Tom had once worked in a city office in London, but now he was out of work．He had a large family to support, so he often found himself in difficulty．He often visited Mr．White on Sundays, told him about his troubles, and asked for two or three pounds．

    Mr．White, a man with a kind heart, found it difficult to refuse to give the money, though he himself was poor．Tom had already received more than thirty pounds from Mr．White, but he always seemed to be in need of some more．

    One day, after telling Mr．White a long story of his troubles, Tom asked for five pounds．Mr．White had heard this sort of thing before, but he listened patiently to the end．Then he said,“I understand your difficulties, Tom．I’d like to help you．But I’m not going to give you five pounds this time．I’ll lend you the money, and you can pay me back next time you see me．”

Tom took the money, but he never appeared again．

1.Tom was now in difficulties because he ____．

A．worked in a city office and was poorly paid

B．was poorly paid and had a large family to support

C．was poorly paid and always spent money carelessly

D．was out of work and had a large family to support

2.Tom went to Mr．White for help ____．

A．twice a week                                     B．often on Sundays

C．always on Sundays                                               D．whenever he needed money  

3.Altogether Tom received             from Mr White．

A．at least thirty-five pounds                                         B．just thirty-five pounds

C．less than thirty pounds                                              D．five pounds

Tom had once worked in a city office in London, but now he was out of work．He had a large family to support, so he often found himself in difficulty．He often visited Mr．White on Sundays, told him about his troubles, and asked for two or three pounds．
Mr．White, a man with a kind heart, found it difficult to refuse to give the money, though he himself was poor．Tom had already received more than thirty pounds from Mr．White, but he always seemed to be in need of some more．
One day, after telling Mr．White a long story of his troubles, Tom asked for five pounds．Mr．White had heard this sort of thing before, but he listened patiently to the end．Then he said,“I understand your difficulties, Tom．I’d like to help you．But I’m not going to give you five pounds this time．I’ll lend you the money, and you can pay me back next time you see me．”
Tom took the money, but he never appeared again．
【小题1】Tom was now in difficulties because he ____．

　　One afternoon just before Christmas an old man was walking through the city center. The __1__ were all filled with good things and crowded with __2__ shoppers. Suddenly he saw a dirty boy sitting on the ground crying bitterly（悲痛地）. When the kind old man asked him why he was crying, the little boy told him that he had __3__ the ten penny piece that his uncle had __4__ him. At once the old man took out a handful of __5__. He __6__ out a shiny new ten penny pence and handed it to the child.“Thank you very much,”said the little boy, drying his __7__ He cheered up at once.

　　An hour or so __8__ the old man was __9__ his way back home by the same road. To his surprise he saw the dirty little boy in the same place, crying bitterly as before. He went up to the boy and asked him if he had also lost the ten penny pence he had just given him. The boy told him that he had not lost the second coin __10__ he still couldn't find the first one.“If I could find my own pence,”he said sadly,”I would have twenty pence now.”