55. A. right
B. wrong
C. glad
D. well
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Ten-year-old Johnny was one of the laziest boys in his class. His
homework was always 26
and it was usually wrong. He only did half the number of math problems 27 the other children
did and in his compositions he 28 half the number of words.
And usually the words were
29____ spelled because he was too lazy to use
a 30 .
One day his class went on a bus trip. The 31 did not want to take Johnny with
them. But
there was no one to look after Johnny at the school so she had to
take 32 .
"Now, children," the teacher said, "On our bus trip we
will 33 old buildings, some
beautiful countryside, and many other things. I want you to write
about 34
interesting you see on the trip."
The bus trip 35 . The children looked out of the
windows at all the interesting things.
They took notes
36 their
notebooks. The teacher was very
37 with
them.
Then she saw Johnny 38 on the floor of the bus and
went up to him.
"Are you 39 ?" she asked him.
"No." he said.
"Then 40 are you lying on
the floor?"
"If I can't see anything," he said, "I can't write about
it, can I?"