you like, madam?

  —I’d like that brown one. It uses the ______ space.

10.We will arrive at that small village in about one and a half ______ time.

George and Betty didn't have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn't have a , so she was always finding ways to save money.

She grew vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn't have to buy any. She made sand-wiches for George to take to work so that he wouldn't have to his lunch.

Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip the bus was slow because of traffic（交通）.

One day, the traffic was even than usual.

"I could run faster than this bus!" thought George.

The next day work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop, but didn't the bus. He ran along beside it in the sidewalk. He had to run fast to catch up with（赶上）the bus.

He arrived home. Betty was to see him panting（气喘）. She was worried. "What' s the matter?"

"I ran along beside the bus," said George. "I saved two dollars and fifty cents paying the fare（费用）," He thought it would make Betty happy, but it didn't.

" didn't you run beside a taxi?" she said. "You would have saved（节省）six dollars !"

1.A. work B. job C. child D. house

2.A. make B. eat C. have D. buy

3.A. or B. and C. but D. so

4.A. larger B. bigger C. worse D. better

5.A. after B. before C. since D. until（直到）

6.A. get off B. get on C. come up with D. stop

7.A. most B. much C. more D. quite

8.A. excited B. surprised C. interested D. bored

9.A. for B. no C. without（没有） D. instead（代替）

10.A. When B. What C. Why D. Where