Jim is an American boy. He is  1  New York. He likes   2  football matches,     3  he doesn’t have enough money   4  tickets. He has to watch the matches  5 TV at home when he has   6  homework. He   7  go to school from Monday to Friday, so he missed a lot of important football matches.

A big football match would be held(举行) in the afternoon the next day.   8  wanted to watch it very much. But he couldn’t. He would have a physics(物理) test in the   9  afternoon.

“Can we have a video, mom?” Jim asked his mother   10  he went to school. “Then from our TV set you can record the match for me.”

“I’m   11  we can’t afford(买得起) one,” said his mother.

The next morning Jim went home with a smile,   12  a new video.

“But where did you get the   13  , Jim?” His mother asked in   14 .

“That’s   15  , mom. I sold our TV set.”

1.                A．on            B．at             C．from D．to

2.                A．watching        B．seeing          C．playing   D．looking

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

4.                A．to buy          B．buying          C．buy  D．bought

5.                A．in             B．on             C．at   D．with

6.                A．few            B．a few           C．many D．quite a little

7.                A．may           B．can            C．must D．should

8.                A．Mother         B．Father          C．Teacher  D．Jim

9.                A．other          B．different        C．same D．another

10.               A．after           B．before         C．because   D．as

11.               A．glad           B．afraid          C．pleased   D．happy

12.               A．carrying        B．listening        C．watching  D．playing

13.               A．car            B．money         C．match D．TV

14.               A．surprise        B．person         C．a low voice D．great pain

15.               A．easy           B．easily          C．difficult   D．hardly

阅读理解。

　　Jim likes playing football. And he also likes watching football matches. As he hasn't enough money to buy the tickets, he has to watch them on TV at home if he's free. But to his regret, he always goes to school from Monday to Friday and misses a lot of important matches.

　　One afternoon there would be the biggest football match of the year in America. Jim wanted to watch it on TV very much, but he couldn't. They would have a physics test the next morning and he had to prepare for it.

　　“Can we have a video, Mum?” Jim asked before he went to school, “Then you'll record the football matches for me.”

　　“I'm afraid we can't buy one,” sighed(叹气) his mother.

　　But the next afternoon in came Jim, with a new video in his arms.

　　“How on earth did you pay for that, Jim?” the woman asked in surprise.

　　“That's easy, Mum,” answered the boy,“I've sold our TV set!”

1．Jim is a________.

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2．Jim often misses a lot of important football matches because________.

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A．he hasn't enough money to watch them

B．his parents don't let him watch them

C．he's busy with his lesson

D．he has to go to school

3．As ________, Jim couldn't watch the biggest football match that afternoon.

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A．he didn't get any tickets

B．something was wrong with the TV set

C．he had to go over physics

D．there would be a physics test at that time

4．Jim's mum sighed because________.

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A．they had no money to buy a video

B．she had no time to. record the match

C．she didn't know how to record the match

D．she couldn't borrow a video

5．In fact, ________.

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A．a video is more useful than a TV set

B．only a video can record all the programmes

C．it's impossible to record any programmes

D．a video can work only with the help of a TV set