15.(　　 ) The boy said he would clean the young man's shoes for nothing just in order to get more money from him.

　第十四组(3篇)

　　　　　　　　　 ( A )

My friend has a large police dog, Jim　 Police dogs are often clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jim for a long walk in the park. Jim likes these long walks in the park very much.

One Saturday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jim for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jim became very worried about his walk in the park. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention. He went on talking. Finally Jim could not stand any longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time he held the visitor's hat in his mouth.　

14.(　　 ) The boy refused to clean the second shoe because he asked to be paid two pounds .

13.(　　 ) The young man agreed to clean his shoes, because the boy asked for two pounds.

12.(　　 ) At first the young man refused to clean his shoes,

11.(　　 ) The boy was a shoes seller.

10.(　 ) The lady was pleased with the bus company.

( C )

A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by, "Let me clean your shoes." The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may pay me only a pound, sir." said the boy. But the young man refused again.

Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put the other shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he was paid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away.

But the dirty one looked so bad that he couldn't walk away. He had to turn back and gave the boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly. (140)

9.(　 ) The word "room" here means “space ” .

8.(　 ) Paul was very polite because he stood up to let the lady get off before him.

7.(　 ) Paul got a seat as soon as he got on the bus on the bus.

6.(　 )　 The lady went to the town by bus .