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Amy was a little girl. She lived near a fruit shop in the village. The shop was ________ by Mr. Smith.

One day Mr. Smith said to Amy, “Would you like to earn (赚) some money? ”

“Oh, yes,” replied she, “for I want some new shoes, and dad has no ________ to buy them with.”

“Well, Amy,” said Mr. Smith, “there are some fine ________ in Mr. Green’s garden, and he said that anybody was welcome to them. I will ________you thirteen cents (美分) a kilogram for all you will pick for me.”

Amy was so________ that she decided to go to pick the grapes as soon as possible. She ran home to get a ________ at once.

Then she thought she would like to know how much money she would get ________she picked five kilograms. ________ the help of her pencil, she found out that she would get sixty-five cents.

“But supposing I should pick twelve kilograms,” thought she, “________should I earn then?” “Dear me,” she said, after figuring (计算) a while, “I should earn one dollar and ________ cents.”

Amy then found out what Mr. Smith would pay her for fifty, a hundred, and two hundred kilograms. It took ________ some time to do this, and then it was so near lunch time that she had to ________ at home until afternoon.

As soon as lunch was ________ , she took her basket and ________ to the garden. Some boys had been there before lunch, and all the fine grapes were picked.

As she went home, she ________ what her teacher had often told her—“Do your task at once; then think about it,” for “one doer is worth a hundred dreamers.”

1.A. kept B. found C. made D. sold

2.A. idea B. use C. money D. place

3.A. apples B. bananas C. grapes D. pears

4.A. cost B. pay C. spend D. take

5.A. sad B. worried C. interesting D. happy

6.A. box B. basket C. bag D. bottle

7.A. until B. although C. if D. whether

8.A. With B. Under C. In D. On

9.A. how long B. how often C. how many D. how much

10.A. fifty-six B. sixty-five C. thirteen D. thirty

11.A. him B. her C. me D. us

12.A. pick B. cry C. make D. stay

13.A. over B. away C. up D. off

14.A. returned B. hurried C. sent D. belonged

15.A. talked about B. talked with C. thought of D. thought over

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