阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Morgan was a boy of eight. He was born in a ________ family. His father was too lazy, he didn’t go to work. Only his mother worked in a factory. She worked hard and hoped to give her five children ________ food and clothes. But she failed. Her family was sometimes hungry. Of course, she couldn’t send Morgan to school. She was ________ it but she didn’t know what to do. The boy was very clever and taught himself to read, write and ________ at home in the evening. And in the daytime he was polishing shoes in the street, so he could make some ________ for his family.
One afternoon the boy saw a young man’s shoes were ________, so he said to him, “Let me polish your shoes.”
“No, thank you,” the young man said and walked away.
“You may pay me only one dollar, sir,” the boy shouted ________ him. But the young man said no again. Then the boy thought for a while and told him that he would polish his shoes for nothing. The young man ________ to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man showed ________ shoe to the boy, but the boy said no to polish it if he wasn’t paid two dollars for his work. The young man refused to ________ anything on it and went away.
But his shoes were so different that he had to stop. He turned back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the shoe was as bright as the other one.
1. A.happy | B.lucky | C.rich | D.poor |
2. A.much | B.little | C.enough | D.many |
3. A.afraid of | B.sorry for | C.useful to | D.friendly to |
4. A.play | B.swim | C.count | D.sleep |
5. A.books | B.clothes | C.shoes | D.money |
6. 7. A.under | B.above | C.in front of | D.behind |
8. A.liked | B.agreed | C.worried | D.surprised |
9. A.other | B.others | C.the other | D.the others |
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