10．
D。don’t have to do sth = needn’t do
sth 意为“不必干某事”。
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Joe wanted a
computer. He asked his 1 for the money and they said he must get
it himself. But how did he get it? He 2 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 (邻居). But this was not 3 . He had to wait a long time for
that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens 4 he had no tools (工具) to do the work with.
Then
he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送) 5 . I could do that, he thought. Maybe
I could even get the computer 6 away. I could pay 7 it a little each week. He ran to 8 up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of
questions. He learned that it was 9 to get twenty-five dollars each week. He
learned that the job (工作) took 10 three hours each night. Dick 11 him the phone number of the newspaper
manager (经理).
Joe
almost flew home. After he had told his mother 12 he thought, she 13 .“I think it is a 14 idea,” she said, “I’ll call the
newspaper….”
“Wait,
Mum,” Joe said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Joe’s
mother smiled 15 .