完形填空。
James's New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully1the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all
that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!2on earth was he going to get the3of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was4to hang around with people when you were the only
one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no5asking his parents, for he knew
they had no money to6 .
There was only one way to get money, and that was to7it. He would have to find a job.8who would
hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had9on most things.
'Well, you can start right here,' said Mr. Clay. 'My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.'
That was the10of James's odd-job (零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing
his homework. He was amazed by the11of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for
walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the12of cars he washed and windows he
cleaned, but the13increased and he knew that he would soon have14for the bicycle he longed for.
The day15came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He16no time and went down to the
shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode17home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his
friends. It had been hard18for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more19he had
bought it with his own money. He had20what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than
the bicycle.
( )1. A. cleaned
( )2. A. How
( )3. A. amount
( )4. A. brave
( )5. A. point
( )6. A. split
( )7. A. borrow
( )8. A. Or
( )9. A. decisions
( )10. A. beginning
( )11. A. similarity
( )12. A. brand
( )13. A. effort
( )14. A. all
( )15. A. finally
( )16. A.gave
( )17. A. patiently
( )18. A. applying
( )19. A. since
( )20. A. deserved B. covered
B. Why
B. part
B. hard
B. reason
B. spend
B. earn
B. So
B. experience
B. introduction
B. quality
B. number
B. pressure
B. enough
B. instantly
B. left
B. proudly
B. asking
B. if
B. benefited C. counted
C. Who
C. sum
C. smart
C. result
C. spare
C. raise
C. For
C. opinions
C. requirement
C. suitability
C. size
C. money
C. much
C. normally
C. took
C. silently
C. looking
C. than
C. achieved D. checked
D. What
D. rest
D. unfair
D. right
D. save
D. collect
D. But
D. knowledge
D. opening
D. variety
D. type
D. trouble
D. some
D. regularly
D. wasted
D. tiredly
D. working
D. though
D. learned