1 . David and Case are 12 and 11 years old. Like most _________, they don’t have much money. They get a little pocket money from their _________ for doing chores. And of course, they wish they had more _________ to spend on comics and candy.
One day, the two friends were walking through a parking lot when they saw something on the ground. It was a wallet. They _________ the wallet up and looked inside. The wallet was _________ loaded with cash. _________, there were $500 in bills.
The boys _______ to find the rightful owner. They didn’t even think about touching the money. _________, they found a driver’s license and _________ a plan. Case stayed at the __________ where they had found the wallet, while David took the wallet to a nearby __________ station. Pretty soon, the police officers were able to __________ the owner of the wallet.
Scott Ames was so __________ to get the wallet back. It wasn’t __________ the money. The wallet also had some __________ in it, such as a photo of his late mother. And of course, Ames was amazed to __________ that not one of the bills had been removed.
__________, a person with strong morals had found his wallet, he __________. When the police told him that two pre-teen boys had found the wallet, he was __________. Sure, there was no reason for him to be surprised that two boys were pillars (栋梁) of the community. But it didn’t exactly __________ the stereotype (刻板印象) of young people.
1. A.kids | B.athletes | C.fans | D.farmers |
2. A.customers | B.accounts | C.parents | D.pockets |
3. A.energy | B.cash | C.time | D.approach |
4. A.held | B.tore | C.piled | D.picked |
5. A.lightly | B.roughly | C.absolutely | D.strangely |
6. A.In all | B.In return | C.In brief | D.In particular |
7. A.managed | B.determined | C.promised | D.hesitated |
8. A.Therefore | B.Hopefully | C.Otherwise | D.Instead |
9. A.hatched | B.quit | C.admitted | D.paused |
10. A.cinema | B.spot | C.hotel | D.center |
11. A.gas | B.railway | C.police | D.radio |
12. A.convince | B.inquire | C.motivate | D.locate |
13. A.awkward | B.lucky | C.delighted | D.curious |
14. A.just | B.nearly | C.yet | D.even |
15. A.documents | B.items | C.comments | D.patterns |
16. A.prove | B.reflect | C.report | D.see |
17. A.Basically | B.Clearly | C.Naturally | D.Possibly |
18. A.reasoned | B.sighed | C.blamed | D.added |
19. A.annoyed | B.discouraged | C.amazed | D.ashamed |
20. A.draw | B.ignore | C.oppose | D.fit |