Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be    1    to raise (养) worms. He could sell them to farmers and people who fished. So in    2   , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not 3    them in a warm place.

       The next spring Jody    4    again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came, he took them inside    5    they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms.

       One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was from state (州) of New York. The letter said, “ Everyone who    6    things has to pay taxes (税)!” Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still    7    to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had    8   . Soon some people from a television station    9    with Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now said that the law was    10  . Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state.

    Mr. and Mrs. King have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a book shop by the bus station. They’re polite to everyone and have a lot of friends. They often   36   the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people   37   them and their friends often visit them and   38   them. We can always hear their rooms are full of   39   and quarrel.

    It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next   40  . It was a little far from our town. So they had to   41   earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After   42   a few friends came to see them while they were cooking some food and drinks for the picnic. Mr. King and his wife had to stop to receive them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the   43   on the wall. It was late. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious（焦急的）but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. Mrs. King thought for a few minutes and had an idea. She said to her husband, “Oh, it’s eleven o’ clock! You’d better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to   44  !”

    Mr. King heard this and stood up, then he said   45   to the visitors and they left soon.

1. A. help               B. hurt                 C. hit                     D. watch

2. A. know             B. understand            C. meet                  D. like

3. A. play with           B. fight with              C. talk with          D. catch up with

4. A. cry               B. shout                C. noise                  D. laugh

5. A. morning            B. afternoon                    C. evening               D. night

6. A. go to work         B. get up                   C. go to sleep          D. open the shop

7. A. breakfast           B. lunch                 C. supper               D. meal

8. A. phone              B. photo                  C. clock                D. picture

9. A. go home           B. go to bed               C. go shopping          D. have a seat

10. A. hello             B. goodbye               C. sorry                D. nothing

Mr. and Mrs. King have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a book shop by the bus station. They’re polite to everyone and have a lot of friends. They often   1   the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people   2   them and their friends often visit them and   3   them. We can always hear their rooms are full of   4   and quarrel.

    It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next   5  . It was a little far from our town. So they had to   6   earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After   7   a few friends came to see them while they were cooking some food and drinks for the picnic. Mr. King and his wife had to stop to receive them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the   8   on the wall. It was late. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious（焦急的）but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. Mrs. King thought for a few minutes and had an idea. She said to her husband, “Oh, it’s eleven o’ clock! You’d better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to   9  !”

    Mr. King heard this and stood up, then he said   10   to the visitors and they left soon.

1. A. help         B. hurt                 C. hit                     D. watch

   2. A. know               B. understand            C. meet                  D. like

 3. A. play with            B. fight with              C. talk with          D. catch up with

   4. A. cry                 B. shout                C. noise                  D. laugh

   5. A. morning       B. afternoon                    C. evening               D. night

   6. A. go to work   B. get up                   C. go to sleep          D. open the shop

   7. A. breakfast            B. lunch                 C. supper               D. meal

   8. A. phone       B. photo                  C. clock                D. picture

 9. A. go home     B. go to bed               C. go shopping          D. have a seat

   10. A. hello         B. goodbye               C. sorry                D. nothing