Billy is a boy of fifteen . His parents died three years ago . One day when he was walking in the street , he __1___ a wallet . He returned it to the owner , Mr. Baker . He gave his __2___ to the boy . As the boy had no job , Mr. Baker made him work for him in his ___3___ . Billy worked so hard that Mr. And Mrs. Baker were ___4___ with him .

   Mr. Baker loved planting ___5____ . The week before last , he brought a few trees home , planted them in the ___6____ himself and watered them every day . Several days ___7____ , he had to leave for another city . Before he started , he said to Billy , “Take good care of these trees . Some boys near our house always want to steal (偷) them .” “Don’t ___8___ about them , sir , ” answered Billy , “I’ll try my best to watch them . ” Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back . He asked, “___9___ anyone ever come to steal the trees ?” “No , sir , ” said Billy , “To stop someone from stealing the trees , I ___10___ them up six days ago . I have hidden (藏) them for almost a week .”

A             B           C               D

 (  ) 1.    bought          found       carried           wanted

 (  ) 2.    wallet           pity         thanks           excuses

 (  ) 3.    office           factory       town             home

 (  ) 4.    pleased          angry        bored            sad

 (  ) 5.    grass            flowers      vegetables         trees

 (  ) 6.    garden           office        city             room

 (  ) 7.     ago             later        before            after

 (  ) 8.    think             talk         learn            worry

 (  ) 9.     Did             Does        Has             Will

 (  )10.    sent             pulled        put             picked

Mr. Baker loved planting ____4____. The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the garden himself and watered them every day. Several days ____5____, he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, “Take good care of the trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them.” “Don't ____6____ about them, sir,” answered Billy,“I'll try my best to watch them.”Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back. He asked,“____7____ anyone ever come to steal the trees?” “No, sir,”said Billy.“To stop someone from stealing the trees, I ____8____ them up six days ago. I have hidden(藏) them for almost a week!”

1． (　)A．found　　  B．bought　　   C．carried　　  D．wanted

2． (　)A．wallet　　  B．pity　　    C．thanks　　    D．excuses

3． (　)A．factory　　 B．office　　   C．town　　　　 D．home

4． (　)A．flowers 　　B．grass　　   C．vegetables　　 D．trees

5． (　)A．ago　　    B．later　　    C．before　　    D．after

6． (　)A．think　　   B．talk　　    C．learn　　　　 D．worry

7． (　)A．Did　　    B．Does　　   C．Has　　　　   D．Will

8． (　)A．sent　　    B．pulled　　 C．put    　　　　D．picked